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AutoMuseum
After the whizz-bang, showbiz aplomb of Autostadt, its sister AutoMuseum is pretty low-key. You proceed through a hallway of ads (in German), which make you realise how central its 'cheeky chappie' persona was to the Beetle's success. Then you turn the corner and a room full of that personality confronts you. The museum often lends its cars to other exhibitions, so it's impossible to list exactly what you'll see.
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Autostadt
Spread across 25 hectares, Autostadt is a celebration of all things VW - so no muttering about the company's recent boardroom scandals up the back there, please! Conceived as a luxury centre for customers to collect new vehicles, it soon developed into a theme park with broad family appeal. Things kick off with a broad view of automotive design and engineering in the Konzernforum, while the neighbouring Zeithaus looks back at the history of the Beetle and other VW models.
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Fallersleben Schloss & Hoffmann Museum
Keen history students who speak German might want to visit this historic part of town to see Fallersleben Schloss (castle) and its Hoffmann Museum. In 1841, Fallersleben native August Heinrich Hoffman (1798-1874) wrote the lyrics to what would become the German national anthem (music courtesy of Joseph Hayden).
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Kunstmuseum
As you walk south down Porschestrasse, you'll come to another great building, the Kunstmuseum, which is home to temporary exhibitions of modern art.
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Phaeno
The glass-and-concrete building that houses the science centre Phaeno is truly cutting edge. Sleek, curved and thin, it looks like a stretchy spaceship from Planet Minimalism. Inside, however, you rarely have time to appreciate the design by British-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The place is full of 250 hands-on physics exhibits and experiments (with instructions and explanations in both German and English) and, frequently it seems, 10 times as many schoolchildren all pulling at them.
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Planetarium Wolfsburg
On the hill just southwest of the southern end of Porschestrasse is Planetarium Wolfsburg, built in 1982 after VW bartered Golfs for Zeiss projectors with the GDR. It's got laser and rock shows, star shows and spoken-word performances set to the stars. Call ahead, as show times vary.
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Schloss Wolfsburg
In a town that's less than 70 years old, Schloss Wolfsburg stands in stark contrast to the space-age sheen of Autostadt. Dating from 1600 and built as a noble residence for the Bartensleben family, the castle today houses the Stadt Museum, with displays on Wolfsburg's history, and two art museums.
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Stadt Museum
In historic contrast to Autostadt's space-age sheen, Wolfsburg's castle dates from 1600 and today houses the Stadt Museum. It has a rundown of the city's history from 1938, when the VW plant was founded, to the present day. There's also a small regional history museum and two art galleries that host rotating exhibitions. The Schloss is five minutes northeast of Autostadt. Several buses, including 160, 201, 202, 208, 211 and 380 will get you here.
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