
The Deutsches Museum possesses over 100 000 objects from the fields of science and technology. The large number of valuable original exhibits makes the Deutsches Museum one of the most important museums of science and technology anywhere in the world. The collections are not restricted to any specialized range of topics: they include objects from mining to atomic physics, from the Altamira cave to a magnified model of a human cell. They extend from the Stone Age to the present time. Among the particular highlights are the first motorized aircraft built by the Wright brothers, the U1 submarine, the first program-controlled computer, and Diesel’s original engine on the island; the first motorcar by Karl Benz in the transport museum.