The Munich Maker Lab is a non-profit organization, creating an open community workspace, where you can learn, teach, share, make, hack, create, enjoy or simply relax. We try to create an environment that supports the do-it-yourself, hacker and maker culture by providing workspace, tools, and infrastructure to our members and everyone else.
Everyone is welcome to visit when our website indicates an open status, as we don’t have fixed opening times apart from our open Thursday. We are a fully community-driven space and no one is paid for their contributions to the lab. Our members are an diverse group of tech-savvy and non-tech individuals alike. They come to build and explore new things, work on their personal projects, create improvements for the lab, make art, learn new skills or simply hang out – we’re also a kind of social club where people gather and connect.
While most people at the lab speak German, we have agreed to use English as our written language and in our formal meetups so that international people can join as well.
The Hacking Room Project was started in April 2013 to create a new Hacker-/Makerspace in Munich. After less than a year, in February 2014, we founded the Munich Maker Lab e.V. and moved into our first space, a 25m² room at Werk1 München. A year later, we expanded and moved into new rooms in Obersendling. Since early 2017, we have a industrial space at the Kreativquartier.
Join us at one of our next meetups to find out more: Visit us
The Community Approach
At the Munich Maker Lab, we believe that great things happen when people take initiative, just like in open‑source software projects. Our space thrives because members and visitors contribute their time, ideas and skills to make it better. Whether it’s maintaining tools, organizing events, or developing new projects, everything only happens when someone takes it on.
We try to keep our organization and processes as open and transparent as possible. Everyone is welcome to get involved, suggest improvements and share responsibility. This approach can feel a bit unusual at first, especially if you’re used to more structured or hierarchical organizations, but it gives everyone the chance to shape the community and the space itself.
You don’t need a formal role to help out. Supporting the community can be as simple as taking on a small task, helping with one of our “Mini‑Jobs” or joining an open lab project. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps the space grow and stay alive.
In essence, the Munich Maker Lab works best when people make it happen-together.
Organization & Membership
We are a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.
If you’d like to support us regularly and become a member, simply fill out our membership form.
You can send it by email (see details on the form), bring it to the Munich Maker Lab in person, or send it by mail.
Membership is not required to use the space — you’re always welcome to just drop by and take a look around.
If you decide to join, you can find more information about the onboarding process on our wiki page: Onboarding.
Members enjoy additional benefits, such as the option to get a personal key to the space.
For more details, see our statutes and scale of fees.
More questions?
Check our Frequently Asked Questions or Contact us
Inventory
You can check out our current setup and machines in our wiki
Support us
We need to pay rent for our space, maintenance for tools and we’d also like to support projects that happen at the space. To do so, we need money. We try to cover our fixed costs with membership fees.
If you like what we do, and want to give us a quick boost: we also take donations. Since we are a non-profit organisation according to German law, we can send you a receipt, and you can hand it in with your taxes. Here’s our bank details:
Munich Maker Lab e.V.
IBAN: DE25701500001003311071
BIC: SSKMDEMMXXX
Bank: Stadtsparkasse München
Make sure to send us an email, so we can get you your receipt.