List of railway museums
- 4.1 China
- 4.2 India
- 4.3 Japan
- 4.4 Thailand
- 4.5 Rest of Asia
- 5.1 Australia
- 5.2 New Zealand 5.2.1 North Island
- 5.2.2 South Island
A Railway Museum is a transport museum, which is dedicated to railway history. As exhibits, in addition to rail vehicles and railway technical equipment mostly topic-related objects of all kinds, such as other vehicles, maps of the route network, tickets, course books, other historical documents, uniforms and models are to be found.
Another form for the preservation and operation of historic rail vehicles are museum railways.
On the history, see the main article history of the railway. He treats transnational aspects of railway history. For country-specific information, see the history of the railway (disambiguation).
The history of the railway is concerned as a branch of traditional history of technology in the research and documentation of the history of rail transport, the associated technology and its technological development. More recently, in addition, the approach of an interdisciplinary cultural history is becoming increasingly important. In addition, the keywords infrastructure, transport and industrial revolution are relevant.
There are, among others, the following railway museums:
Europe
Germany
- Location, name of the museum
Baden-Wurttemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Hamburg
Hesse
Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania
Lower Saxony
North Rhine -Westphalia
Rhineland -Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
Austria
- Lower Austria, first - eisenbahn.at
- Lower Austria, Railway Museum Schwarzenau
- Lower Austria, Railway Museum Schwechat
- Lower Austria, Railway Museum Sigmundsherberg
- Lower Austria, Railway Museum Strasshof
- Upper Austria, Berg bei Rohrbach, Mühlkreisbahn Museum
- Upper Austria Upper Austrian locomotive pool AMPFLWANG Railway and Mining Museum
- Upper Austria, Mondsee, Salzkammergut Local Railway Museum
- Styria, Railway Museum Knittelfeld
- Styria, Miirzzuschlag, Southern Railway Museum
- Styria, Technical Railway Museum Lieboch
- Styria, Front Mount, Erzbergbahn Museum
- Vienna, Vienna Technical Museum
Switzerland
Belgium
Flanders
Wallonia
Bulgaria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
(Region, department, location ( - steep), museum)
Greece
Great Britain
England
- County Durham, North of England Open Air Museum, - iron and trams ( Open Air Museum )
- Museum of British Transport in Clapham
- National Museum of Science and Industry in London
- Shildon Locomotion Museum at Shildon
- Wiltshire, Swindon, Swindon Railway Village Museum,
- York, National Railway Museum
Scotland
- Glasgow Museum of Transport,
Northern Ireland
- Belfast, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, - all transport modes ( Operator: National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland [ MAGNI ] )
Ireland
Italy
( Region, city, Italian name of the museum, possibly of further articles )
Source railtouritalia.com
Croatia
(Place, name of the museum, articles )
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
- Fond-de -Gras, Industry and Railway Park
Netherlands
Norway
- Norsk Jernbanemuseum Hamar
Poland
(Province, city, item) Source is the "Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2010"
Portugal
( From North to South )
Romania
Russia
Sweden
The main points of the Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum located in Gävle and Ängelholm
Serbia
- Railway Museum Belgrade ( Museum of the Serbian Railways ŽS )
Slovakia
Slovenia
- Railway Museum Ljubljana ( Museum of the Slovenian Railways )
- Museum Parenzana Izola
Spain
( Region, city, name of the museum (in Spanish) )
Czechia
Turkey
Ukraine
Hungary
Belarus
Africa
America
Canada
- Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Railway Museum
- Alberta, Stirling, Galt Historic Railway Park
- British Columbia, Cranbrook, Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
- British Columbia, Port Moody, Port Moody Station Museum
- British Columbia, Prince George, Railway and Forestry Museum
- British Columbia, Revelstoke Railway Museum
- Manitoba, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Railway Museum
- New Brunswick, Hillsborough, Salem and Hillsborough Railroad,
- Newfoundland, St. John's, Railway Coastal Museum
- Ontario, Elgin County, St. Thomas, Elgin County Railway Museum
- Ontario, Rockwood, Halton County Radial Railway
- Ontario, Greater Sudbury, Capreol, Northern Ontario Railway Museum,
- Quebec, Saint-Constant, Canadian Railway Museum
- Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Railway Museum
United States
Mexico
( State, city, name of the museum )
Guatemala
- Guatemala City
Bermuda
- Hamilton Parish, Bermuda Railway Museum
Brazil
Peru
- Tacna, Tacna Railway Museum
Asia
China
India
Japan
- (Region, prefecture, city, name of the museum, source)
Thailand
Rest of Asia
Australia and New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand
North Island
- Region Auckland, Auckland, Western Springs, Museum of Transport and Technology, all modes
- Wellington Region, Wairarapa District, Carterton, Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society
- Wellington Region, South Wairarapa District, Featherston (New Zealand), Fell Engine Museum
- Wellington Region, Kapiti Coast District, Paekakariki, Rail and Heritage Museum
- Region Wellington, Wellington, Wellington Cable Car Museum
South Island
- Region Canterbury, Timaru, Pleasant Point, Pleasant Point Museum and Railway on the South Island (New Zealand)
- West Coast Region, Grey District, in Greymouth, Shantytown, some steam locomotives
- Region Canterbury, Ashburton District, Ashburton, Plains Vintage Railway, some locomotives
- Canterbury region, Christchurch, Ferrymead Heritage Park, more or less Transport Museum
- Region Canterbury, Timaru, Pleasant Point, Pleasant Point Museum and Railway