List of transport museums
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A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects.[1] Some transport museums are housed in disused transport infrastructure such as dismantled trolley systems, former engine sheds or bus garages.
Many transport museums exist throughout the world, listed below.
Argentina[]
Australia[]
- Archer Park Railway Station, Rockhampton, Queensland
- Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, New South Wales
- Ballarat Tramway Museum, Ballarat, Victoria – Tram [13]
- Bendigo Tram Museum, Bendigo, Victoria – Tram [14]
- Brisbane Tramway Museum, Ferny Grove, Brisbane, Queensland
- Canberra Railway Museum, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum, Dorrigo, New South Wales
- Glenreagh Mountain Railway, Glenreagh, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
- Hawthorn tram depot, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria[2]
- National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia
- National Road Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere, New South Wales
- Old Ghan Heritage Railway and Museum, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Pichi Richi Railway – Quorn to Port Augusta, South Australia
- Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria
- Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach, Queensland
- , Ipswich, Brisbane, Queensland
- Rail Heritage WA, Bassendean, Western Australia
- Rail Motor Society, Paterson, New South Wales
- Revolutions Transport Museum, Whiteman Park, Western Australia
- Shepparton Motor Museum, Shepparton, Victoria
- South Australian Maritime Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia
- Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre, Peterborough, South Australia
- Sydney Bus Museum, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
- Sydney Heritage Fleet, Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales
- Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus, Sydney, New South Wales
- Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania [15]
- Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, Bylands, Victoria [16]
- Tramway Museum, St Kilda, South Australia[3]
- Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum, Valley Heights, New South Wales[4]
- Valley Heights Steam Tramway, Valley Heights, New South Wales[5]
- Western Australia's Heritage Tramway, Whiteman Park, Western Australia[6]
- Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Western Australia
- Zig Zag Railway, near Lithgow, New South Wales.
Austria[]
- TMB's Innsbruck Tramway Museum, Innsbruck – [17]
- Graz Tramway Museum, Graz – [7]
- SKGLB-Museum, Mondsee
- Vienna Transport Museum Remise, Vienna
Belgium[]
- Brussels Tram Museum (MTUB (fr) / MSVB (nl)), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, [18] – streetcar/tram/trolleybus
- Tramsite Schepdaal, Schepdaal – streetcar/tram
- Centre de découverte du Vicinal, Trammuseum of the ASVi, Thuin – interurban and rural streetcar/tram
- Flemish Tram and Bus Museum (VlaTAM), Berchem, Antwerp – streetcar/tram/bus
- Musée des Transports en Commun de Wallonie (MTCW), Liège – streetcar / tram / interurban and rural tram / trolleybus / motorbus
- Train World, Schaerbeek — Railway Museum
- CFV3V, Mariembourg, — Railway Museum
Bermuda[]
- Railway Museum and Curiosity Shop, Hamilton
Brazil[]
- , Guarulhos
- Museu Asas de um Sonho, São Carlos
- , São Paulo
- , São Paulo
- , Jundiaí, – Railways (Avenida União dos Ferroviários)
- , Bauru
- , Campinas
- , Santo André
Bulgaria[]
- National Transport Museum, Rousse
Canada[]
- Alberta Railway Museum, Edmonton, Alberta – [8]
- British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia
- Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, British Columbia
- Canadian Railway Museum, Saint-Constant, Québec
- , Essex, Ontario – [19]
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society, Edmonton, Alberta
- Halton County Radial Railway, Rockwood, Ontario
- Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario – [20]
- , Huntsville, Ontario – [21]
- Railway Coastal Museum, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador – [22]
- Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, automobiles
- Saskatchewan Railway Museum, Saskatoon Saskatchewan
- Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
China[]
- China Aviation Museum, Changping, Beijing – (200 airplanes)
- China Railway Museum, Beijing
- Shanghai Metro Museum, Shanghai
- Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai
Croatia[]
- Croatian Railway Museum, Zagreb (Croatian: Hrvatski željeznički muzej)
Czech Republic[]
- National Technical Museum, Prague
- (Praha Střešovice)
- ()
- České Budějovice
Denmark[]
- , Bornholm, Region Hovedstaden – [23]
- Danish Railway Museum, Odense – [9]
- Danish Tramway Museum, Skjoldenæsholm, near Ringsted – [24]
- , Skjern, Midtsjælland – Scandinavian airplanes
- Vikingeskibsmuseet, Roskilde, Midtsjælland – Viking ships
Estonia[]
- , Haapsalu[10]
Finland[]
- Finnish Railway Museum, Hyvinkää[11]
- Aviation Museum of Central Finland, Tikkakoski, Central Finland
- Finnish Aviation Museum, Vantaa, near Helsinki's international airport
- Kotka Maritime Center
France[]
- Cité de l'Automobile, Mulhouse : car museum
- Musée Français du Chemin de Fer : railway museum
- Musée Maurice Dufresne
- Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot, Sochaux, Kanton Sochaux-Grand-Charmont – Peugeot-Automobile – [12]
- Musée des 24 Heures du Mans
- Musée de l'Air, Le Bourget : Airplane Museum
Germany[]
- PS Speicher in Einbeck
- Museum of Ancient Seafaring in Mainz
- DB Museum, Nuremberg, operated by Deutsche Bahn AG — rail transport in Germany
- Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven — water transport
- Otto-Lilienthal-Museum, air transport
- Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum, Bochum in the suburb Dahlhausen at the river Ruhr — railway museum
- Neustadt (Weinstrasse) in central Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
- Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
- Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Sehnde near Hannover
- Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum, Munich, Bavaria[13]
- , Oberschleißheim, Bavaria[14]
- Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg in northern Bavaria
- MVG Museum, Munich, Bavaria
- in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein
- , Dresden, Sachsen
- Verkehrsmuseum Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen
- , Frankfurt, Hesse
- in Köln[15]
Greece[]
- Aegean Maritime Museum, Mykonos
- Andros Maritime Museum, Andros
- Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus
- Hellenic Air Force Museum, Athens
- Hellenic Maritime Museum, Piraeus
- Hellenic Motor Museum, Athens
- Nautical Museum of Crete, Chania
- (cars), Oropos
- Railway Museum of Athens
- Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
- Thessaly Railway Museum, Volos
Hong Kong[]
- Hong Kong Railway Museum, Tai Po District, Hong Kong
Hungary[]
India[]
- Kursura Submarine Museum, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh - Submarine Museum
- TU 142 Aircraft Museum, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh - Aircraft Museum
Indonesia[]
- Ambarawa Railway Museum, Ambarawa
- Maritime Museum, Jakarta
- Museum Angkut, Batu
- Transport Museum, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta
Ireland[]
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Belfast
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dublin – Ships [16]
- National Transport Museum of Ireland, (Iarsmalann Náisiunta Iompair na hÉireann), Howth, Fingal [26]
- , Foynes – Flugboote
Isle of Man[]
- Jurby Transport Museum, Jurby – [17]
- Manx Electric Railway Museum, – [18]
- Manx Transport Museum, Peel – [19]
- Port Erin Railway Museum, Port Erin
Israel[]
- Israel Railway Museum, Haifa – [20]
Italy[]
- Museo Ferrari, Maranello
- Ducati Museum, Bologna
- Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Turin
- Moto Guzzi Museum, Mandello del Lario
- Alfa Romeo Museum, Arese
- , Pontedera - [27]
- Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, Milan[21]
- , La Spezia – [28]
- , Savigliano, Turin[22]
- , Ranco, Varese - [29]
- Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste [30]
- Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
Japan[]
- Honda Collection Hall, Motegi - automobiles, motorcycles
- Hiroshima City Transportation Museum, Hiroshima – Tramways [23]
- , Gotemba, Shizuoka - automobiles
- Kyoto Railway Museum, Kyoto - Railway [31]
- Modern Transportation Museum, Osaka, Osaka – Railways [32]
- , Nagahama, Shiga
- Ome Railway Park, Ome, Tokyo[24]
- Railway Museum, Saitama, Saitama – Railway
- SCMaglev and Railway Park, Nagoya - Railway [33]
- , Tokyo [34]
- , Kitakyushu, Fukuoka [35]
- , Tokyo [36]
- Tokyo Transportation Museum, Tokyo (Closed) [25]
- Toyota Automobile Museum, Nukata District, Aichi – Automobiles (also other brands) [26]
- Umekōji Steam Locomotive Museum, Kyoto – Steam locomotives [27]
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, Annaka, Gunma - Railways
- , Yokohama[28]
Kuwait[]
- , Kuwait City - [37]
Latvia[]
Lithuania[]
- , Vilnius – [30]
Luxembourg[]
- Luxembourg's tram and bus museum, Luxembourg City – [31]
Mexico[]
- Ferrocarril Interoceanico heritage railway & museum. Cuautla, Morelos – [32]
- , Mérida, Yucatán, [39]
- , Puebla, Puebla[33]
- (MUTEC), Mexico City [40]
- , Xalapa, Veracruz
- , Torreón, Coahuila[34]
Namibia[]
Netherlands[]
- Aviodrome, Lelystad, Flevoland – Aviation
- Elekrische Museumtramlijn, Amsterdam, North Holland - Tramway
- , Eindhoven, North Brabant – Automobile
- , The Hague, South Holland – Streetcars/tram
- , Ouwsterhaule, Friesland – Railways/Busses
- , Hoogezand, Groningen – Busses
- Industrieel Smalspoor Museum, Erica, Drenthe - Industrial narrow gauge railway
- Louwman Museum - The Hague, South Holland – Automobile
- Marinemuseum Den Helder, Den Helder, North Holland – Ships (Koninklijke Marine)
- , Haaksbergen, Overijssel – Railways
- , Leek, Groningen (province) - Carriages
- Dutch Railway Museum, Utrecht (city), Utrecht (province) - – Railways
- Nederlands Transport Museum, Nieuw-Vennep, North Holland – air, road and rail vehicles[35]
- NZH Public Transport Museum, Haarlem, North Holland - Public transport by the former NZH
- Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik, Hoorn, North Holland - Steamtram
- Stoom Stichting Nederland, Rotterdam, South Holland – Steamlocomotives
- , Rotterdam, South Holland - Trams
- , Arnhem, Gelderland - Trolley Busses
- Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij, Beekbergen, Gelderland – Railways
- Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden, Valkenburg, South Holland – Narrow gauge, formerly known as Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer / Nationaal Smalspoormuseum
New Zealand[]
- List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
- Christchurch City Tramway
- Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch, [41]
- , Horowhenua
- Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland, [42]
- National Maritime Museum, Auckland,[36]
- National Transport and Toy Museum, Wanaka
- Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin,[37]
- , Northland,[38]
- Southward Car Museum, Kapiti Coast,[39]
- Wellington Tramway Museum, Kapiti Coast, [43]
- [Transport World, Invercargill]
Norway[]
- Old Voss Line Railway Museum, Bergen[40]
- Krøderen Line Railway Museum, Krøderen – [44]
- Norwegian Railway Museum, Hamar, [45]
- Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodø, [46]
- Setesdal Line Railway Museum, Vennesla,[41]
- , Oslo – Tramway [47]
- Trondheim Tramway Museum, Trondheim – [42]
- Viking Ship Museum (Oslo), Oslo http://www.ukm.uio.no/vikingskipshuset/index_eng.html
Pakistan[]
- PAF Museum, Karachi
- Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi
- Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, near Islamabad
Poland[]
- Warsaw Railway Museum, Warsaw – Railways
- Polish Aviation Museum, Kraków, – Aviation, http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/
- , Gryfice, Woiwodschaft Westpommern – Railways
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja, Wenecja, Woiwodschaft Kujawien-Pommern – Railways https://web.archive.org/web/20090321044151/http://www.paluki.pl/mzp/kolejka.php
- Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna, Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship, – Railways
- Museum of city transport, Poznań
- , Bydgoszcz, Woiwodschaft Kujawien-Pommern http://zabytkowe-autobusy.pl/ http://bydbus.cba.pl[permanent dead link]
Portugal[]
- Carris Museum, Lisbon
- Museu Nacional Ferroviário, Entroncamento – [48]
- Museu do Carro Eléctrico, Porto - [49]
- Museu dos Transportes e Comunicações, Porto
Russia[]
- , Saint Petersburg – [43]
- Museum of Electrical Transport, Saint Petersburg (see in Russian)
- , Moscow – [44]
- , Saint Petersburg – [45]
- , Pereslavl-Zalessky – [50]
- , Moscow – [51]
- , Moscow – [52]
- , Moscow – [53]
- , Moscow – unofficial site
- Monino Air Force Museum, Moscow
- Museum of the Moscow Railway, Moscow
Saudi Arabia[]
- Hejaz Railway Museum in Medina
- The Hejaz railway station at Mada'in Saleh
Serbia[]
- Muzej Vazduhoplovstva, Belgrade
- Zeleznicki Muzej, Belgrade
Singapore[]
- , Singapore - [54]
Slovakia[]
- Museum of Transport, Bratislava – [46][47]
- Museum of Aviation, Košice – [48][49]
- Čierny Hron Railway heritage railway, Čierny Balog, Hronec et al.[50][51][52][53]
- Historical Logging Switchback Railway heritage railway, Vychylovka[54][55][56][57]
- Orava Logging Railway heritage railway, Oravská Lesná[58][59][60][61]
- Railway Museum of Railway Depot "East", Bratislava[62]
- Košice Children's Heritage Railway, Košice
- Museum of Transport, Rajecké Teplice[63]
- Museum of Vintage Automobiles, Mlynica[64] (defunct, moved)
- Exhibit of Vintage Automobiles, Kežmarok Museum, Kežmarok[65] (moved from Mlynica)
- Classic Car Museum, Piešťany[66]
- 1st Slovak Private Transport Museum in Prešov, Prešov-Šarišské Lúky [67][68] (private collections, open on demand)
Slovenia[]
- Slovenian Railway Museum, Ljubljana
South Africa[]
- , Johannesburg
- Franschhoek Motor Museum, Franschhoek - [55]
Spain[]
- Torre Loizaga, Biscay
Sweden[]
- , Nynäshamn – [56]
- , Nässjö – [57]
- Spårvägsmuseet, Stockholm – [58]
- Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum, Gävle – [69]
- Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (Scania)
- , Luleå - [59]
Switzerland[]
- , Blonay, Waadt; Heritage Railway including a museum
- , Kerzers, FR und Kallnach, BE; Railways
- EUROVAPOR (Railway Society)
- , Dübendorf, ZH, – Aviation
- Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne; Large Museum exhibiting all forms of transport.
- Zürich Tram Museum, Zürich
Taiwan[]
- Chung Cheng Aviation Museum, Taoyuan City
- Evergreen Maritime Museum, Taipei City
- Kaohsiung Harbor Museum, Kaohsiung City
- Miaoli Railway Museum, Miaoli County
- Takao Railway Museum, Kaohsiung City
- Tamkang University Maritime Museum, New Taipei City
- Wulai Tram Museum, New Taipei City
Turkey[]
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- Ural Ataman Classic Car Museum, Istanbul
- Key Museum, İzmir
United Arab Emirates[]
- Emirates National Auto Museum, Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom[]
- List of British railway museums
England[]
- Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, West Sussex – Motor buses, industrial narrow-gauge railways, road making
- Beamish Museum, Durham – Locomotives, trams, trolleys, motor buses
- Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, Halland, East Sussex - Automobiles and motorcycles
- Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands – trams and motor buses
- British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire - Cars
- Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey – Automobiles, aircraft
- Bury Transport Museum, Bury, Greater Manchester - Road vehicles, railway equipment, maps and signs
- , Rolvenden, Kent - Pre-war automobiles and motorcycles
- Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry – Automobiles
- Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection, Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire – Automobiles and nostalgia
- Dewsbury Bus Museum, West Yorkshire - Motor buses and coaches - Home of two Guy Wulfrunian buses
- Donington Grand Prix Collection, Leicestershire – Motor Racing Cars
- East Anglia Transport Museum, Suffolk – Trams, Trolleys, Motor Buses
- Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire – Electric Rail Traction, [60]
- Ensignbus transport museum, Essex – Motor Buses
- Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, Somerset – Air Planes
- Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport, Manchester – Buses, [61]
- Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset – Automobiles, Motorcycles
- Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire – Automobiles
- Hopetown Carriage Works, Darlington, Durham
- Imperial War Museum Duxford Airfield, near Cambridge – Civilian and Military Planes, Tanks
- Ingrow Railway Centre, Keighley, West Yorkshire – Steam Locomotives
- Ipswich Transport Museum – Trams, Trolleys, Motor Buses
- London Bus Museum, Weybridge - London buses
- London Canal Museum, London – Canal
- London Motor Museum, Hayes, Hillingdon - Custom and American automobiles
- London Motorcycle Museum – Motorcycles
- London Transport Museum, London – Rail Rolling Stock, Trams, Trolleys, Motor buses
- Midland Air Museum, near Coventry, Warwickshire. – Airplanes
- Museum of Transport in Manchester – Buses, (Trolleys), some train ephemera.
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and Falmouth – Maritime
- National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire – Cars, Motorcycles
- National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, West Midlands
- National Railway Museum, York – Locomotives, carriages, wagons and all related railway equipment
- National Tramway Museum, near Matlock, Derbyshire – Trams
- National Waterways Museum, Gloucester – Inland waterways collection
- Newark Air Museum, Nottinghamshire – Airplanes
- North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens - Buses, Cars, Fire Engines, Trucks and Trams.
- North East Land, Sea and Air Museums, Sunderland - Aircraft, Trams, Buses, Fire Appliances and military vehicles.
- Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Nottinghamshire, – mainly railways, buses, cars
- Oxford Bus Museum, Long Hanborough – Buses
- Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London – Airplanes
- Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Shropshire – Airplanes
- Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum, New Milton, Hampshire - Motorcycles
- Shildon Locomotion Museum, Durham – Locomotives, carriages, wagons and all related railway equipment
- Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – Pre-war automobiles, motorcycles and airplanes
- Solent Sky, Southampton, Hampshire – Aircraft
- Southampton Maritime Museum, Southampton, Hampshire – Maritime
- , Kingston upon Hull – Bicycles, carriages, cars, railway and Streetscene
- Swindon Steam Railway Museum – Railway
- The Transport Museum, Wythall, Worcestershire – Buses and electric cars[70]
- Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire – Trolleys
- Whitewebbs Museum of Transport, Enfield, London – Cars, trucks, fire engines, motorcycles, memorabilia, etc.[71]
- Yorkshire Air Museum – Aircraft
Northern Ireland[]
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Belfast – all kinds of transport
Scotland[]
- Glasgow Museum of Transport (now closed)
- Museum of Flight, East Lothian Aerospace
- Riverside Museum, Glasgow (the city's new transport museum, opened in 2011)
- Grampian Transport Museum, Aberdeenshire
- Dundee Museum of Transport, Dundee
- Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, , Fife
Wales[]
- Pembrokeshire Motor Museum – cars
- Pendine Museum of Speed – cars
- - buses[72]
United States[]
Alabama[]
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Leeds, Alabama[73]
- Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Calera, Alabama
- Huntsville Depot, Huntsville, Alabama[74]
- North Alabama Railroad Museum, Huntsville, Alabama[75]
- US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama[76]
Alaska[]
- White Pass and Yukon Route from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon
Arizona[]
- Arizona Street Railway Museum, Phoenix, Arizona[77]
- Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Tucson, Arizona
California[]
- Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Air Force Base, northeast of Sacramento, California
- Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, California
- California Automobile Museum, Sacramento, California
- California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California (located in Old Sacramento)
- Golden Gate Railroad Museum, formerly San Francisco, California – relocated to Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California
- Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, California
- Oakland Aviation Museum, Oakland, California
- ,[78] Fremont, California
- Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California
- Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California
- San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, California
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, California
- San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California
- San Francisco Railway Museum, San Francisco, California
- South Coast Railroad Museum, Goleta, California[62]
- Southern California Railway Museum, Perris, California
- Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California
- Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista, California[79]
Colorado[]
- Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado
- Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, Colorado
- Forney Transportation Museum, Denver, Colorado [63]
- Golden Oldy Cyclery, The Sustainable Museum of Sustainable Transportation, Golden, Colorado, pre-1900 bicycles and tricycles & 21st century electric cars in a carbon negative museum.
Connecticut[]
- Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor, Connecticut
- Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven, Connecticut[64]
District of Columbia[]
- National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian), Washington, D.C.
Florida[]
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Florida
- National Naval Aviation Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.[80]
- Tallahassee Automobile Museum, Tallahassee, Florida
- Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, Pinellas Park, Florida[81]
Georgia[]
- Delta Heritage Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
- Southeastern Railway Museum, Atlanta, Georgia[65]
Illinois[]
- Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
- Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, Illinois[66]
- Volo Auto Museum, Volo, Illinois
Indiana[]
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Auburn, Indiana
- Grissom Air Museum, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Peru, Indiana
- Indiana Aviation Museum, Valparaiso, Indiana
- Indiana Railway Museum, French Lick, Indiana
- Indiana Transportation Museum, Noblesville, Indiana
Iowa[]
Kansas[]
- , Carona, Kansas
- Great Plains Transportation Museum, Wichita, Kansas
- Midland Railway, Baldwin City, Kansas
Kentucky[]
- Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, Kentucky
- National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Maine[]
- , Owls Head, Maine
- Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
Maryland[]
- B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, located at Mount Clare Station, the birthplace of American railroading.[82]
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Located on Falls Road on the old MD & PA right of way.[83]
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park from Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland
- National Capital Trolley Museum, Montgomery County, Maryland[68]
Massachusetts[]
- American Heritage Museum, Stow, Massachusetts
- Edaville Railroad, South Carver, Massachusetts
- National Streetcar Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Michigan[]
- Air Zoo, Portage, Michigan
- Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn, Michigan
- Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan. Birthplace of the Ford Model T and the oldest car factory building on Earth open to the general public (built 1904).[84]
- Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, Michigan [69]
- Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
- R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, Michigan
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan
- Yankee Air Museum, Belleville, Michigan[70]
Minnesota[]
- Bandana Square, Saint Paul, Minnesota, home of Twin Cities Model Railroad Club and old Northern Pacific Como shops.
- Minnesota Transportation Museum, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Missouri[]
- Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri[71]
Montana[]
- , Deer Lodge, Montana[72]
Nevada[]
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum, Ely, Nevada
New Hampshire[]
- Conway Scenic Railroad, North Conway, New Hampshire
New York[]
- Brooklyn Trolley Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, Plattsburgh, New York
- New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, New York
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, New York
- Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier, North Tonawanda, New York
- Trolley Museum of New York, Kingston, New York[85]
North Carolina[]
- North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, North Carolina
Ohio[]
- National Museum of the United States Air Force, formerly the US Air Force Museum, in Dayton, Ohio
- Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington, Ohio [73]
Oklahoma[]
- Oklahoma Railway Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Stafford Air & Space Museum, Weatherford, Oklahoma
Oregon[]
- Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, Oregon
- Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, Oregon – Aviation,. Hughes H-4, Boeing B-17 und Supermarine Spitfire
- Oregon Electric Railway Museum, Brooks, Oregon
Pennsylvania[]
- American Helicopter Museum and Education Center, West Chester, Pennsylvania[86]
- Bicycle Heaven, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Museum of Bus Transportation, Hershey, Pennsylvania[74]
- Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington, Pennsylvania
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
- Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island[]
- Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
South Carolina[]
- , Greenville, South Carolina[75]
Tennessee[]
- , Memphis, Tennessee [76]
- Tennessee Central Railway Museum, Nashville, Tennessee[87]
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee[88]
Texas[]
- American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midland, Texas
- , Dallas, Texas
- Texas Transportation Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Utah[]
- Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory Summit, Utah. Location of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869.
Virginia[]
- , Roanoke, Virginia [77]
- Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia [78]
- Norfolk Southern Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (Part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum), Fairfax County, Virginia – Airplanes (Boeing B-29 Enola Gay) and Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, Virginia[89]
Washington[]
- America's Car Museum, Tacoma, Washington
- Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, Washington
- Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington
- Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington – U-Boote [79]
- Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, Washington
Wisconsin[]
- East Troy Electric Railroad Museum, Wisconsin
- Harley-Davidson Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Wyoming[]
- Wyoming Transportation Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming[90]
Vatican City[]
- (, Vatican Museums)[91]
Venezuela[]
- , Caracas, Venezuela
See also[]
- List of aerospace museums
- List of automobile museums
- List of heritage railways
- List of museum ships
- List of railway museums
- List of British railway museums
- List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines
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