The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart was designed by UNStudio. The article names no client, and the museum shows cars maintained by the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach. It opened on May 19, 2006. The infobox and text give no construction start date.
The article describes a cloverleaf concept of three overlapping circles with the center removed, forming a triangular atrium that recalls a Wankel engine, with a double helix interior. It names no materials. Exhibition designer HG Merz was commissioned before the 2001 architecture competition. The building has 177,600 square feet (16,500 square meters) of exhibition space on a 4,800 square meter footprint and shows more than 160 vehicles.
The museum was previously in a factory building, where visitors were shuttled from the main gate. It drew 860,000 visitors in 2007 and 800,245 in 2023. Free audio tours are offered in several languages. The article gives no hours or fees.
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