Munich Kids

Have you been to the new Transportation Museum yet?  The engineers, race car drivers, and train fanatics in your family will love it.  The Transportation Museum, or Verkehrszentrum is a new branch of the Deutsches Museum which opened in the Fall of 2006.  It is the museum for “cars, trains, and everything that moves us”.

The museum is housed in three halls of the Alte Messe, or old exhibition hall.  The building itself is very pleasant to roam around in –giant open spaces with glass walls and roofs.  We were there on a clear day, and the crystal blue sky was a beautiful backdrop for the exhibits. 

Many of the exhibits are interactive.  You can play with the motors, step onto the trains, and pretend to drive a big delivery truck.  Most of the information placards are in English and German.

The highlight of the museum for my kids was the children’s play area.  An autobahn winds among the exhibits, and children can choose from dozens of “vehicles”, including Bobby cars, tricycles, and laufrads.  There are bins of construction materials to build your own transportation creation.  Numerous Mega Block cars and a series of sectional tables in the form of a race track amused my toddlers for a long, long time. The children’s area is in the main hall, with car exhibitions.

 Additional offerings for children, including a bicycle workshop can be found on their website.  From the main page, follow the link to “Information” and then “Kinder and Jugendliche”. 

A program for children’s birthdays is also available.

Address:  Theresienhöhe 14a, 80339 München

Telephone: 089/ 500 806 140

E-Mail:  verkehrszentrum@deutsches-museum.de

Website:  http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=verkehrszentrum

Nearest Public Transportation:   U4 / U5 and Bus 134 to Schwanthalerhöhe