Porsche Museum, Stuttgart
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The Porsche Museum is a museum in the Zuffenhausen district of Stuttgart, Germany on the site of carmaker Porsche.
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[edit] The original museum
The old museum opened in 1976. It is still a relatively small works museum but it is due to reopen on new premises in late 2008. The museum currently holds around 20 exhibits (in rotation).
[edit] The new museum
Due to open in late 2008, the new museum is expected to feature a display of around 80 exhibits in what the company calls a "rolling museum" (with rotating exhibits and cars still in full driving condition). Originally there was discussion that the new museum would be built alongside a new Mercedes-Benz museum on former trade fair grounds in the Killesberg area of Stuttgart.[1]. After the new Mercedes-Benz Museum opened in the east of Stuttgart in 2006, Porsche went ahead with plans to upgrade and extend its museum in the northern district of Zuffenhausen next to the company headquarters, at an estimated cost of more than 60 million euros.
The new museum was designed by the architects Delugan Meissl. The museum concept is based on a model by HG Merz who was also involved in the building of the award winning Mercedes Benz museum.[1]
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[edit] Selection of exhibits
Please note that this article is about the museum itself so only a selection of cars is shown here. To add images or view exhibits, please visit the commons page.
 Four wheel drive Porsche 360 Cisitalia (1947) |
 Porsche 356 Nr. 1 Roadster (1948) |
 Porsche Type 804 Formula 1 racing car(1962) |
 Porsche 917 Short coupé (1970) |
 Porsche 917 Long coupé (1971) |
 The 1100 hp Porsche 917/30 Spider (1973) |
.jpg/120px-Rothmans_Porsche_956_C_Coupé_(Langheck).jpg) Porsche 956C coupé (1981 - 1985) |
 McLaren TAG Porsche F1 (1985) |
 Porsche 911 GT1 '98, with Le Mans starting number 25 (1998) |
 The 612 hp Carrera GT (2003) |
