The museum about Otto Lilienthal - the first aviator

His life and accomplishments as a flight pioneer, as well as a pioneer in technical, social, and cultural projects are of great importance.

The exhibitions display the early history of human flight and demonstrate the basic flight principles discovered by Otto Lilienthal, including:

• wing flapping and
• hang gliding

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Museum Hours:

June thru September
Daily 10 am to 5 pm

November thru April
Wed thru Fri 11 am to 3:30 pm
Sun 1 to 3:30 pm

May, October and during school vacation
Tues thru Fri 10 am to 5 pm; Sat, Sun 1 to 5 pm
(in winter, the museum closes at 4 pm.)

Closed on December 24th and 31st

Information for disabled persons

Admission fees

Ellbogenstraße 1
D-17389 Anklam

phone +49-3971-245500
fax     +49-3971-245580
e-mail: info@lilienthal-museum.de

The museum is a member of: "Deutscher Museumsbund", "European Museumsforum" and "Gesellschaft zur Bewahrung von Stätten Deutscher Luftfahrtgeschichte".

Sections of the Exhibition:

( - short guide - )

Life and Accomplishments

includes the work and biography of Gustav Lilienthal (1849 - 1933), the one-year younger brother of Otto. The brothers worked closely to achieve a variety of social and cultural projects together.

The Dream of Flight

"Dreams of flight" are a very special topic for a technical museum. We present a variety of imaginative but unsuccessful machines and concepts to fly, only dreams before the first successful flights.

Human Flight

Displays of replicas and models of all gliders and aircraft designs of Otto Lilienthal.

Virtual panorama (you need QuickTime)

Airship versus Aircraft

a short tour by the history of aviation

Ikarus - Lilienthal - hangglider - The story of Man Flight

"Ikarus - the flying man" was the title of an exhibition in the ruins of the the church "St. Nikolai" in summer 2007. It was a foretaste of what is to come in this central building in the city of Anklam, a museum about the ancient dream of mankind - to fly with artificial wings like a bird. Part of this project called "Ikareum" will exhibit objects from the collection of G. Burghardt, ("First hang glider museum of the world").

Aeronauticon

is another project of the museum: A "Garden About Flight and Its History" on Anklam Airport.