The collection contains fragments and photographs of models of machines since the 40s. The first plaster model of the radial lathe in the scale 1:1 by the artist Vincenc Makovsky from 1940 is represented in the collection by control levers. Control elements of metal-working and textile machines come from the 50s and 60s. A laminate copy of the model of horizontal cutter by Z.Kovar in the scale 1:1 represents an example of contemporary view of industrial design at that time influenced by organic morphology and technology of production of cast-iron coat of the machine. Other models are from the 70s and 80s and show principal changes influenced by the technology of pressed metal-sheet coat of a machine in the approach to shaping machines and complex engineering equipment (A.Richtr, G.Hlavka, J.Lahoda, M.Klima, V.Autrata, S.Kral, S.Malatinec). The futurological model of a machining centre by Svatopluk Kral (1985) represents a reflection of contemporary visions. The model of school lathe (the prize Good Design 1993) was made by Vaclav Reissner. Other engineering installations are represented by individual models, e.g. a dredger or an assembly plate for water reservoirs from the 80s by Jan Tatousek and Ivan Moucha, process unit of a grain mill by M.Cevela from the 70s, etc.