Entering the 1:1 model of the passenger cabins of the LZ 129 ‘Hindenburg’, visitors also ‘revisit’ the years 1936 and 1937 to get an idea of what it was like to be a passenger in a Zeppelin, having the unique experience of a transatlatic airship flight.

It is not only the background story of the Zeppelins’ technology and manufacture, but also the techniques of artistic creation, which take visitors back into the past.

Did you know what individual steps were necessary to complete the figure of a saint for an altarpiece? How were the stucco rosettes and cherub heads fixed to the ceiling of the Friedrichshafen Schlosskirche (church)? What is the difference between a wood carving and a copperplate engraving? How did artists and craftsmen work in medieval times, or in the 18th and 19th centuries?

The original results of these steps are on view. The exhibition gives a comprehensive overview of the art of the Lake Constance region and of Upper Swabia.