Museum Welcomes More Than Half a Million Visitors in its First Year

ATLANTA and STUTTGART, Germany, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 530,000 visitors from all across the world, 2,555 guided tours and some 14,326 grilled steaks at the Christophorus are some of the more significant numbers tallied by the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart just a year after its opening.

When the Porsche Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time on January 31, 2009, Porsche officials had predicted optimistically that 200,000 people would visit annually. No one imagined that more than a half million would pass through the doors and into the world of Porsche.

The new Porsche Museum is arguably one of the most daring architectural designs to emerge among a recent wave of auto museums in Germany. The award-winning building is host to some 80 of the brand's most famous sports and race cars, numerous small exhibits, as well as little-known prototypes from the company's more than 60-year history.