Abstract

To the historian of technology, technical museums serve several purposes: they are historical sources made material, and their exhibitions confront a wide audience with historical questions, helping to popularize the history of technology and to recruit new scholars. In this article we will offer a necessarily too brief introduction to German technical museums, beginning with institutions that take a broad approach and then turning to more specialized museums of industry, transportation, and other aspects of technology.

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