him also of national support. Famous scientists and entrepreneurs such as Max Planck, Hugo Junkers, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and Emil Rathenau advised him on the structure of the departments. Nearly all the material needed for the construction of the building was donated, owing to his commitment. With Carl von Linde, he educated the first museum executive committee to the developer of the refrigeration technology and Walther von Dyck, the rector of the technical university. In 1906 Emperor Wilhelm II laid the cornerstone of the museum complex in its current location on the museum island. Until the grand opening, which took place on von Miller's 70th birthday on 7 May 1925, smaller exhibits were set up in provisional rooms. From 1918 to 1924 he was project manager in the building of the then-largest high pressure hydroelectric power station in the world, the Walchenseekraftwerk. Miller died in 1934 in the Deutsches Museum as a consequence of a heart attack, a few months after the accidental death of his wife. He was interred next to the church at the Neuhausen Cemetery in Munich. Honours Member of the Upper-House (Kammer der Reichsräte) of the Bavarian Parliament Honorary citizen of the city of Munich Honorary citizen of Holzkirchen Honorary president of the second world conference on electrical power (Weltkraftkonferenz) Siemens-Ring Wilhelm Exner Medal, inaugural awardee, 1921 Several posts which von Miller held emphasize his personality and the importance he had in electro-technology, for example: Chairman of the Association of German Engineers Member of the peace delegation of 1919 in Versailles as technical advisor Author of numerous books, of which those concerned with the issue of supplying electrical power to and from cities became the standard works. The Oskar von Miller Tower is named after him. Notes References Wilhelm Füßl: Miller, Oskar von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, , S. 517–519 Wilhelm Füßl: Oskar von Miller: 1855–1934. Eine Biographie, Munich: C.H.Beck, 2005, Wilhelm Füßl: "Oskar von Miller." In: Katharina Weigand (Hrsg.): Große Gestalten der bayerischen Geschichte. Munich: Herbert Utz Verlag, 2011, External links 1855 births 1934 deaths Engineers from Munich Technical University of Munich alumni Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat Werner von Siemens Ring laureates AEG people Bavarian nobility Von Miller family