Web Directory: Sights and Museums
*Starred sites are in German only.
Web Museen Homepage*
http://WebMuseen.de/
Germany probably has more museums per capita than any other country in the world. You will find an ever-expanding list of them on these Web
pages as well as a guide to exhibitions.
Deutsches Museum München
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/DT-MUSEUM/
Before you ever visit Germany's most popular science museum, you can plot your course online among the
overwhelming range of exhibits devoted to mining, shipbuilding, locomotion, aeronautics, astronomy, electricity, etc.; explore current exhibitions through images and text; and check the comprehensive calendar
for future exhibitions.
Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin
http://www.dhm.de/
Memorable images and insightful texts have made this one of the most popular online museums among Germans. One recent exhibition focused on the
1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall; another, Ende und Anfang, compares photographs taken just before and after World War II.
Ancient Roman Villa In Hechingen-Stein
http://www.dhm.de/museen/stein/stein_e.html
A 26-stop virtual tour of the Hechingen-Stein escavation site in Germany--an open-air museum
built around an ancient Roman villa that dates from the first to third centuries B.C. The hypocaust floor heating system was as effective as modern central heating. You can also read the excavation reports.
Alte Völklinger Hütte
http://www.phil.uni-sb.de/Regional/weltkulturerbe/huette/index.html
Saarland's Völklinger Hütte is one of the very
few 19th-century iron works that has survived in its original state. It is now a historical monument to the era of coal and iron that changed the face of Europe beyond recognition. The online tour is effective:
you almost feel the heat of the blast furnace.
German Dinos
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/naturkundemuseum/home-e.htm
Find out where the "Jura" of
"Jurassic Park" comes from. The Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Stuttgart Museum of Natural History) has created an online exhibit of fossils found in and around Germany. Don't miss the
new exhibition on microorganisms and a video clip that allows you to vicariously participate in the unearthing of a prehistoric shark.
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