Visit to the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen

Visit to the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen

The Zeppelin Museum is the world's largest museum of the history of air navigation with more than 4,000m². With numerous original exhibits, the walk-through partial reconstruction of the LZ129 Hindenburg and historical sound, film and image recordings, it tells the story of aviation in multimedia terms. The museum's listed Bauhaus building houses more than 1,500 exhibits. The Friedrichshafen Museum is not only a center of excellence for the iconic Zeppelin, but also has a large art collection with works from the Middle Ages to modern times. A special focus is on the works of the artists who retreated to the "Inner Emigration" on Lake Constance during the Third Reich, such as Otto Dix, Max Ackermann or Willi Baumeister. Through impressive, interdisciplinary temporary exhibitions, the museum draws a bow to current topics. It is thus the ideal visitor destination for all those who like to look outside the box.

Visit: Zeppelin Museum, Seestr. 22, 88045 Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wurttemberg Germany

Are you interested in the cult object Zeppelin and the pioneers of air navigation? How did you succeed in building an airship that is almost four times as big as an Airbus but lighter than air? You want to track down the myth of the Lakehurst disaster? With more than 1,500 original exhibits as well as historical sound, film and image recordings, the collection presentation in the Zeppelin Museum vividly and multimedia tells the story of airship travel, attracting more than 250,000 international visitors each year. In the exhibition, for example, flying is clearly explained according to the principle of "lighter than air" and made tangible at experimental stations. The successful history of the Zeppelin Group and its pioneers shows how technical innovations have emerged and the cult of Zeppelin has been celebrated for over a century. The highlight is the partial reconstruction of the LZ 129 Hindenburg. Via the drop-off, you can climb into the real-life passenger compartments of the LZ 129, reconstructed according to historical plans, and experience first-hand how one felt as a passenger of this innovative luxury liner of the skies.

The Zeppelin Museum in the Bauhaus building of the harbor station is not only a competence center for the history of the Zeppelins, but also has a considerable art collection that gathers the great masters from southern Germany from the Middle Ages to modern times. A special focus is on the works of the artists who retreated to the "Inner Emigration" on Lake Constance during the Third Reich, such as Otto Dix, Max Ackermann or Willi Baumeister. Especially through its innovative temporary exhibitions, the Friedrichshafen Museum draws a bow to contemporary art.