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Bundeswehr Military History Museum (Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr), Dresden, Germany (1)

Bundeswehr Military History Museum (Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr), Dresden, Germany (1) ‪@germanytourism‬ ‪@VisitDresdenNow‬ ‪@SachsenTourismus‬ Bundeswehr Military History Museum (Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr) is the military museum of the German Armed Forces & one of the major military history museums in Germany. It is located in a former military arsenal in the Albertstadt which is part of Dresden. After a long history of switching titles & approaches to military history, the museum was re-opened in 2011 with a new internal & external concept. The museum focuses on the human aspects of war, while also showcasing the evolution of German military technology. The original building, the armory, was built between 1873 & 1876 and became a museum in 1897. Originally the Saxon armory & museum, the building has served as a Nazi museum, a Soviet museum & an East German museum which reflected the region's shifting social & political positions over the last 135 years. In 1989, the museum was closed because the newly unified German state was unsure how the museum would fit into the history being created. By 2001, feelings regarding the museum had shifted & an architectural competition was held for an extension which would cause visitors to reconsider the way they think about war. Before opening in October 2011 as the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, the building underwent 6 years of extensive construction. Architect Daniel Libeskind added a transparent arrowhead to the façade of the building, creating, according to the Dresden Tourism board, "an outwardly visible expression of innovation". This new element is also reflected in the logo of the museum. Libeskind's studio states that "the openness and transparency of the new façade, representing the openness of democratic society, contrasts with the rigidity of the existing building, which represents the severity of the authoritarian past". The silver arrowhead protrudes from the center of the traditional Neo-Classical building & provides a five-story, 29m high viewing platform which overlooks the city. The platform provides views of modern Dresden while pointing towards the area where the fire bombings of Dresden began. The redesigned Dresden Museum of Military history has become the main museum of the German Armed Forces. The building itself is 14,000 square meters & has an inside & outside exhibition area of about 20,000 square meters, making it Germany's largest museum. In every aspect, the museum is designed to alter the public's perception of war. The original armory building was completed in 1876 as an armory for Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Arsenal main building in the center of Dresden's Albert City served as an armory for roughly 20 years, until it was transformed into a museum in 1897. Since then, the main building of the arsenal has housed the Royal Arsenal Collection, the Royal Saxon Army Museum & in 1923 became the Saxon Army Museum. After 1938, the museum became the Army Museum of the Wehrmacht & in 1972 the Army Museum of the GDR. Seven months before the reunification of Germany, the museum was renamed the Military History Museum in Dresden. On February 13 & 14, 1945, British bomber planes commenced an air attack against Dresden, creating a vast firestorm below. During the first phase, 244 Lancaster bombers dropped high explosive & incendiary bombs aimed at the center of the city. American B-17 bombers followed the next morning, to destroy the city's railroad marshaling yards. While much of the city was in ruins, the museum & most of the other military buildings in the Albertstadt survived the bombing of Dresden because of its location on the city's outskirts. The building withstood World War II attacks on Germany & continued to be used as a military museum until it was closed in 1989. It re-opened again in 2011 and provided a new way of presenting military history.