The MVG Museum of the
Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft is a public
transportation museum for the presentation of historical and modern public transportation in
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
. In an area of over are around 25 historical
trams
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
,
bus
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es and
work vehicles on exhibit. The streetcars are arranged on two tracks leading through the entire hall. The "CVs" are also displayed for each vehicle. In addition, the museum present more than 150 billboards and other exhibits, such as a
subway simulator
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in an original car from the 1980s, several tramway driving switches, historical paintings, a small cinema and a
model railroad
Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are Model building, modelled at a reduced Scale (ratio), scale.
The scale models include locomotives ...
exhibition. The MVG-Museum is located in a part of the historically protected
Ausbesserungswerk at
Ständlerstraße 20 in
Ramersdorf. It was opened on 28 October 2007. The museum is open to the public two Sundays each month.
Events
The Main building and the large hall of the museum also serve as an event location.
In addition to all the well-known events held in the MVG Museum in Munich, Braukunst Live! has been held there since 2012.
See also
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Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science museum, science and technology museum, technology, with a ...
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List of museums in Germany
References
External links
Official websiteHomepage Omnibus-Club München e.V.
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Museums in Munich
2007 establishments in Germany
Tourist attractions in Munich
Transport museums in Germany