Röntgen Museum, Remscheid

Deutsches Röntgen-Museum-a museum located a few hundred meters from the birthplace of physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, on the outskirts of the historic Old Town of the Lennep district, currently being part of the city of Remscheid, in the northern Rhine-Westphalia northern country in Germany.

The museum was opened in 1932. On an area of ​​2100 m², history and review of technology helpful in creating X -rays were presented. The museum collection includes equipment and cameras from the past 100 years, used to use X -rays, as well as the personal items of the Nobel Prize winners. The first Nobel Prize in the field of physics in history was awarded on December 10, 1901, just the explorer of X -rays, which he called the "X" rays. In the museum you can see a set of devices used to research on radiation, thanks to which Röntgen discovered radiation called his name. The museum has apparatus, from seemingly primitive X -ray instruments "Diaphor R" to a modern experimental machine for short -term tomosynthesis. In the laboratory located in the museum, you can carry out 30 different types of tests, in the field of mechanics, optics, magnetism and electricity.

Each year, from 200 to 300 scientific trips are shown around the museum. In total, about 15,000 guests visit the museum every year.

In the years 2009–2015 the museum passed the reconstruction, was enlarged and gained the form of an interactive museum.