City of Zeppelins - Friedrichshafen / GZG
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The new Zeppelin Museum under Construction
An Interview
On July 2nd, 1900 the first Zeppelin took off to a flight over Lake Constance.
Exactly 96 years later, on July 2nd, the new Zeppelin Museum will be opened
in the old harbour station of Friedrichshafen.
Mr. Sauter, the president of the "Freundeskreis zur Foerderung des
Zeppelin-Museums", and Mr. Bluebaum of the art department of the museum kindly,
answered our questions.
INTERVIEW INTERVIEW
What departments will the Zeppelin Museum have?
Mr. Bluebaum : "The museum will be divided into a technology- and an art-
department.The paintings of the art department show how the notion of what is "art" has
changed from the Middle Ages up to now. The technology departement is inter alia divided
into construction ,civil and military aviation."
Will there be any changing exhibitions?
Mr. Sauter : "Yes- 3 or 4 per year.One is called e.g. "the art of flying" another one
is called "Why does man want to fly?"
How much will the renovation cost?
Mr. Sauter : In the meantime the 70-million limit has been reached.The museum will
be more expensive than planned, because it will beequipped with the latest computers.
How many visitors do you expect?
Mr. Bluebaum : "We expect that there will be about 200- 250 000 visitors per year, during
the high season up to 3500 visitors per day.The exact entrance fee has not been decided upon
yet, but it's certain, that the ticket prices will be differet for adults, pupils and students or groups.
In addition there will probably be week's and month's tickets."
Whatate you personally most interested in ?
Mr. Sauter : "I think, that the lifelike reproduction of LZ 129 "Hindenburg" will be the most
interesting thing. This 40 m long reproduction gives people an ides of the size of a Zeppelin.
The visitors can enter it through a fallreep."
IDEAL SOLUTION: HARBOUR STATION
The old Zeppelin Museum, that was at the far end of the Townhall, was too
concealed and has already been too small for a long time.The station, which
dates from the "Bauhaus" perriod, is under a preservation order and had to be
restored anyway, is an ideal solution.The station provides enough room for
numerous exhibits, about 4000 m, and is situated very conveniently in the city
centre and can easily be reached by train, ferry, taxi, car and on foot.On the
1st floor of the museum will be a restaurant, which will also be opened outside
the opening hours of the museum.
The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen Technik and Kunst willbe of interest for
all age groups, e. g. there will be special guide tours for children.A library
with about 14 000 books will be available for scientists, students and pupils,
but it will also be open to all other persons.
| By: | Attendant Teachers: |
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| Viona Hess | Wolfgang Currlin |
| Steffi Koenig | Angelika Weyler |
| Veronika Lanz | |
| Sandra Stuetz | |