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The new Porsche museum in Stuttgart, Germany, opened just one year ago and already they have received more than 530,000 visitors from all over the world.

The museum will be celebrating its anniversary on the 31st of January and to mark this occasion Porsche will be offering visitors the opportunity, for the first time, to look behind the scenes.

The glass doors of the Museum Workshop, for example, are being opened to offer a glimpse of the work done by the mechanics in restoring historical Porsche sports cars. The event level normally not open to visitors is likewise being included in the birthday activities.

Porsche are also installing a cinema specially for the occasion, children will also be able to participate with the opportunity to show their creativity here in all kinds of do-it-yourself exercises.

And to top this off visitors will have the chance to sit in a Porsche 911 Speedster for a truly unique photographic memory.

Enthusiasts of motorsport will also be thrilled by the experience, with Porsche works driver Marc Lieb answering questions all about motorsport during a special hour for autographs. On the occasion he will even be presenting his equipment and racing driver’s gear.

Presenting a Porsche 911 GT3 R of the 2010 season, a racing engineer will demonstrate how he obtains valuable data for racing challenges on his laptop. “We will even be starting our cars regularly on this special day both in the Exhibition and in the Museum Workshop – really a unique experience in sound”, adds Museum Director Achim Stejskal.

The Porsche Museum will be open on Sunday the 31st of January 2010 from 9:00 to 18:00. Admission is 8 Euros. Children up to 14 accompanying an adult have free admission.