German Museum
The Deutsches Museum—officially the *Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik*—opened in Munich on 28 June 1903, and it quickly became a global reference point for science and technology. It was founded at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. From the start, the museum’s site mattered: its main buildings sit on a small island in the Isar, used for rafting wood since the Middle Ages, and only later fitted with structures after flood risks shaped life there. Before 1772, there were no buildings on the island because flooding was regular; then the Isar barracks were built, and after major flooding in 1899 the structures were rebuilt with flood protection. The city later donated the island for the museum’s construction in 1903, and the island—formerly Kohleninsel (coal island)—became Museumsinsel. …
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