German Railway Museum Nuremberg

The DB Museum in Nuremberg is a massive, must visit destination for history buffs and train enthusiasts, standing as the oldest railway museum in Germany and offering a comprehensive journey through two centuries of German rail history. Its centerpiece is the extensive collection of over 150 historical vehicles, featuring icons like a replica of the Adler (Germany's first steam locomotive), King Ludwig II's opulent royal carriages, and the impressive express locomotive 05 001. Beyond the full size trains, the museum excels with interactive exhibits, including an 80 square meter model railway and the dedicated KIBALA children's area with train simulators and miniature railways. The museum's ability to blend deep historical context with hands on fun ensures that visitors of all ages can easily spend a rewarding three hours exploring its vast indoor and outdoor halls.

Wonderful Visit to the Train Museum – Great for All Ages! We visited the Train Museum in Germany on a weekday with both kids and grandparents, and everyone had a fantastic time! The museum is very family-friendly, and the kids especially had a lot of fun exploring the trains and interactive exhibits. It was a smooth experience overall – we were able to buy tickets directly at the entrance, and there was almost no waiting time, which was a big plus. The museum is well-organized, educational, and enjoyable for visitors of all ages. Definitely worth the visit!

Excellent railway museum, which lots to see. Allow at least 2 hours, but you can easily spend 3 hours here. Far more than just trains, as some really interesting models, historical exhibits and even an explanation about how train toilets work! The App is worth downloading, as it gives additional information in English. Much of the museum has English captions. Don't forget the separate shed and outside area across the road.

It was a great morning visiting the museum. Lots to see. Especially good for train buffs and train model enthusiasts. Make sure that you visit the 'evolution of train toilets' room. Fascinating.

Included in tourist pass tickets, the railways Museum DB museum is one amazing place for trainspotters and epoque train lovers. I deeply recommend this museum. Be careful , there are two sections - one in the middle of the town, the second next to the Train station ( Hautbahnhof ) The entrance ticket is available both sections.

Worth it 💯!!! It’s really cool for train’s fans. People can learn a lot about many kind of train in Germany. They also have break room (pausenraum oder Brotzeit Raum“. We will come back again for sure.

It’s a beautiful and huge museum that takes you to the world of German trains and their history!

A vast exhibition dedicated to the railway world. The ground floor is full of real full size wagons and locomotives, with one section extending out in the open. Then there are two more floors with full of railway history and even a big display of mini railway models. Unfortunately the mini model world with moving cars was closed for visitors.

The DB Museum covers the history of railways in Germany from their beginnings in 1835 to the present day: from industrialisation, through the unification of Germany in the 19th Century, their role in two World Wars (including their use in Nazi propaganda), the separation into East and West Germany and their subsequent restoration as a single enterprise once more. The museum has over a dozen locomotives, including Adler, which pulled the first train between Nuremberg and Fürth in 1835, to modern ICE trains. Highlights include the absurdly baroque carriages built for King Ludwig II of Bavaria, alongside Bismarck's more functional equivalent. The museum has a particularly large collection of railway models (of all sizes), and on the first floor is large model layout that springs into life every hour. (Not to be missed.) There's a special section for children with lots of interactive exhibits, but they'll love the model railway and the full sized locomotives as well. The museum has a small shop and a cafe at the entrance. There's an audio guide for those who don't speak German: most of the interpretations aren't translated (though the headlines for each section are provided in English as well).

I spent 6.6 hrs in this collection. So many rail related museums have so few artifacts and photos displayed; this one makes it a point to reverse this trend. There really is much history to tell here including the painful. Glad I included this museum on this trip.

Great museum, but one more step ahead for the 5 stars. Museum is consisted of six areas; history of railway technology & collection exhibition at the first floor, train model collection area at the second floor, information and communication technology museum & kids place at the third floor, and second storage at the outside. My main aim was obviously (?) the real and genuine historical trains and locomotives in storage. From the oldest passenger train to the menacing looking Bavarian S2/6 locomotive to the extraordinary Ludwig II's Imperial train, historical railways on display are one-word incredible and you will require abundant time and battery on your camera to enjoy them to the fullest. If I'm allowed to wish everything though, to be honest I was expecting even more trains on storage area, and kinda felt everything above second floor was cheerless. Specially model collection was felt a bit lazy way to showcase what they have - because this is something equivalent to Benz museum and Porsche museum and so on, people are expecting life-size trains to see, touch and get inside. Imagine all the trains on the model had their replica or something, I will save my 5 stars for that possibility. Also the second storage area with open-air exhibition is positioning at the odd place, at the outside of main building walking 300m or so. Never miss that one too because couple more menacing looking locomotives, Flying Hamburger diesel train, Siemens' first railroad train, and the legendary Cugnot's fardier à vapeur are waiting for you. Hell, even better go straight into second storage saving your time looking at the communication tech museum.

A must visit for train enthusiasts.

This museum is very nice and very entertaining, because it shows the whole evolution of the Railway from the 19th Century until today. The first Trains in London, the first trains in Germany and how the Nazis abused the good ideas from german workers. And all that. So its a very interesting place and you should visit it!

Very good medium size indoor train museum. Small selection of locomotives from the beginning of German rail history to today. Photos of devastated post war Germany -- seemed like Cambodia yesterday, Syria today.