The Technik Museum Sinsheim is a

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Sinsheim Sinsheim (, South Franconian: ''Sinse'') is a town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about south-east of Heidelberg and about north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. Geograph ...

, Germany. Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V." which also runs the nearby

Technik Museum Speyer The Technik Museum Speyer is a technology museum in Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. 208 History The museum was opened in 1991 as a sister museum of the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & Te ...

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3D theatre. It receives more than 1 million visitors per year and is the largest privately owned museum in Europe.

Exhibits

Feature exhibits

In 2003,

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donated one of its retiring

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Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent

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collection in Europe along with Ferraris, motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars along with a large collection of military tanks, aircraft, and miscellaneous equipment. The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year. Concorde at Technik Museum Sinsheim, Germany

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Walk-in aircraft

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* Canadair CL-215 *

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Other exhibits

* 300 vintage cars ** Mercedes and

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collection * "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s * 40 race and sports cars * Formula-1 collection ** "

Blue Flame ''Blue Flame'' is a rocket-powered land speed racing vehicle that was driven by Gary Gabelich and achieved a world land speed record on Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 23, 1970. The vehicle set the FIA world record for the flying mile ...

" - American rocket-propelled ground vehicle once holding the world speed record. * 200 motorcycles * 27 locomotives * 50 aircraft, including fighters from both world wars and the early jet era, passenger airliners * 150 tractors * Steam engines and trucks * Mechanical organs * Several early jet fighters and other aircraft * Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.

Access

The museum is easily reached by car and has a large car park. It also has a dedicated

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as part of the local rail network.

References

External links

* * {{authority control 1981 establishments in West Germany Museums established in 1981 Museums in Baden-Württemberg Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Technology museums in Germany