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The Porsche Museum is an
automobile museum An automotive museum is a museum that explores the History of the automobile, history of automotive-related transportation. * Bold – museums owned by automotive manufacturers * ''Italics'' – no longer open to public access, excluding private ...
in the Zuffenhausen district of
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,
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on the site of carmaker
Porsche Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Th ...
. It ranks second among the most visited museums in Stuttgart, behind the Mercedes-Benz Museum, in 2015, it attracted approximately 450,000 visitors.


History

The original Porsche museum opened in 1976 in a side-road near the
Porsche Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Th ...
factory. It was a relatively small ''works museum'' with little parking space and it was only big enough to hold around 20 exhibits (in rotation). Porsche built the museum as a kind of "rolling museum" with rotating exhibits from a stock of 300 restored cars, many in pristine condition and still in full driving order. Originally there was discussion that the new museum would be built alongside a new
Mercedes-Benz Museum The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automobile museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It covers the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the brands associated with it. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of the Merc ...
on former trade fair grounds in the Killesberg area of Stuttgart. After the new
Mercedes-Benz Museum The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automobile museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It covers the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the brands associated with it. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of the Merc ...
opened in the east of
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in 2006, Porsche went ahead with plans to upgrade and extend its museum in the northern district of Zuffenhausen next to the company headquarters. Originally costs were set at 60 million
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s but days before the official opening ceremony on 29 January 2009, it was confirmed that the actual costs hit 100 million euros. Work on the concept for the new Porsche Museum began in 2003. A storyboard comprising relevant topics, exhibits and their presentation was drawn up and a permanent exhibition was designed.


The new museum


Overview

The new Porsche museum stands on a conspicuous junction just outside Porsche Headquarters in Zuffenhausen. The display area covers 5600 square metres featuring over 80 exhibits, many rare cars and a variety of historical models. The museum was designed by the architects Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. The exhibition spaces were designed by
HG Merz Hans Günter Merz, better known as HG Merz (born 1947 in Tailfingen) is a German architect and museum designer. He is the founder and director of ''hg merz architekten museumsgestalter'', an architecture office that specializes in museum and exh ...
, who was also involved in the building of the award-winning Mercedes-Benz Museum. On 17 October 2005, the construction of the museum officially began. On 8 December 2008, the museum was handed over to the client, and it officially opened one month later, on 28 January 2009. Since 31 January 2009, it has been open to visitors. The result is an exhibition that focuses firmly on the vehicles showcased. All ancillary architectural, media and typographic elements are designed to be unobtrusive and complement the cars."Porsche Museum / Delugan Meissl – Photos by Michael Schnell." ArchDaily, May 2020. Accessed November 18, 2024

https://www.archdaily.com/71208/porsche-museum-delugan-meissl-photos-by-michael-schnell).


Construction

The building, with a total usable area of 21,000 square meters, that spans up to four levels, including two underground floors. This structure was constructed using reinforced concrete, incorporating 3,400 tons of
reinforcing steel Rebar (short for reinforcement bar or reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or steel reinforcement, is a tension device added to concrete to form ''reinforced concrete'' and reinforced masonry structures to strengthen and aid ...
, as a watertight "white tank" with flat slabs. It is founded on 115 drilled piles with a diameter of 1.2 meters and lengths of up to 25 meters. Above the basement, only three core groups remain: a vertical shaft housing the elevator systems and two cores supported by Y-shaped columns. Resting on these three cores is the exhibition building, known as the "Flieger," which weighs 35,000 tons and is suspended at a maximum height of 16 meters as a bridge structure. This structure, up to 150 meters long, features a steel construction weighing 5,500 tons. It spans up to 60 meters between the cores and includes cantilevered sections extending up to 45 meters.


Gastronomy

The Porsche Museum houses three dining options: the visitor restaurant Boxenstopp, a coffee bar, and the Christophorus restaurant located in the upper part of the building. The Christophorus is designed in the style of an old American diner and features a wine cellar as well as an adjoining cigar lounge. The gastronomy services are managed internally by the company.


Selected exhibits

File:Porsche360.jpg, Porsche 360 ''Cisitalia'' (1947) File:PorscheNo1.jpg, Porsche 356 Nr. 1 Roadster (1948) File:Porsche 718-2.jpg, Porsche Type 804 Formula 1 racing car (1962) File:Porsche 917C.jpg,
Porsche 917K The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4 ...
(1970 Le Mans winner) File:1971 Porsche 917-4.9 LH Coupé.jpg, Porsche 917LH (1971) File:Porsche917-30.jpg, Porsche 917/30 (1973) File:Rothmans Porsche 962C (17) (Chassis 006) 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans winner.jpg, Porsche 962C (1987) File:McLaren MP4 2C TAG Porsche F1.jpg, McLaren TAG Porsche F1 (1985) File:Porsche 911 GT1 '98 -25.jpg, Porsche 911 GT1 '98, with Le Mans starting number 25 (1998) File:2003 Porsche Carrera GT.jpg, ''
Carrera GT The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engine sports car that was manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 2003 to 2006. ''Sports Car International'' named the Carrera GT number one on its list of Top Sports Cars ...
'' (2003) File:Porsche Museum Stuttgart ( Ank Kumar, Infosys) 11.jpg, Porsche Museum Stuttgart


See also

*
List of automobile museums An automotive museum is a museum that explores the History of the automobile, history of automotive-related transportation. * Bold – museums owned by automotive manufacturers * ''Italics'' – no longer open to public access, excluding private ...
*
Mercedes-Benz Museum The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automobile museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It covers the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the brands associated with it. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of the Merc ...


References


Notes


Bibliography

*
Official Porsche company information on the new museum


External links


Official website
* * Porsche Automuseum Gmünd
Cisitalia MuseumPorsche Museum on Design Build NetworkGoogle Virtual Gallery Tour
– includes a description of a visit to the museum

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