List of transport museums

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This is a list of transport museums throughout the world. Old transportation systems don't disappear, they often become the park and recreational facilities of future generations. Parts of many dismantled trolley systems in the United States for instance, have become trolley museums.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Austria 3 Bermuda 4 Bulgaria 5 Canada 6 People's Republic of China 7 Czech Republic 8 Denmark 9 Estonia 10 Finland 11 France 12 Germany 13 Greece 14 Hungary 15 Ireland 16 Israel 17 Italy 18 Japan 19 Latvia 20 Lithuania 21 Mexico 22 Netherlands 23 New Zealand 24 Norway 25 Pakistan 26 Portugal 27 Russia 28 Serbia 29 Sweden 30 Switzerland 31 Turkey 32 United Kingdom 32.1 England 32.2 Northern Ireland 32.3 Scotland 33 United States 34 See also 35 External links

[edit] Australia

• Archer Park Railway Station, Rockhampton, Queensland;
• Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, New South Wales
• Australian Railway Historical Society Rail Transport Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia
• Ballarat Tramway Museum, 2 hours west of Melbourne, Victoria - [1]
• Bendigo Tram Museum, two hours north of Melbourne, Victoria - [2]
• Brisbane Tramway Museum, Ferny Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
• Glenreagh Mountain Railway, Glenreagh, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
• Pichi Richi Railway - Quorn to Port Augusta
• National Railway Museum - Port Adelaide
• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere, New South Wales
• Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach, Queensland
• Road Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
• Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus, Sydney, New South Wales
• St Kilda Tram Museum - Adelaide - [3]
• Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania - [4]
• Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, Bylands, Victoria - [5]
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum, Valley Heights, New South Wales - [6]
• Western Australia's Heritage Tramway, Whiteman Park, Western Australia - [7]
• Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Western Australia

[edit] Austria

• TMB's Innsbruck Tramway Museum, Innsbruck - [8]
• Tramway Museum Graz, [Graz] - [9]

[edit] Bermuda

• Railway Museum and Curiosity Shop, Hamilton

[edit] Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Rousse

[edit] Canada

• Alberta Railway Museum, Edmonton, Alberta - [10]
• Canadian Railway Museum, Saint-Constant, Québec
• Halton County Radial Railway, Rockwood, Ontario
• Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario - [11]
• Muskoka Marine Museum, Huntsville, Ontario - [12]
• Saskatchewan Railway Museum, Saskatoon Saskatchewan

[edit] People's Republic of China

• China Railway Museum, Beijing
• Hong Kong Railway Museum, Tai Po District, Hong Kong

[edit] Czech Republic

• Muzeum městské hromadné dopravy v Praze (Praha Střešovice)
• Železniční muzeum ČD (Lužná u Rakovníka)
• Železniční muzeum Zlonice
• Zubrnická museální železnice
• Muzeum těžby a dopravy vápence v Českém Krasu - Skanzen Solvayovy lomy
• Muzeum Pošumavských železnic Nové Údolí
• Muzeum koněspřežné železnice České Budějovice
• výtopna Jaroměř
• Muzeum průmyslových železnic Mladějov

[edit] Denmark

• Danish Railway Museum, Odense - [13]

[edit] Estonia

• Estonian Railway Museum, Haapsalu [14]

[edit] Finland

• Finnish Railway Museum, Hyvinkää

[edit] France

• Musée Français du Chemin de Fer
• Musée Maurice Dufresne

[edit] Germany

• Otto-Lilienthal-Museum
• Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim
• Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Sehnde near Hannover

[edit] Greece

• Greek Railway Museum, Athens
• Phaethon Museum of Technology (cars), Oropos

[edit] Hungary

• Budapest Transport Museum, City Park, Budapest - [15]

[edit] Ireland

• National Transport Museum of Ireland, Dublin
• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Belfast
• National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dublin

[edit] Israel

• Israel Railway Museum, Haifa - [16]

[edit] Italy

• Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia -[17]

[edit] Japan

• Hiroshima City Transportation Museum
• Modern Transportation Museum, Osaka, Osaka
• Railway Museum, Saitama, Saitama
• Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum. Kyoto [18]

[edit] Latvia

• Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga - [19]
• Riga Motor Museum, Riga - [20]

[edit] Lithuania

• Lithuanian Railway Museum, Vilnius - [21]

[edit] Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceanico heritage railway & museum. Cuautla, Morelos - [22]
• Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, [23]
• Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos, Puebla, Puebla [24]
• Museo Tecnológico de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (MUTEC), Mexico City [25]
• Museo del Ferrocarril de Torreón, Torreón, Coahuila [26]

[edit] Netherlands

• Dutch Railway Museum, Utrecht (city)

[edit] New Zealand

• Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland
• Southward Car Museum, Kapiti Coast
• National Maritime Museum, New Zealand, Auckland
• Wellington Tramway Museum, Kapiti Coast
• Foxton Trolleybus Museum, Kapiti Coast
• Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch
• Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin

[edit] Norway

• Gamle Vossebanen Railway Museum, Bergen
• Trondheim Tramway Museum, Trondheim - [27]
• Krøderbanen Railway Museum, Krøderen - [28]
• Norwegian Railway Museum, Hamar
• Setesdalsbanen Railway Museum, Vennesla
• Oslo Transport Museum, Oslo - [29]

[edit] Pakistan

• PAF Museum, Karachi
• Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi

[edit] Portugal

• Museu Nacional Ferroviário, Entrocamento - [30]

[edit] Russia

• Central Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg - [31]
• Moscow Metro Museum, Moscow
• Oktyabrskaya Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg - [32]

[edit] Serbia

• Muzej Vazduhoplovstva
• Zeleznicki Muzej

[edit] Sweden

• Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - [33]
• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - [34]
• Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum, Stockholm - [35]
• Sveriges Järnvägsmusem, Gävle - [36]

[edit] Switzerland

• Swiss Transport Museum, Lucerne

[edit] Turkey

• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

• Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry
• Haynes Motor Museum, Somerset
• Heritage Motor Centre, Warwickshire
• Imperial War Museum Duxford, near Cambridge (aviation museum)
• London Canal Museum, London
• London's Transport Museum, London
• Midland Air Museum, near Coventry, Warwickshire.
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and Falmouth
• National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire
• National Railway Museum, York
• National Tramway Museum, near Matlock, Derbyshire
• National Waterways Museum, Gloucester
• Newark Air Museum, Nottinghamshire
• Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London
• Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Shropshire
• Swindon Railway Village Museum
• Swindon Steam Railway Museum
• Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire
• Yorkshire Air Museum

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Belfast

[edit] Scotland

• Museum of Flight, East Lothian
• Museum of Transport, Glasgow

[edit] United States

• Air Zoo, Portage, Michigan
• Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn, Michigan
• Arizona Street Railway Museum, Phoenix, Arizona - [37]
• Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Auburn, Indiana
• Bandana Square, Saint Paul, Minnesota, home of Twin Cities Model Railroad Club and old Northern Pacific Como shops.
• Brooklyn Trolley Museum, Brooklyn
• Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, California
• California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California (located in Old Sacramento)
• Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado
• Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor, Connecticut
• Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, Colorado
• East Troy Electric Railroad Museum, Wisconsin
• Flying Heritage Collection, Arlington, Washington
• Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
• Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado - [38]
• Golden Gate Railway Museum, San Francisco, California - [39]
• Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
• Indiana Railway Museum, French Lick, Indiana
• Indiana Transportation Museum, Noblesville, Indiana
• Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, Kentucky
• Midland Railway, Baldwin City, Kansas
• Minnesota Transportation Museum, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, Illinois [40]
• Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington
• The Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri - [41]
• National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
• National Capital Trolley Museum, Montgomery County, Maryland - [42]
• National Museum of the United States Air Force, formerly the US Air Force Museum, in Dayton, Ohio
• National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, Nevada
• New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, New York
• North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, North Carolina
• Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, Washington
• Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington, Ohio - [43]
• Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, California
• Oregon Electric Railway Museum, Brooks, Oregon
• Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maine
• Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California
• Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington, Pennsylvania
• Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California
• Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
• R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, Michigan
• San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California
• San Francisco Railway Museum, San Francisco, California
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, California
• Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
• Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
• Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven, Connecticut - [44]
• South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, California - [45]
• Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Tucson, Arizona
• Tennessee Central Railway Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
• Trolley Museum of New York, Kingston, New York - [46]
• Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, Virginia [47]
• Volo Auto Museum, Volo, Illinois
• Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan
• Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista, California
• Yankee Air Museum, Belleville, Michigan
• Wyoming Transportation Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming - [48]

[edit] See also

• List of British railway museums
• List of heritage railways
• List of museum ships

[edit] External links

• MEXLIST List of Mexican rail and transport museums