The Wecke family from Stuttgart-Birkach today purchased the
nine millionth admission ticket to the Mercedes-Benz Museum. The
jubilee visit was not the only surprise this Sunday.
On 8 April 2018,
the “Gospel in the East” choir from Stuttgart unexpectedly serenaded
all visitors of the museum: The strong voices of more than 300 singers
rang out in the museum in a “flash mob” performance.
Stuttgart.
What a surprise for the Wecke family from Stuttgart-Birkach: When Mrs
Wecke bought the admission tickets for the museum this morning for her
family, they included the nine millionth ticket since the Mercedes-Benz
Museum opened in May 2006. Museum Director Monja Büdke congratulated
the family, presented a gift voucher for the museum shop, and invited
the family to lunch in the museum restaurant.
“We are delighted
that a family from Stuttgart picked the nine millionth ticket to the
Mercedes-Benz Museum. We are keen to appeal to guests from Stuttgart
and the region with an interesting and varied programme”, says Museum
Director Monja Büdke.
“My young daughter is already looking forward to
the big Childrenʼs and Family Day on 8 July at the end of the
Mercedes-Benz Summer Concert Series- and my boss can hardly wait for
the big special exhibition ‘ 125 Years of VfB’ to commemorate the
football clubʼs anniversary starting in September”.
A total of
876,109 people visited the Mercedes-Benz Museum in 2017, among them
also the eight millionth visitor, Mr Dingding from China. At 10
percent, the Chinese represent the highest proportion of international
guests, which accounted for 60 percent of visitors in 2017.
Two thirds
of German visitors come from Stuttgart and the region. For this group
of people – among them many frequently returning visitors – the event
calendar is well filled with a host of events all year long.
On
Sunday, 8 April, there was a previously unannounced. More than 300
singers from the Stuttgart choir "Gospel in the East", among them Mrs
Wecke, formed a flash mob around noon to deliver a resounding serenade.
What started quite inconspicuously with a piano player and a female
vocalist in the Atrium, grew with every line of the song into a choir
of hundreds of voices, which quickly got the museum visitors swinging
on the various museum levels connected to the Atrium. "Gospel in the
East" is a multi-generational choir in Stuttgart with male and female
singers from different countries and religions.
Source: Daimler
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