Verkehrsmuseum

Transportation Museum

This museum contains two collections: the DB Museum (DB National Railway Museum) and the Museum for Communication. The railway museum explores the history of railways in Germany from 1835 - when the first railway connecting Nuremberg and Fürth opened - to today. There's a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock, extending outside, and it's a good place for families with children. The museum includes full scale replicas or originals from all eras of German rail travel, including a replica of the first ever locomotive running over German rails and a mock-up of the ICE. There's thoughtful coverage of the railways' role in German society, including their role in warfare and in the mass deportation to death of oppressed civilians. Labelling is only in German but there are free audioguides in English and other languages. The Museum for Communication is small by comparison, yet attempts to address the entire theme of communications. Some interesting items but the overall effect is superficial, with important concepts mentioned but not explored.

• museum
• history
• family

Address

Lessingstraße 6

Getting there

Opernhaus; outside city walls 500 m west of Hauptbahnhof

Hours

Tue-Fri 09:00-17:00 Sat Sun and holidays 10:00-18:00

Price

Combined ticket €5, concessions €4