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From: wjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery)
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Subject: Re: Edinburgh & Munich
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 16:41:58 EDT
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> In article <4207@hlexa.UUCP> wjhe@hlexa.UUCP writes:
> >While in Munich, be sure to spend a day or so at the Deutsche Museum.
> >It's the German national museum of science and technology, and in many
> >ways much more informative than our Smithsonian (which is more a collection
> >of scientific artifacts than a place to gain understanding of technology).
> 
> My information is more than a decade out of date (~sigh~) but I  did  visit
> visit the Deutsche Museum when I was in Munich.  Two points I remember:
> 
> 	 1) All the placards explaining the displays are written in  German
>             _only_.  If  you  don't  read  German  you'll  find some of the
>             displays   meaningless   (eg:   demonstrations   of    chemical
>             reactions).
>
As of 1982, the exhibit labels were multi-lingual, but the more detailed
explanations were only in German; the guide book can be purchased in 
English.  

Although I don't read German, I found that in many cases, the exhibits
were so well done that someone with a moderate understanding of 
technology could understand the exhibit anyway (evolution of
automobile brakes, deepsea oil exploration, mining, bridge 
construction).  I'm sure, however, that an undersanding of German
would have made it even better.  Go.

Bill Hery