Created: November, 1995
Last updated: 19 April, 2006

Automotive museums in Germany

A pretty cool list is available on www.oldtimer.de

Comments, questions:

Automuseum Ibbenbüren

"Geschichte auf Rädern" (History on Wheels)

Automuseum Melle gemeinnützige GmbH

Pestelstrasse 38-40, D-49324 Melle

Questions: Tel: ++49-5422-965-312 (Mayor's office in Melle)

Opening times during Winter: Saturday. 14:00 - 18:00, Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
during Summer: every day, except Monday

The former collection of Ibbenbüren on a new 3000 m² location.

Motor Technica Auto-Motor-Freizeit Museum Bad Oeynhausen

Weserstrasse 225, 32547 Bad Oeynhausen (between Minden and Bielefeld)

WWW: www.oldtimer.de/Museen/Oeynhausen/Anfahrt.htm

Auto-Motorradmuseum Ziegenhagen

Ziegenberg 3, 37217 Witzenhausen

Tel: +49-5545-246. Fax: +49-5545-6372

Opening times: March: Sa/Sunday, Apr-Oct: 10-17 h, May-Aug 9-18 h.

On 2000 square meters about 340 vehicles should be found. Mopeds, motorbicycles and cars.

Nürburgring Rennsportmuseum

D-53520 N¨rburg/Eifel.

Tel: +49-2691-302-147. Fax: -302-159

Opening times: March-Oct: 10-18 h, Nov-Feb: 10-17 h.

History of the famous race track with appropriate cars.

Raule Automobil-Museum, Epsstein/Taunus

Hauptstrasse 130, 65187 Eppstein

Tel: +44-1698-3010. Fax: -8026

Opening times: Feb-Nov: Mo-Fr: 8-18 h. Sa., Su., Holidays: 10-18 h

Dez and Jan: Sa. and Su.: 10-18 h. The museum is closed on 24, 25 and 31 of December and 1 of January.

Within an authentic environment You can find 75 cars, motorbicycles and trucks.

Rosso Bianco Automuseum

Obernauerstrasse 125, D-63743 Aschaffenburg

Tel: +49-821-322 3791

Open: Only on Sunday from 10-18h. Otherwise it is appointment only

Europe's biggest sportscar-collection was CLOSED in February, 2006 and the collection has been transferred to the Louwman Collection Nationaal Automobiel-Museum in The Netherlands.

Technik-Museum Speyer

Geibstrasse 2, 67346 Speyer

Tel: +49-6232-67080. Fax: +49-6232-670820

Opening times: 9-18 h incl. Sundays and holidays.

Formerly an industrial building, this huge, restored house now represents the finest of the German vehicles: airplanes, locomotives, cars, submarines. From May, 1995: IMAX cinema and "Motel in Museum". There's a collection of musicboxes as well.

Motor-Sport-Museum Hockenheimring

68754 Hockenheim

Tel: +49-6205-6005. Fax: +40-6205-950299

Opening times: 10-17 h, incl. Saturdays, Sundays and the holidays.

An overview of the German and the international racing history. Current and historical racing motorbicycles and engines, world-record machine from Wilhelm Herz, Formula and GT racers.

Auto&Technik Museum Sinsheim

Obere Au 2, 74889 Sinsheim

Tel: +49-7261-61116. Fax: +49-7261-13916

Opening times: 10-17 h, incl. Saturdays, Sundays and the holidays.

It's the central office of the Museum Association as well. On 35000 m2 there are about 2250 items: 350 oldtimers, 40 race- and sportscars, 15 locomotives and 60 airplanes (some of them exhibited outside the building)

Museum Öhringen

Stetiner Strasse, 74605 Öhringen.

Tel: +49-7491-8027. Fax: +49-7491-608539

Opening times: 10-17 h, incl. Saturdays, Sundays and the holidays.

Sport and touring cars as well motorbycicles are exhibited from the 1945-1965 period.

Mercedes Museum

Mercedesstr. 137, 73022 Stuttgart

Tel :+49-711-172-578. Fax: +49-811-175-4961

Opening times: Tuesday-Sunday 9-17 h, closed on all holidays.

the official Mercedes-Benz site

Märklin-Museum

Holzheimerstr. 8, 73037 Gôppingen

Tel: +49-7161-608-289. Fax: +49-7161-698-20

Opening times: Mo-Fr. 9-18 h, closed on public holidays.

The history of the firm with models.

Auto- und Spielzugmuseum Boxenstop

Brunnenstrasse 17, 72074 Tûbingen

Tel: +49-7071-929020. Fax: +49-7071-929-014

Opening times: Apr-Oct: Wednesday, Fri-Sund. 10-12 and 14-17 h, Nov-Mar only Sunday and holidays

Erbeniswelt Sipplingen

In der Breite 18, 78354 Sipplingen

Tel :+49-7551-3777. Fax: +49-7551-2453

Opening times: Middle of March-1st of Nov: 10-18 h.

EFA-Museum f&cuml;r Deutsche Automobilgeschichte

Wasserburger Str. 38, 83123 Amerang

Tel: +49-8075-8141. Fax: +49-8075-1549

Opening times: March-October: 10-18 h except Monday.

www.efa-automuseum.de

Chronology of the Germany motor industry. When You enter You can see a copy (should I say replica?) of the Benz Patent Motorwagen 1886 and the Daimler Wagon as well. In this hall there are sculptures of the pioneers exhibited. And then while You walk through the rooms of the museums You will be introduced to the history of the pre-2nd WW German car makers (like Röhr, Adler, Horch, DKW etc.) and there are features on other great marques like Porsche, and one room is devoted to the various Kleinwagens.

Verkehrsmusuem Dresden

im Johanneum am Neumarkt, Augustusstr. 1, 01067 Dresden

Tel :+49-351-8644-0

www.verkehrsmuseum.sachsen.de

Other museums

Automobilmuseum August Horch, Zwickau

Crimmitschauer Str. 36g, 08058 Zwickau

Ph: +49-375 - 3909896, Fax: +49-375-27213972

E-mail: info@trabant.de

WWW: www.automobilmuseum-zwickau.de or www.trabant.de

Automuseum von Fritz B Busch

Am Schloss, 7962 Wolfegg, Ravensburg

Tel: +49-175227-6294

Location: 75km south of Ulm, between Bad Waldsee and Leutkirch

Opens: Mar 15-Nov 15, 9.00-12.00 and 13.0018.(10 daily Sundays 9.00-17.00. Sundays only in winter

Wide-ranging collection of 135 cars, tractors and chassis, plus motorcycle and models. German cars, large and small predominate.

http://www.automobilmuseum.net/

Automuseum Story

St Adrianplatz 5, Boekenem 1

Location: Via Autobahn 7, Hannover-Kassel, Boekenhan exit, on B243

Otto Kennecke's splendid collection of 120 microcars of every variety plus 100 motorcycles and scooters plus tricycles and teddy bears.

Bad Rothenfelde Motor Museum

Parkstrasse 7A, 4502 Bad Rothenfelde

Location: South-east of Osnabruck on route 88

Opens: 10.00-18.00 daily

Around 60 cars and some motorcycles on display, many German in origin. Strong microcar element but big cars too, plus collection of typewriters, radios and other artifacts.

BMW Museum Munich

Petuelring 130, 80809 Munchen 40

The Museum is being upgraded so up to 2007 the collection is being housed at the Olympiatower across the factory. Location: Beside the main BMW factory opposite the Olympic stadium north of the city centre

Opens: Mon-Fri 9.0017.00; Sat 8.30-13.00. Closed until 2007!!! Temporarily the collection resides in the Olympiapark

The heritage of the Bayerische Motoren Werke has 81 exhibits in an extensive and technically advanced setting.

www.bmw.de

Borgward Museum

Hermannstrasse 49, Neuwied 1

Location: 10km north of Koblenz

Opens: Summer - weekends only, telephone for details

Collection dedicated to Borgward cars, plus Hansa, Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath.

Deutsches Auto Museum, Schloss Langenburg

Schloss Langenburg, 74595

Location: Near Rothenburg exit from A7 or Ilshofen / Wolpertshausen/ Langenburg / Gerabronn exit from A6

Opens: (always10-17.00) Good Friday -30.4. ; on weekends and holidays; 1.5.-3.10. Tue-Sun; 4.10.-30.10. on weekends &1.11.;

Housed in the former stables of Langenburg Castle, 80-strong collection with a good spread of interesting cars including some excellent racers and sports cars of the Fifties, but many rarities too. E.g. there's an Einspurwagen (a two-wheel car), a Goertz-designed Porsche prototype, early, the 1934 prototype of the Neumann Neander, an interesting lookin' trike, pre 1st WW German cars etc.

Deutsches Museum, Verkehrszentrum

Theresienhöhe 14a, Munchen 26

WWW: www.deutsches-museum.de

The collection is now closed and awaits the opening of a new section at Theresienhöhe. You can see the proceedings at dmvz.deutsches-museum.de

Deutsches Zweirad-Museum + NSUMweum

Urban Strasse 11, Neekarsulm

Location: Five minutes from the Mannheim-Stuttgart autobahn at the Heilbronn exit

Opens: 9.0012.00 and 13.30-17.00

www.zweirad-museum.de

Germany's largest and most comprehensive motorcycle museum is also home to the NSU collection of race and road cars through to the RO80.

Fahrzeug Museum Marxzell

Albstrasse 2, Marxzell. Old zip code: 7501

Location: Between Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden

Opens: Summer 10.00-18.00; Winter 14.00-17.00: (SatlSun 11.00-17.00)

A large general technical and scientific museum with a healthy automobile section of ncarly 100 vehicles.

MAN Museum

Heinrich-von-Buz Strasse 28, Augsburg 1

Opens: 8.00-16.00 most days (check by telephone)

Specialist collection majoring on develop-ment of diesel engine.

Museum fur Verkehr un Technik

Trebbiner Strasse 9, Berlin 61

Ph: +49 30 902 54 -0 Fax: =125

Opens: Saturday and Sunday 10.00-17.00, Tue-Fri: 10-15.00

WWW: www.dtmb.de

There is a substantial automobile section within the transport department of this major museum

Niederrheinisches Motorradmuseum

Anton & Kaethe Schuth

Friemersheimer Strasse 106

47441 Moers - Asberg

phone 02841-508522

Porsche Sammlung

Porscheplatz 1, D-70435 Stuttgart

Opens: by appointment

Factory collection portraying the work of Ferdinand Porsche and his successors from 1912 to date. Racing enthusiasts will be satisfied! A new, dedicated museum will be opened in 2007.

Stoewer Museum

Michelstrasse 2, 69483 Wald-Michelbach

WWW: www.stoewer-museum.de

Verkehrsmuseum Karlsruhe

Werderstrasse 63, 71637 Karlsruhe

Ph: +49 7905 264 1 041

Opens: Only Sunday 10-13. Groups by appointment

WWW: www.karlsruhe.de/Kultur/Verkehrsmuseum/

The city's transport museum features some interesting prewar cars, mainly German

AutoMuseum Volkswagen

Dieselstrasse 35, 38446 Wolfsburg

Ph: +49 - 5361 - 52071, Fax: +49 - 5361 - 52010

WWW: automuseum.volkswagen.de/

The official collection of VW.

VW Bus Museum

Schacht Haverlahwiese 1, 38259 Salzgitter

WWW: www.vw-bus-museum.de

museum@bulli.org