List of transport museums
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.
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
- Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania - [3]
- Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, Bylands, Victoria - [4]
- Western Australia's Heritage Tramway, Whiteman Park, Western Australia - [5]
- Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Western Australia
Austria
Bermuda
- Railway Museum and Curiosity Shop, Hamilton
Bulgaria
Canada
- Alberta Railway Museum, Edmonton, Alberta - [8]
- Canadian Railway Museum, Saint-Constant, Québec
- Halton County Radial Railway, Milton, Ontario
- Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario - [9]
- Muskoka Marine Museum, Huntsville, Ontario - [10]
- Saskatchewan Railway Museum, Saskatoon Saskatchewan
People's Republic of China
- China Railway Museum, Beijing
- Hong Kong Railway Museum, Tai Po District, Hong Kong
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
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
- National Transport Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Belfast
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dublin
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
- Ferrocarril Interoceanico heritage railway & museum. Cuautla, Morelos - [18]
- Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, [19]
- Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos, Puebla, Puebla [20]
- Museo Tecnológico de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (MUTEC), Mexico City [21]
- Museo del Ferrocarril de Torreón, Torreón, Coahuila [22]
Netherlands
New Zealand
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland
- Southward Car Museum, Kapiti Coast
- National Maritime Museum, New Zealand, Auckland
Norway
- Gamle Vossebanen Railway Museum, Bergen
- Trondheim Tramway Museum, Trondheim
- Krøderbanen Railway Museum, Krøderen - [23]
- Norwegian Railway Museum, Hamar
- Setesdalsbanen Railway Museum, Vennesla
- Oslo Transport Museum, Oslo - [24]
Portugal
- Museu Nacional Ferroviário, Entrocamento - [25]
Russia
- Central Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg - [26]
- Moscow Metro Museum, Moscow
- Oktyabrskaya Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg - [27]
Serbia
- Muzej Vazduhoplovstva
- Zeleznicki Muzej
Sweden
- Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - [28]
- Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - [29]
- Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum, Stockholm - [30]
- Sveriges Järnvägsmusem, Gävle - [31]
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
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
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United States
- Air Zoo, Portage, Michigan
- Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn, Michigan
- Arizona Street Railway Museum, Phoenix, Arizona - [32]
- 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 - [33]
- Golden Gate Railway Museum, San Francisco, California - [34]
- 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 [35]
- The Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri - [36]
- National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
- National Capital Trolley Museum, Montgomery County, Maryland - [37]
- 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 - [38]
- 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
- Peterson 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
- Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
- Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven, Connecticut - [39]
- South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, California - [40]
- 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 - [41]
- Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, Virginia [42]
- 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 - [43]
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