BMW Welt
Munich
ABOVE: An architect's rendering shows the new BMW
Museum, which is located next to BMW's world headquarters. INSET BELOW: An
aerial view of the complex.
 Since
it opened in 1973, the BMW Museum has been one of Munich's leading tourist
attractions. More than 200,000 people a year have visited the building next to
BMW's "four-cylinder" skyscraper near the Olympic Park, making it the #2 museum
in Munich after the Deutsches Museum.
In the summer of 2008, a larger and more ambitious BMW Museum opened as part of BMW Welt, or "BMW World," which combines:
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The all-new BMW Museum, with 5,000 square meters of
exhibition space (compared to 1,000 square meters at the old facility).
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A BMW Delivery Center, where German BMW buyers and
customers from overseas can pick up their new cars.
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A redesigned BMW Plant Tour, where visitors can see
everything from the Press Shop (where body parts are made out of huge steel
coils) to the Engine Construction Shop and the final Vehicle Assembly line.
For more information on BMW Welt
and its attractions, visit www.bmw-welt.com.
And to get an idea of what you can expect to see during the plant tour, read our
illustrated description of the BMW Regensburg
Factory Tour.
Photos/renderings copyright © BMW AG.
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