Mercedes Automotive Museum Moves To New Location

Dr. Carl Benz Automotive Museum Moves To New Location

Posted by eMercedesBenz on September 21, 2005 at 9:45 AM CST

If you're planning on visiting the Dr. Carl Benz Automotive Museum,  
you'll soon have to visit a new location.  This month, the museum is  
moving form its current Ladenburg location to the almost 100 year old  
halls of C. Benz Söhne.  The halls, which can be considered one of  
the birthplaces of the Mercedes-Benz brand, were restored with the  
help of Daimler Chrysler AG, and will house historical exhibits of  
the founder of the museum, collector Winfried A. Siedel.  Highlights  
include 40 passenger cars, race cars and trucks, two biographical  
exhibits relating to Karl Benz, and many other items and exhibits  
displaying the Benz engineering history.  The move is scheduled to  
take place this month.

You can read the full press release below.


OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE


Dr. Carl Benz Automotive Museum To Move Into The Historical Factory  
Of C. Benz Söhne

The Dr. Carl Benz automotive museum in Ladenburg will move, and the  
collection’s new domicile will be the factory halls, almost 100 years  
old, of C. Benz Söhne. The historical factory, in which the vehicles  
of the C. Benz Söhne brand were manufactured in the early 20th  
century, was restored with the support of DaimlerChrysler AG and will  
provide an appropriate setting for the historical exhibits of  
collector Winfried A. Seidel. The objects include biographical  
exhibits relating to Karl Benz, among them his office and two rare  
vehicles of the C. Benz Söhne brand. In addition, the museum presents  
some 40 passenger cars, trucks and racing cars – most of these of the  
Benz and Mercedes-Benz brands. These are complemented by bicycles,  
motorcycles and other exhibits relating to engineering history. The  
two-wheelers are also meant to build the bridge to Mannheim-born  
bicycle pioneer Karl von Drais.


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