The BMW Welt and Museum, March 2023

[Matski]

In town with a few days to kill. Thought I'd share some snaps so far.

 

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And the Museum...

 

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Thought I'd post this last one separately. There's now a section given over to the war, and discussion about forced labour, and arms manufacturing. Not going to lie, it does create a lump in the throat, a heavily furrowed brow, and maybe even a more-moist-than-average eyeball.

There's not much that's worth posting as photos, but if you're inclined, and if it's legible, it's worth reading some of the text. It's not all here, but it should give you an idea.

 

[dalab]

Thought I'd post this last one separately. There's now a section given over to the war, and discussion about forced labour, and arms manufacturing. Not going to lie, it does create a lump in the throat, a heavily furrowed brow, and maybe even a more-moist-than-average eyeball.

There's not much that's worth posting as photos, but if you're inclined, and if it's legible, it's worth reading some of the text. It's not all here, but it should give you an idea.

Excellent, thank you very much, the quality and effort put into your work is noticeable, in the order, the chronology, respecting and transmitting the voice of the entire exhibition and the museum as it is, the historical documentation on the war is extremely overwhelming as well as instructive.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Great stuff, thank you. I was just there last weekend! Talking about lumps in your throat: the House of the History of the Federal Republic in Bonn does that also…

 

[klier]

That 850Ci cabrio is just wild!

Many thanks for the awesome pics. So colorful.

 

[Matski]

Excellent, thank you very much, the quality and effort put into your work is noticeable, in the order, the chronology, respecting and transmitting the voice of the entire exhibition and the museum as it is, the historical documentation on the war is extremely overwhelming as well as instructive.

I appreciate the words but honestly, the only effort is in waiting for people to get clear of the shot, or to drag their shit bag little kids away from hanging off the door handles of the cars... for the most part, they're just snaps. I've lugged my DSLR and lenses around with me all week so far and I'm mostly using my phone, which is a Pixel 7 - It's alright but it's got this weird AI enhance if you zoom in a lot. But yeah, the war stuff I'm glad to see, and I like how they handled it.

That 850Ci cabrio is just wild!

Really glad to have seen that in the flesh, saw the E31 M8 prototype at Goodwood and now I've seen the cabriolet too. When I leaned over it, to take some interior pics, I caught the smell of old BMW's... man, it took be straight back to buying my first BMW (an E28).

 

[dalab]

the only effort is in waiting for people to get clear of the shot, or to drag their shit bag little kids away from hanging off the door handles of the cars..

Try kicking them...., when you enjoy what you do you don't feel like it's an effort, outsiders notice it

 

[Matski]

Try kicking them...., when you enjoy what you do you don't feel like it's an effort, outsiders notice it

No shit, I was standing there waiting to get a shot of Wittmann's M4 DTM car, this guy's casually wondering past, two kids, maybe 7 or 8 years old, he's just chatting away on his phone whilst the kids are literally yanking on all the door handles. The door on a 2015-ish DTM car is flimsy at best and the little shitbag dislodged the whole thing. You can't blame the kids, it's inept, lazy parenting.

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... aaaannnyway, not sure if this was there for customer delivery or just for display...