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In
June
1903,
Prince
Ludwig
agreed
to
act
as
patron
of
the
museum
and
the
city
of
Munich
donated
Coal
Island
as
a
site
for
the
project.
In
addition,
exhibits
began
to
arrive
from
Munich,
Germany,
and
abroad
including
collections
from
the
Bavarian
Academy.
As
no
dedicated
museum
building
existed,
the
exhibits
were
displayed
in
the
National
Museum.
On
12
November
1906,
the
temporary
exhibits
at
the
National
Museum
were
ceremonially
opened
to
the
public
and
on
November
13
the
foundation
stone
was
laid
for
the
permanent
museum.
The
first
name
of
the
museum,
the
"German
Museum
for
Masterpieces
of
Natural
Science
and
Technology",
was
not
meant
to
limit
the
museum
to
German
advances
in
science
and
technology,
but
to
express
the
importance
of
science
and
technology
to
the
German
people.
Oskar
von
Miller
opened
the
new
museum
on
his
70th
birthday,
2
May
1925,
after
a
delay
of
almost
ten
years.
From
the
beginning,
the
museum
displays
are
backed
up
by
documents
available
in
a
public
library
and
archives,
which
are
open
seven
days
a
week
to
ensure
access
to
the
working
public.