The museum was opened in 1991 as a sister museum of the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V.". As of 2004, it has more than 2,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 150,000 m2 (indoors and outdoors). It attracts more than half a million visitors per year. In addition to the exhibitions, the museum also has a 22 m x 27 m IMAX dome theatre.