Dessau was the former Homebase of Junkers Flugzeugwerke. Therefore it is the perfect location for a museum, which tries to prevent the work of Hugo Junkers and his companies. Nevertheless, in Dessau are just a few things left, which have originally been in use during the time of Junkers Flugzeugwerke. Most buildings were destroyed already during WWII or at least during the initial years following WWII. Only a few items are left today.

In 1992 the Foerderverein Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers was founded. This institution has the aim to preserve the last remaining items of Junkers Flugzeugwerke in Dessau. At the former Junkers airfield a technical museum was created, where mostly Junkers exhibits are collected. Since 1995 a few aircraft, all of them were former Eastern military and agricultural aircraft, were presented in a small exhibit. During the following years several technical installations at the Junkers airfield were restorated, i.e.

Junkers Windchannel of 1934
Junkers Compensation Area of 1935
Junkers Administration Building of 1934
parts of the Junkers runway system

The main building of the Technikmuseum is a hangar of 1952, which was the initial building of the newly formed VEB Flugzeugbau in Dessau. But due to the rivals of the 17th June 1953 the Dessau developement of a new aviation technology center in the G.D.R. was stopped. When these activities were reactivated two years later, Dresden was selected as the new location for the G.D.R. aviation technology center. However, the hangar survived until today and is now the housing for the Junkers collection at Dessau.