Pictures from the Daimler (Mercedes) Mueseum

[crosscountry]

if anyone is interested I went to the museum yesterday here in Stuttgart, Germany. These are the pictures from there starting outside.

it is a very nice museum that takes you through the history. THey give you an audio device so you can hear recorded clips in every room and around most cars. Some of the most intereseting parts where when they talked about who owned each car: Princess Diana, a Japenese Emperor, and so on.

http://photos.crosscountryadventures.us/displayimage.php?album=54&pos=0

[crosscountry]

man, I couldn't get a reply if I paid for it.

[Roy Batty]

man, I couldn't get a reply if I paid for it.
Maybe if your links worked? :)

[crosscountry]

Maybe if your links worked? :)

worked for me


here it is again
http://photos.crosscountryadventures.us/displayimage.php?album=54&pos=0

[crosscountry]

and one more time for good measure (http://photos.crosscountryadventures.us/displayimage.php?album=54&pos=0)

[Roy Batty]

Your site links are working now, weren't 20 mins ago :)

[Moose]

CC, you posted them at 1AM (in my time zone) on a sunday night. :) Some of us have to work today. I had a quick glance as far as shot 20ish, but I'll have to have a better look tonight when I'm not wasting government time.

[crosscountry]

Yea, I am a little ahead of you guys right now.

the museum is pretty cool. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

[Roy Batty]

Interesting photos. Nice juxtaposition of old exhibits in a space age looking museum :)

[crosscountry]

it was quite remarkable how well the museum was designed. I was very interested in the architecture as much as the cars. One thing I didn't take pictures of was the timeline.

they had it set up so that ever level was a different decade - or so. Between level we walked down a long ramp with photographs and such on the outside wall that told of current times. The one for Auschiwitz was no larger than the rest, but I spent longer there just feeling something. At the end was the WTC rubble photograph. Another one of those sit and think moments.

[Roy Batty]

they had it set up so that ever level was a different decade - or so.
I guessed that from the sequence, neat.

Between level we walked down a long ramp with photographs and such on the outside wall that told of current times. The one for Auschiwitz was no larger than the rest, but I spent longer there just feeling something. At the end was the WTC rubble photograph. Another one of those sit and think moments.
I know what you mean, felt the same way when I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau:(

[boppa]

wow-i would love to go there( but id probably also go to the volkswagon one too)

great pics!!!

[crosscountry]

I went to the Porche Museum today. It's not near as nice or large as the Mercedes, but they are building another. I'll post those pictures soon.

The Mercedes Museum was so great because it's been around longer than any other car. There is a lot of history there, including the first ever "automobile" which was also the first ever Motorcycle.

It was really neat.

[boppa]

i only mentioned the vw on as i am the owner of an australian built vw called the countrybug-vw never liked it but fairly recently finally allowed one to be put in their museum(finally!!)

also id love to se antarctica 1(i think) the old 60's beetle that was one of two taken down to antartica for travel down there

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/boppa/countrybuggy/bug1.jpg
a promo poster from vw

stick some snow chains on it and take it to antarctica!!!!!!

[Parrothead]

Nice pics! Some of my favourite vehicles are the "Silver Arrows" of the late 1930's and early/mid 1950's. Absolutely beautiful race cars :). The museum also has a website (http://www.mercedes-benz.com/content/mbcom/international/international_website/en/com/Brandworld_Museum.html).

[crosscountry]

thanks for the link. that site it fantastic!