Deutsches Museum Excursion

On the 5^th of October 2019, we, as Professional Communication’s students, made a very enriching field trip to the press office of the Deutsches Museum, which is among the oldest museums of science and technology of the world.

We were able to visit the present exhibitions and to learn how the work of a press officer is produced, which was very interesting.

We had already been advised by our teachers on the previous lesson that the museum was very big, had a lot of different exhibitions and that we had to save some hours in order to be able to appreciate the museum’s exhibitions. In spite of the fact that a large part of the museum is suffering construction work and being renovated, we were able to visit an interesting and technological part of the museum and it was indeed true that it is enormous. The museum has exhibitions from many different fields: aircrafts exhibitions, which we were given the opportunity to see and to learn about their history and how the museum got them; cars and ships; astronomy; physics and chemistry (where people are able to touch and interact with the exhibitions); computers; aerospace; geodetic studies; agriculture; buildings; energy; ambient environment; clocks; astronautics, among others. Thus, it is definitely true that we should visit it more than just once in order to see everything with the right amount of attention. In fact, our excursion guide told us that there are some people who go there every year and several times and who claim that they haven’t seen everything on the museum yet, which is very surprising!

Furthermore, the guide told us that the museum created a night in which it was open for many hours for everyone who would like to visit it, and on that night so many people went to visit that the museum was full, he had never seen that many people in there.

What I personally liked the most about this excursion was the fact that the museum is appealing for everyone and for people of all ages because it is so diverse. It has a lot of science in it and it is also very interactive.

On our excursion, the guide was a very friendly and wise man, who gave us explanations about the museum and the exhibitions and interactions it has. This was also a great part of our excursion since we had the possibility to get to know a little bit better the history of the museum and the guide was very happy to answer all the questions we had for him. We were able to ask the guide whatever we would like to know about the museum, such as marketing related questions, since part of the museum is closed and he explained us that the press officer has to lead a campaign in order to attract people to visit the open part of the museum; the exhibitions’ history, the work of a press officer; and he would openly answer and that was very enriching as well. 

Another very interesting aspect that our excursion guide mentioned was the fact that the museum spends a huge amount of money every year on the exhibitions, in order to innovate and to show people what they really want to see. So, the museum is very open when it comes to tell people (tax payers) that their money goes to the new exhibitions they receive every year, and that aspect shows how committed the museum is in innovating and creating exhibitions that people from anywhere and of any age could appreciate.

As far as I am concerned, it was an amazing and valuable experience, since I had curiosity in visiting this museum when I was with my parents in Munich for the first time, but I didn’t have the chance.

The factor that I found less positive was the fact that the excursion was too short compared with what the museum had to offer and we didn’t have enough time to see the exhibitions with the attention we would like to. However, as I mentioned previously, we had been already advised that we would need many hours in order to be able to appreciate the entire museum, so it wasn’t a surprise.

In short, I think that it was a very special and enriching excursion that made us all think about visiting the museum again and with more time.

Thank you Deustches Museum and Professional Communication’s group!