Oskar von Miller

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Oskar von Miller was a German engineer and pioneering museum founder best known for establishing Munich’s Deutsches Museum, one of the world’s leading science and technology museums.

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instanceOf human
museum founder
awardReceived Bavarian Order of Merit NERFINISHED
burialPlace Munich NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED
Germany
dateOfBirth 1855-05-07
dateOfDeath 1934-04-09
educatedAt Polytechnic School in Munich NERFINISHED
era 19th century
early 20th century
ethnicGroup Germans
familyName von Miller NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
museum curation
founded Deutsches Museum NERFINISHED
genreOfActivity public education in science and technology
givenName Oskar NERFINISHED
hasPartInBiography development of hydroelectric power in Bavaria
hasWorkLocation Berlin NERFINISHED
Munich NERFINISHED
influenced development of technical museums in Europe
knownFor founding the Deutsches Museum in Munich
memberOf Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED
movement Second Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED
name Oskar von Miller NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage German
notableAchievement organized early long-distance high-voltage power transmission demonstrations in Germany
promoted public understanding of science and technology through museum exhibits
notableWork Deutsches Museum NERFINISHED
occupation electrical engineer
entrepreneur
museum director
placeOfBirth Munich NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Munich
positionHeld director of the Deutsches Museum
residence Munich
sexOrGender male
significantProject planning and construction of the Deutsches Museum building on Museum Island in Munich
workedFor Munich municipal electricity works NERFINISHED
Siemens & Halske NERFINISHED

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Deutsches Museum foundedBy Oskar von Miller