Museum Autovision reopened and now with Wankel's study

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Created on May 11, 2020

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Stiftung Museum Autovision, translated by DeepL

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Stiftung Museum Autovision

Autovision

Stiftung Museum Autovision

Autovision

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Your own cell phone as a museum guide - from now on you can get a lot of information digitally at AUTOVISION free of charge using a QR code

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The original study of inventor Felix Wankel can now be seen in the Wankel exhibition at the AUTOVISION Museum

After a seven-week break due to the coronavirus regulations, the Autovision Museum has now reopened to visitors. During this long period of "idle time", however, the museum team did not rest on its laurels. In addition to the ongoing restoration work, the time was also used to set up a very special permanent loan from the city of Heidelberg.

Wankel exhibition now "spruced up"

With the kind support of Lord Mayor Prof. Dr. Eckart Würzner, the museum management has succeeded in acquiring the complete original study of inventor Felix Wankel for the Autovision.

The original study of inventor Felix Wankel can now be seen in the Wankel exhibition at the AUTOVISION Museum

This commitment was very important to museum founder Horst Schultz, as the museum has already been showing the world's only permanent Wankel exhibition since it opened in 2002. "At last, what belongs together is together again!", says Horst Schultz and adds:"As we are the only place where you can see the entire development with all the applications of the Wankel engine using unique exhibits, it would have been almost unbearable for us if the original source of this invention, which is steeped in history, Felix Wankel's study, were to be exhibited somewhere other than here. We are therefore very grateful to O.B. Prof. Dr. Würzner and the City of Heidelberg for this special loan."

QR-C museum tour with your own smartphone

A digital museum tour is also new at AUTOVISION. At numerous stations in the approximately 3,000 square meters of exhibition space, visitors can use their own smartphone to find out a lot of information about the corresponding exhibits in image and sound via QR code. And to ensure that the downloading of various documents works quickly and smoothly, free Wi-Fi guest access has been set up for all visitors. This digital tour had been planned for some time. In the context of the hygiene recommendations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rapid implementation was now seen as particularly important, as the museum foundation, as an extracurricular educational exhibition, feels it has a duty to provide visitors with a lot of information. The information desks with touch screens or mouse operation are currently all deactivated due to the hygiene measures. The museum has now created an ideal alternative with its own cell phone, an "information desk to go", so to speak.

Further information can be found on the museum website.