The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen is a museum in Friedrichshafen in Germany, the birthplace of the Zeppelin airship. The museum houses the largest collection on airship travel in the world, and chronicles the history of the Zeppelin airships. In addition, it is the only museum in Germany that combines technology and art. The museum has been in its current location at the Hafenbahnhof (harbour railway station) since it was reopened in 1996. The exhibition was designed by HG Merz .
25-923: A number of institutions are called Zeppelin Museum : Germany [ edit ] Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen , a museum in on Lake Constance in Germany, housing the world's largest aviation collection and chronicling the history of the Zeppelin airships. Zeppelin-Museum Meersburg , Meersburg , with parts, inventory, uniforms and models Albert-Sammt-Zeppelin-Museum , Niederstetten , Main-Tauber district, Baden-Württemberg, named in memory of last airship captain Albert Sammt Zeppelin Museum Zeppelinheim , Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main, with
50-455: A fairly low 3200 rpm, putting the DS8 among the most powerful production cars in the world at the time. Depending on the weight of the coachwork , a top speed of 171 km/h (106 mph) was possible. In August 2012, a 1938 DS8 Roadster sold for €1.3 million at auction, fitted with a rare Variorex eight-speed gearbox (both the first 8-speed and first 8-speed manual gearbox) with a vacuum shift and
75-416: A great number and variety of art books and journals. The library is an open-shelf, non-lending library which means that the books and journals are freely accessible on shelves in the reading room, but may only be read there. The museum shop offers books, watches and jewellery, model construction kits, calendars, collectible items, DVDs, and other items. Beside zeppelin souvenirs, all available publications on
100-804: A museum building resembling a quarter section of the hull of the LZ 10 Zeppelin hangars in the Aeronauticum museum in Nordholz Denmark [ edit ] Zeppelin and Garrison Museum, Tønder , Southern Denmark See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Zeppelin Museum" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Zeppelin Museum All pages with titles containing Zeppelin Museum Zeppelin (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
125-506: A smaller outrigger at the rear, supporting the camshaft drive gears. In a novel feature for reduced noise, these were made of Novotext , a resin-impregnated fibre composite. A further novel feature was the use of enlarged four-bolt main bearing caps on three of the bearings. Supplementing the DS7 from 1930 was the DS8 ( Doppelganger ). It sported an 8.0 L (7978 cc, 487 cubic inches) V12 which made 149 kW; 203 PS (200 bhp) at
150-653: A total stroke volume of 8 litres and a capacity of 147 kW (200 hp). The engineering design for this car was based on the Maybach engines for the airships LZ 126 (1924) and LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (1928). The media room presents 3D historic photographs of zeppelins. In addition, historical footage can be played. The cabinet hosts many small pieces of zeppelin history: coins, porcelain, postal documents, tin toys, and Zeppelin bibelot of all kinds. Numerous exhibits are presented in large display cases. Additional background information can be found on iPads showing 3D models of
175-684: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen In keeping with the museum concept of "Technology and Art", visitors can see for themselves how closely these two areas are related. The work of art Zeppelin Swarms by Héctor Zamora illustrates this particularly well. The focus is on man and his position in the interplay between technology , nature , and faith . The art collection also includes works by those identified as degenerate artists by Nazi Germany , such as Otto Dix . The centerpiece of
200-482: The LZ 129 Hindenburg , which was reproduced true to the original and authentically furnished. It is 33 m in length, large enough to convey an idea of the enormous dimensions of the original airship. The Hindenburg was 245 m long and had a maximum diameter of 41.2 m. It was propelled by four Daimler Benz diesel engines with a capacity of 772.3 kW (1050 hp ) each, and reached a maximum speed of about 130 km/h. After
225-532: The airship burst into flames just before touch-down and crashed. The nacelle was built in 1928 by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH for the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Count Zeppelin). The propulsion system of this airship consisted of five nacelles fixed to the hull. Every nacelle contained a Maybach engine, type VL 2, which drove a propeller at the nacelle’s tail. A mechanic was stationed at each engine at all times. The nacelles had aluminium skeletons,
250-412: The archive collections. The library holds and collects publications on the subjects of the museum’s two departments. The bulk of the collection is composed of books and journals on the history and technology of regional, national, and international aviation; and on Zeppelin development; as well as biographies of the personages and the stories of the companies involved in these fields. The library collects
275-452: The art departments. His project, first shown at the 53rd Venice Biennale , stimulates the viewer's imagination. The visitors become witnesses to an event in Venice that actually never happened, an invasion of Venice by a large number of Zeppelins. For this purpose, Zamora shows the Zeppelin swarm in different art genres: post cards, drawings, paintings by venetian street artists, advertisement in
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#1732852753216300-484: The bottom halves of which were clad with aluminium sheeting and the tops with cotton cloth. A hatch, fitted with a connecting ladder to the main body of the airship, enabled the mechanics to climb in or out of the nacelles when their shifts changed. This Maybach Zeppelin was built in 1938 in Friedrichshafen. The car weighs 3.6 tons and can achieve a maximum speed of 170 km/h. Its engine has twelve cylinders with
325-538: The collection themes and catalogues of the exhibits can also be acquired. 47°39′2.02″N 9°28′58.91″E / 47.6505611°N 9.4830306°E / 47.6505611; 9.4830306 Maybach Zeppelin The Maybach Zeppelin was the Maybach company's Repräsentationswagen model from 1928 to 1938. Named for the company's famous production of Zeppelin engines prior to and during World War I , it
350-427: The company, from the very beginnings through the 1960s. It also includes Count Zeppelin’s correspondence from the time he conceived his airship-building project. In addition, the archives contain the estates of important personages of Zeppelin history such as Hugo Eckener, Hans von Schiller, and Wilhelm Ernst Dörr. Collections of construction drawings, posters, prints, newspaper cuttings, photographs, films, etc., complete
375-548: The exhibits. This wing of the museum is specially designed for children and young-at-hearts. Numerous experiments, original exhibits, and touchable replicas invite visitors to interact with the displays and try them out on their own. In the art collection, the connection between art and the subject of Zeppelins is established. The present collection was started in 1948, as the old museum had been completely destroyed by bombs during World War II. Of particular importance are works of art by artists who went into Inner Emigration at
400-431: The high level of creativity and innovation that humans are capable of when it comes to technology and art. The focus is on man and his position in the interplay between technology, nature, and faith. In the section man and nature , it is shown that the relation between humans and nature is an emotional, aesthetic, and religious connection, which changed over the centuries. The term "natural landscape" developed because of
425-468: The impressive overview of the partial model from the outside, the folded-down retractable aluminium stepladder invites visitors to go on board. It leads into the lower deck, the B-deck, which has a bar, a smokers’ lounge, and toilets. The passenger cabins are arranged on two decks, stacked one on top of the other. In the cabins, visitors can experience the special inside ambience of a 1930s airship and get to know
450-579: The industrialization and its impact on nature and landscape. The Zeppelin Collection and LZ Archives form a competency center on the history of German airship building, whilst the art department carries out research in the field of Lake Constance regional art and crafts. The corporate archive of the Zeppelin airship-building limited company in Friedrichshafen fills a depot of the Zeppelin Museum. The archive stores documents on every business transaction of
475-433: The press, and an animated video which was spread on the internet. While actual swarm of zeppelins over Venice did not take place, the photographs are very realistic. The only real and visible element that actually appeared in the cityscape of Venice was an airship, which was shown stuck between two houses. Now, its deflated hull covers the floor of the major exhibition space. The section Man and Technology demonstrates
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525-523: The technical aspects of this aircraft. The beds inside the cabins are made of aluminium. Every cabin has a wall-hung wash basin (with running hot and cold water from a tap), a curtained wardrobe niche, a folding table, a stool, and a ladder for climbing into the upper bunk. The cabins also have electrical lighting and are ventilated and heated. The Hindenburg travelled 18 times to North and South America. On 6 May 1937, while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey,
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#1732852753216550-513: The time of the Third Reich and retired to the Lake Constance region like Otto Dix , Max Ackermann , Willi Baumeister , Erich Heckel , Julius Bissier , and others. The first of the art exhibits to be encountered in the museum, these little Zeppelins are part of the art work Zeppelin Swarms by Héctor Zamora (1974, Mexico City, Mexico) which defines the connection between the technology and
575-423: The zeppelin displays is a full-scale, partial model of the airship LZ 129 Hindenburg . The exhibition also includes an original engine nacelle of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship and a Maybach Zeppelin car . A great number of airship models, not only from Germany, are also on display in the technology department. As said above, the centerpiece of the Zeppelin airship display is the full-scale, partial replica of
600-584: Was an enormous luxury vehicle which weighed approximately 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). This weight was so great that German drivers required an additional goods vehicle licence for vehicles over 2½ tons. Along with the Voisin , and behind the Daimler Double Six , this was Europe's joint second luxury V12 car in production. The DS7 ( Doppel Sechs 7 ) version featured a 7.0 L (6,971 cc) V12 engine that produced 110 kW (150 hp) at 2,800 rpm. It
625-462: Was available from 1929 to 1930. Work began in 1928 on a model simply called the "Maybach 12" which went on sale in 1929. In 1930 it was re-branded as the DS7 and the "Zeppelin" badge appeared on a bar between the headlamps; although adopted universally as the "Maybach Zeppelin", this was never the car's official model. Karl Maybach 's engine was a long-stroke design, with dimensions of 86×100 mm. The crankshaft had eight main bearings, one being
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