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A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Africa[edit]
Egypt[edit]
- Egypt's Railway Museum (Cairo)
Kenya[edit]
Nigeria[edit]
Sierra Leone[edit]
South Africa[edit]
Sudan[edit]
- Railway Museum in Atbarah
Zambia[edit]
Zimbabwe[edit]
Asia[edit]
China[edit]
- Chan T'ien-yu Memorial Hall, Badaling, Beijing
- China Railway Museum, Beijing
- Da'anbei Railway Station, Da'an, Jilin Province
- Hong Kong Railway Museum
- Qingdao-Jinan Railway Museum, Jinan, Shandong Province
- Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai
- Shenyang Railway Museum, Shenyang, Liaoning Province
- Wuhan Metro Museum, Wuhan, Hubei Province
- Yunnan Railway Museum, Kunming, Yunnan Province
India[edit]
- Coochbehar Railway Museum. Coochbehar, West Bengal
- Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal
- Heritage Rail Museum, Bhusawal
- Rewari Railway Heritage Museum, Rewari, Haryana
- Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune, Maharashtra
- Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Gorakhpur Rail Museum, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh,
- Rail Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal
- Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka
- Railway Museum, Hubli Junction railway station, Hubballi, Karnataka
- National Rail Museum, New Delhi
- Patel Chowk Metro Museum, Patel Chowk metro station, New Delhi[1]
- Smaranika Tram Museum, Esplanade, West Bengal[2]
- Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Regional Railway Museum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia[edit]
- Indonesian Railway Museum of Ambarawa, Central Java[3]
- Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum, Bondowoso Regency, East Java[4]
- Museum of Transport of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta
- Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra[5]
Israel[edit]
- Turkish Railway Station, Beersheba (South)
- Historic Railway Station, Afula (North)
- Israel Railway Museum, Haifa (National and North)
- Jaffa Railway Station, Tel Aviv (Center)
- Kfar Yehoshua Railway Station (North)
Japan[edit]
- Katakami Heritage Railway, in Misaki, Okayama[6]
- Keio Rail-Land, in Hino, Tokyo
- Kyoto Railway Museum, in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
- Kyushu Railway History Museum, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- Ome Railway Park, in Ome, Tokyo
- Otaru City Museum, in Otaru, Hokkaido
- Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
- Romance Car Museum in Kanagawa
- SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya
- Shikoku Railway Cultural Center, in Saijō, Ehime
- Subway Museum, in Edogawa, Tokyo
- Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
- Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, in Tsuyama, Okayama
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma
Closed museums[edit]
- Modern Transportation Museum next to Bentencho Station, Minato-ku, Osaka (closed 2014)
- Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (closed 2009)
Jordan[edit]
North Korea[edit]
Pakistan[edit]
Saudi Arabia[edit]
South Korea[edit]
- Korea Railroad Museum
- Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County
Sri Lanka[edit]
Taiwan[edit]
- Changhua Roundhouse in Changhua[7]
- Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway in Kaohsiung
- Miaoli Railway Museum in Miaoli
- National Railway Museum in Taipei (opening in 2026)
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum in Zhongli, Taoyuan
- Takao Railway Museum in Kaohsiung
Thailand[edit]
Turkey[edit]
- Atatürk's Residence and Railway Museum, Ankara
- Çamlık Railway Museum, Selçuk, İzmir Province
- Istanbul Railway Museum, Istanbul
- İzmir Railway Museum,[8] İzmir
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum, Ankara
Uzbekistan[edit]
- Railway Museum
Vietnam[edit]
- Heritage Railway, Da Lat Railway Station
Europe[edit]
Austria[edit]
- Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna
- Railway and Mining Museum Ampflwang in Upper Austria
- Railway Museum Sigmundsherberg in Lower Austria
- Southern Railway Museum in Mürzzuschlag
- Strasshof Railway Museum in Lower Austria
Belarus[edit]
Belgium[edit]
- Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées[9]
- Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway[10]
- Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme[11]
- Stoomcentrum Maldegem[12]
- Train World[13]
Bulgaria[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
- Czech Railway Museum at Lužná (Rakovník District)
- National Technical Museum (Prague)
- Railway Museum KHKD at Kněževes
- Railway Museum Jaroměř at Jaroměř (Železniční muzeum výtopna Jaroměř)
Denmark[edit]
- Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
- Danish Railway Museum
- Djursland Railway Museum
- Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
- Struer Railway Museum
Estonia[edit]
Finland[edit]
France[edit]
Germany[edit]
- Augsburg Railway Park, Augsburg, Bavaria
- Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil, Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Bavarian Localbahn Society, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Bavaria
- Bavarian Railway Museum, Nördlingen, Bavaria
- Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz, Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
- Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum, Darmstadt-Kranichstein, Hesse
- DB Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
- DBK Historic Railway, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
- Deutsches Museum, Munich, Bavaria
- Dieringhausen Railway Museum, Dieringhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Dresden Transport Museum, Dresden, Saxony
- Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
- Franconian Museum Railway, Nuremberg, Bavaria
- Frankfurt City Junction Line, Frankfurt, Hesse
- Freilassing Locomotive World, Freilassing, Bavaria
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- German Railway Society, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
- German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Bavaria
- Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Hanover, Lower Saxony
- Historic Railway, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
- Mellrichstadt-Fladungen railway, Fladungen, Bavaria
- Munich Steam Locomotive Company, Munich, Bavaria
- Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway Museum, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
- Railway Vehicle Preservation Society, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
- Rügen Railway & Technology Museum, Prora, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz, Saxony
- Selfkantbahn, Gangelt, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
- South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
- Stuttgart Straßenbahn Museum Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
- Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
- Traditionsbetriebswerk Staßfurt, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
- Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg
Greece[edit]
Hungary[edit]
Ireland[edit]
Italy[edit]
- Costituendo Musero Ferroviario di Primolano, Primolano, Vicenza
- Museo delle Industrie e del Lavoro del Saronnese, Saronno, Varese
- Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese[17]
- Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste[18]
- Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin[19]
- Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia[20]
- Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
- Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan[21]
Latvia[edit]
Luxembourg[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum
- het Spoorwegmuseum
- Stoom Stichting Nederland
- Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele
- Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik
- Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer
- Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
- Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
- Stichting Stadskanaal Rail
- Museum Buurtspoorweg
Norway[edit]
Poland[edit]
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
- Railway and Industry Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska (Muzeum Przemysłu i Kolejnictwa w Jaworzynie Śląskiej), Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka, Nowy Targ County
- Railway Museum in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Roundhouse Skierniewice in Skierniewice
- Warsaw Railway Museum (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie)
- Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse, the only depot in Europe with everyday scheduled passenger trains driven by steam locomotives
Portugal[edit]
Museum Branches of FMNF[edit]
- Arco de Baúlhe
- Bragança
- Chaves
- Lagos
- Lousado
- Macinhata do Vouga
- Nine
- Santarém
- Valença[24]
Disused or Closed Museums[edit]
- Braga
- Estremoz[25]
Museological Warehouses[edit]
- Barreiro
- Estremoz
- Livração
- Pampilhosa
- Peso da Régua
- Pocinho
- Sernada do Vouga
- Tua
Romania[edit]
Russia[edit]
- Museum for Railway Technology Novosibirsk at Seyatel station[26]
- Museum of the Moscow Railway (Paveletskaya station), Moscow[27]
- Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow[28]
- Russian Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg
- Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod[29]
- Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)[30]
- Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don[31]
- Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
Serbia[edit]
- Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega
- Railway Museum in Belgrade
Slovenia[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Basque Railway Museum
- Gijón Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarill de Asturias)
- Railway Centre and Museum in Móra la Nova (Centre d'Interpretació del Ferrocarril de Móra la Nova)[32]
- Railway Museum in Ponferrada (Museo del Ferrocarril)
- Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)
- Railway Museum in Monforte de Lemos (Museo del Ferrocarril de Galicia)
- Railway Museum in Vilanova (Museu del Ferrocarril de Vilanova)(Vilanova Railway Museum)
Sweden[edit]
- Åmål-Årjäng Railway Society, Åmål[33]
- Anten-Gräfsnäs Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway, Lake Anten[34]
- Dalara and Western Farmlands Railway, Åmål[35]
- Eastern Götland Railway Museum, Linköping[36]
- Eastern Southernlands Railway, Mariefred[37]
- Gothenburg Nostalgia Tram, Gothenburg[38]
- Gotland Railway Association, Dalhem[39]
- Grängesberg Regional Railway Museum, Grängesberg[40]
- Hagfors Railway Museum, Hagfors[41]
- Järdaås Pine Forest Railway, Jädraås[42]
- Kristiantown Regional Museum, Kristianstad[43]
- Landeryd's Railway Museum, Landeryd[44]
- Nässjö Railway Museum (in Swedish), Nässjö
- Nora Mining District Historical Railway, Nora[45]
- Northbottom's Railway Museum, Luleå[46]
- Nynäshamn's Railway Museum, Nynäshamn[47]
- Railway Museum of Ängelholm, Ängelholm[48]
- Skara-Lundsbrunn Railways, Skara[49]
- Stockholm Streetcar Museum, Stockholm[50]
- Swedish National Railway Museum, Gävle[51]
- Upsala-Lenna Jernväg, Uppsala[52]
Switzerland[edit]
Ukraine[edit]
- Kiev Railway Museum
- Museum of History and Development of Donetsk Railway in Donetsk
- Museum of History and Technology of Southern Railway in Kharkiv
United Kingdom[edit]
Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum
North America[edit]
Canada[edit]
Costa Rica[edit]
Guatemala[edit]
Honduras[edit]
- El Progreso railway museum, Yoro
Mexico[edit]
United States[edit]
Oceania[edit]
Australia[edit]
- Archer Park Rail Museum
- Canberra Railway Museum[53]
- Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
- Lachlan Valley Railway
- National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide
- Newport Railway Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown[54]
- NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
- Rail Motor Society, Paterson
- Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia
- Richmond Vale Railway Museum
- Rosewood Railway Museum, Rosewood[55]
- Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre[56]
- The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland[57]
- Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
New Zealand[edit]
South America[edit]
Argentina[edit]
- Ferroclub Argentino: Centros de Preservacion Remedios de Escalada, Lynch y Tolosa
- Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires)[58]
Brazil[edit]
- Araraquara Railway Museum
- Jaguariuna Railway Museum
- Juiz de Fora Railway Museum (pt)
- Museu of Train of Rio de Janeiro
- Paranapiacaba Technologic Railway Museum
- Rio Claro Railway Museum (future)
Peru[edit]
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Railway museums.
- List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
- List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
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