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Ryan Hogg

German museum removes exhibit featuring Elon Musk after 'historical portrayal' issues

Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk gestures while speaking during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

One of the world’s largest science and technology museums, located in Germany, has removed a space exhibit that prominently featured Elon Musk, explaining it didn’t have the space to include a “comprehensive historical portrayal” of the world’s richest man.

In its “Astronautics” exhibition, the Munich-based Deutsches Museum displayed a panel entitled “visionaries from the past and present.” This included portraits of German space scientists like Max Valier and Erik Theodor Lässig, in addition to South Africa-born SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

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