List of railway museums
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives, railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
Africa
Egypt
- Egyptian Railway Museum
Kenya
- Nairobi Railway Museum in Nairobi
Nigeria
- NRC/Legacy Railway Museum in Lagos
Senegal
- Musée Régional de Thiès in Thiès
Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone National Railway Museum in Freetown
South Africa
- Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, Western Cape.
- South African National Railway And Steam Museum
Sudan
- Sudan Railways Museum in Atbarah
Uganda
- Uganda Railway Museum in Jinja
Zambia
- Railway Museum in Livingstone
Zimbabwe
- Bulawayo Railway Museum in Bulawayo.
Asia
Armenia
- Armenian Railways Museum, Yerevan
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan Railway Museum, Baku
China
- 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
- 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
- Smaranika Tram Museum, Esplanade, West Bengal
- Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Regional Railway Museum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
- Indonesian Railway Museum of Ambarawa, Central Java
- Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum, Bondowoso Regency, East Java
- Museum of Transport of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta
- Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra
Israel
- Turkish Railway Station, Beersheba
- Historic Railway Station, Afula
- Israel Railway Museum, Haifa
- Jaffa Railway Station, Tel Aviv
- Kfar Yehoshua Railway Station
Japan
- Katakami Heritage Railway, in Misaki, Okayama
- 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 General Museum, in Otaru, Hokkaido
- Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
- Romance Car Museum in Ebina, 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
- Train and Bus Museum, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma
- , Tsuru, Yamanashi
- , in Yokohama, Kanagawa
Closed museums
- Modern Transportation Museum next to Bentencho Station, Minato-ku, Osaka
- Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Jordan
- Hedjaz Jordan Railway Museum, Amman
Malaysia
- Gemas Railway Museum, Negeri Sembilan
- KTMB Museum, Johor
- Kuala Lumpur Railway Station
- North Borneo Railway, Sabah
Mongolia
- Mongolian Railway History Museum
North Korea
- Pyongyang Railway Museum
Pakistan
- Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum
Saudi Arabia
- Hejaz Railway Museum
Singapore
- Singapore Railways Museum
- Rail Corridor
- Bukit Timah Railway Station
- Tanjung Pagar Railway Station
South Korea
- Korea Railroad Museum
- Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County
Sri Lanka
- National railway museum, Kadugannawa
Taiwan
- Changhua Roundhouse in Changhua
- Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway in Kaohsiung
- Miaoli Railway Museum in Miaoli
- National Railway Museum in Taipei
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum in Zhongli, Taoyuan
- Takao Railway Museum in Kaohsiung
- Railway Department Park Branch, National Taiwan Museum in Taipei
Thailand
- Railway Outdoor Museum, Bangkok
- Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi
- Train Cemetery, Bangkok
Turkey
- Atatürk's Residence and Railway Museum, Ankara
- Çamlık Railway Museum, Selçuk, İzmir Province
- Istanbul Railway Museum, Istanbul
- İzmir Railway Museum, İzmir
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
- TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum, Ankara
Uzbekistan
- Railway Museum
Vietnam
- Heritage Railway, Da Lat Railway Station
Europe
Austria
- 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
- Baranovichy Railway Museum
- Brest Railway Museum
Belgium
- Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées
- Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway
- Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme
- Stoomcentrum Maldegem
- Train World
Bulgaria
- National Transport Museum, Bulgaria
Czech Republic
- České dráhy Museum in Lužná
- National Technical Museum in Prague
- Railway Museum KHKD in Kněževes
- Railway Museum Jaroměř in Jaroměř
- Muzeum ozubnicové dráhy in Kořenov
Croatia
- Croatian Railway Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
- Coal loading facility and locomotive roundhouse in Karlovac, Croatia
- Locomotive roundhouse Rijeka, Croatia
Denmark
- Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
- Danish Railway Museum
- Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
- Struer Railway Museum
Estonia
Finland
- Finnish Railway Museum
- Jokioinen Museum Railway
- Savo Railway Museum
France
- Cité du Train
- Musée des tramways à vapeur et des [chemins de fer secondaires français]
Germany
- 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
- Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
- 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
- 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
- Railway Museum of Athens
- Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
Hungary
- Hungarian Railway Museum
- Millennium Underground Museum, Budapest
- Széchenyi Railway Museum
- Transport Museum of Budapest
Ireland
- Castlerea Railway Museum
- Cavan and Leitrim Railway
- Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
- Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
Italy
- Costituendo Musero Ferroviario di Primolano, Primolano, Vicenza
- Museo delle Industrie e del Lavoro del Saronnese, Saronno, Varese
- Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese
- Museo Ferroviario di [Trieste Campo Marzio], Trieste
- Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin
- Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia
- Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
- Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
Latvia
- Latvian Railway History Museum
Lithuania
- Railway Museum, Vilnius and Šiauliai *
- Aukštaitija Narrow Gauge Railway, Panevėžys and Anykščia *
Luxembourg
- Train 1900
Netherlands
- 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
- Norwegian Railway Museum, Hamar
- Oslo Tramway Museum, Oslo
- Trondheim Tramway Museum
Poland
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
- Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka, Nowy Targ County
- Railway Museum in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Roundhouse Skierniewice in Skierniewice
- Silesian Railway Museum, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- Warsaw Railway Museum, Masovian Voivodeship
- Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse, the only depot in Europe with everyday scheduled passenger trains driven by steam locomotives
Portugal
- National Railway Museum Foundation, Entroncamento
Museum Branches of FMNF
- Arco de Baúlhe
- Bragança
- Chaves
- Lousado
- Macinhata do Vouga
- Nine
- Santarém
- Valença
Disused or Closed Museums
- Braga
- Estremoz
- Lagos
Museological Warehouses
- Barreiro
- Estremoz
- Livração
- Pampilhosa
- Peso da Régua
- Pocinho
- Sernada do Vouga
- Tua
Romania
- Reșița Steam Locomotive Museum
- Sibiu Steam Locomotives Museum
Russia
- Museum for Railway Technology Novosibirsk at Seyatel station
- Museum of the [Moscow Railway ], Moscow
- Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
- Russian Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg
- Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod
- Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky
- Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don
- Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
Serbia
- Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega
- Railway Museum in Belgrade
Slovenia
- Slovenian Railway Museum
- Museum of Southern Railway in Šentjur, Slovenia
- Museum park Breda in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia
Spain
- Basque Railway Museum
- Gijón Railway Museum
- Railway Centre and Museum in Móra la Nova
- Railway Museum in Ponferrada
- Railway Museum in Madrid
- Railway Museum in Monforte de Lemos
- Railway Museum in Vilanova
Sweden
- Åmål-Årjäng Railway Society, Åmål
- Anten-Gräfsnäs Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway, Lake Anten
- Dalara and Western Farmlands Railway, Åmål
- Eastern Götland Railway Museum, Linköping
- Eastern Southernlands Railway, Mariefred
- Gothenburg Nostalgia Tram, Gothenburg
- Gotland Railway Association, Dalhem
- Grängesberg Regional Railway Museum, Grängesberg
- Hagfors Railway Museum, Hagfors
- Järdaås Pine Forest Railway, Jädraås
- Kristiantown Regional Museum, Kristianstad
- Landeryd's Railway Museum, Landeryd
- Nässjö Railway Museum, Nässjö
- Nora Mining District Historical Railway, Nora
- Northbottom's Railway Museum, Luleå
- Nynäshamn's Railway Museum, Nynäshamn
- Railway Museum of Ängelholm, Ängelholm
- Skara-Lundsbrunn Railways, Skara
- Stockholm Streetcar Museum, Stockholm
- Swedish National Railway Museum, Gävle
- Upsala-Lenna Jernväg, Uppsala
Switzerland
- Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway
Ukraine
- Kiev Railway Museum
- Museum of History and Development of Donetsk Railway in Donetsk
- Museum of [History and Technology of Southern Railway] in Kharkiv
- Lviv Railway History Museum in Lviv
- Locomotive-museum in the city of Pomichna
United Kingdom and Crown dependencies
North America
Canada
Guatemala
- Guatemala City Railway Museum
- Quetzaltenango
Honduras
- El Progreso railway museum,Yoro
Mexico
- Ferrocarril Interoceánico
- Old Railway Station and Railway Museum
United States
Oceania
Australia
- Archer Park Rail Museum
- Canberra Railway Museum
- Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
- Lachlan Valley Railway
- National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide
- Newport Railway Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown
- NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
- Rail Motor Society, Paterson
- Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia
- Richmond Vale Railway Museum
- Rosewood Railway Museum, Rosewood
- Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre
- The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland
- Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
- Ferroclub Argentino: Centros de Preservacion Remedios de Escalada, Lynch y Tolosa
- Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana
Chile
- Museo Nacional Ferroviario Pablo Neruda, Temuco
- Museo Ferroviario de Santiago, Quinta Normal
Brazil
- Araraquara Railway Museum
- Jaguariuna Railway Museum
- Juiz de Fora Railway Museum
- Museu of Train of Rio de Janeiro
- Paranapiacaba Technologic Railway Museum
- Rio Claro Railway Museum
Peru
- National Railway Museum