Munich - BMW Museum

 
The BMW Museum in Munich is housed in a windowless silver-colored concrete bowl, 41m/134ft in diameter, the effect of which is in striking counterpoint to the adjacent skyscraper and sprawling factory buildings.

The museum exhibition, re-modeled every few years. By means of gently ascending ramps visitors re-enter the motoring world of yesterday.

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Almost every vehicle produced by this long-established automobile manufacturer is represented, from the "Dixi" - popular in the 1920s - to the showy sports and racing models of the 1950s and 1960s, and the R 32 motorcycle of 1932 to the world record-breaking machine of 1955.

The section devoted to the present day includes not only BMW's current models but also demonstrations of modern production methods.

The Future ("Zukunft") is assigned a platform to itself, focusing on new forms of propulsion and futuristic designs and transport systems.
Address: BMW Museum, Petuelring 130, D-80809 München, Germany
Hours:
January 1 to December 30: 9am-6pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), New Year's Eve (December 31), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Guides: Taped tours for rent.
Facilities: Gift shop
Transit: U-Bahn: U2, U3 (Petuelring).

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