A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.
Africa
Egypt
- Egypt's Railway Museum (Cairo)
Kenya
- Nairobi Railway Museum in Nairobi, Kenya
Nigeria
- NRC/Legacy Railway Museum in Lagos, Nigeria
South Africa
- Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, South Africa
Sudan
- Railway Museum in Atbarah, Sudan
Zambia
- Railway Museum in Livingstone, Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Bulawayo Railway Museum in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Asia
China
- China Railway Museum, Beijing
- Chan T'ien-yu Memorial Hall, Badaling, Beijing
- Yunnan Railway Museum, Kunming, Yunnan Province
- Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai
- Wuhan Metro Museum, Wuhan, Hubei Province
- Qingdao-Jinan Railway Museum, Jinan, Shandong Province
- Shenyang Railway Museum, Shenyang, Liaoning Province
- Da'anbei Railway Station, Da'an, Jilin Province
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Railway Museum
India
- National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India.
- Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
- Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
- Regional Railway Museum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal, India.
- Eastern Railway Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Kanpur Railway Museum, Old Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Patel Chowk Metro Museum, Patel Chowk metro station, New Delhi
Indonesia
- Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
- Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia.
Israel
- Israel Railway Museum, Haifa (National and North)
- Beersheba Turkish Railway Station (South)
- Jaffa Railway Station, Tel Aviv (Center)
- Jerusalem Railway Station (Center)
Japan
- Keio Rail-Land, in Hino, Tokyo
- Ome Railway Park, in Ome, Tokyo
- The Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
- SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya
- Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
- Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, in Tsuyama, Okayama
- Kyoto Railway Museum, in ShimogyÅ-ku, Kyoto, opening spring 2016
- Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma
- Subway Museum, in Edogawa, Tokyo
- Otaru City Museum, in Otaru, Hokkaido
- Kyushu Railway History Museum, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- Shikoku Railway Cultural Center, in SaijÅ, Ehime
Closed museums
- Modern Transportation Museum next to Bentencho Station, Minato-ku, Osaka (closed 2014)
- Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (closed 2009)
Pakistan
- Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum
Saudi Arabia
- Hejaz Railway Museum
North Korea
- Pyongyang Railway Museum
South Korea
- Korea Railroad Museum
- Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County
Sri Lanka
- National railway museum, Kadugannawa
Taiwan
- Miaoli Railway Museum
- Takao Railway Museum
- Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum
Turkey
- Ãamlık Railway Museum
- TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum in Ankara
- Istanbul Railway Museum
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum
- Ä°zmir Railway Museum in Ä°zmir
Uzbekistan
- Railway Museum
Vietnam
- Heritage Railway, Da Lat Railway Station
Europe
Austria
- Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna
Belarus
- Brest Railway Museum
- Baranovichy Railway Museum
Belgium
- Train World
- Stoomcentrum Maldegem
- Dendermondeâ"Puurs Steam Railway
- Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées
- Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme
Bulgaria
- National Transport Museum, Bulgaria
Czech Republic
- National Technical Museum (Prague)
- Czech Railway Museum at Lužná (RakovnÃk District)
- Railway Museum JaromÄÅ at JaromÄÅ (ŽelezniÄnà muzeum výtopna JaromÄÅ)
Denmark
- Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
- Danish Railway Museum
- Djursland Railway Museum
- Struer Railway Museum
- Tram Museum - Skjoldnæsholm
Estonia
- Estonian Railway Museum
Finland
- Finnish Railway Museum
- Jokioinen Museum Railway
- Savo Railway Museum
France
- Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français
- Cité du Train
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
- 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 (Berlin)
- German Railway Society, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
- German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Bavaria
- Hannoversches StraÃenbahn-Museum, Hanover, Lower Saxony
- Historic Railway, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
- Mellrichstadt-Fladungen railway, Fladungen, Bavaria
- Munich Steam Locomotive Company, Munich, Bavaria
- Neustadt/WeinstraÃe 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 StraÃenbahn Museum Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
- Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
- Traditionsbetriebswerk StaÃfurt, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
- Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg
Greece
- Railway Museum of Athens
- Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
Hungary
- Hungarian Railway Museum
- Transport Museum of Budapest
Ireland
- Donegal Railway Centre
- The Steam Museum, Straffan
Italy
- Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan
- Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia
- Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin
- Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese
- Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste
- Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
- Museo delle Industrie e del Lavoro del Saronnese, Saronno, Varese
Latvia
- Latvian Railway History Museum
Luxembourg
- Train 1900
Netherlands
- Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum
- Railway Museum
- Stoom Stichting Nederland
- Stoomtrein Hoorn Medemblik
- Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer
- Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
- Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
- Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele
Norway
- Trondheim Tramway Museum
- Norsk Jernbanemuseum, Hamar
- Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5, Oslo
Poland
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
- Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
- Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka,a southern Polish town in the Nowy Targ County
- Railway Museum in KoÅcierzyna is a Polish railway museum located in a now defunct locomotive depot in KoÅcierzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
- Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie) is located in the former Warsaw GÅówna PKP railway terminus.
- Railway and Industry Museum in Jaworzyna ÅlÄ ska (Muzeum PrzemysÅu i Kolejnictwa w Jaworzynie ÅlÄ skiej) is located in a former steam locomotive depot in Jaworzyna ÅlÄ ska,Lower Silesian voievodship.
- Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse is 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
- Lagos
- Lousado
- Macinhata do Vouga
- Nine
- Santarém
- Valença
Disused or Closed Museums
- Braga
- Estremoz
Museological Warehouses
- Barreiro
- Estremoz
- Livração
- Pampilhosa
- Peso da Régua
- Pocinho
- Sernada do Vouga
- Tua
Romania
- Resita Locomotive Museum
Russia
- Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St Petersburg / St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum
- Rizhsky Rail Terminal / Rizhsky (railroad station) in Moscow
- the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow
- Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk
- Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don
- Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod
- Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
- Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)
Serbia
- Railway Museum in Belgrade
- Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega
Slovenia
- Slovenian Railway Museum
Spain
- Azpeitia Railway Museum (Basque Railway museum)
- Gijón Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarill de Asturias)
- Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)
- Railway Museum in Vilanova (Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya)(Catalonia Railway Museum)
- Railway Interpretation Center in Móra la Nova (Centre d'Interpretació del Ferrocarril de Móra la Nova)
Sweden
- Nynäshamn's (New Nose Port's?) Railway Museum, Nynäshamn
- Nässjö Railway Museum (in Swedish), Nässjö
- Eastern Southernlands Railway, Mariefred
- Stockholm Streetcar Museum, Stockholm
- Swedish National Railway Museum, Gävle
- Upsala-Lenna Jernväg, Uppsala
- Northbottom's Railway Museum, Luleå
- à mål-à rjäng Railway Society, à mål
- Dalara and Western Farmlands Railway, à mål
- Grängesberg Regional Railway Museum, Grängesberg
- Anten-Gräfsnäs Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway, Lake Anten
- Skara-Lundsbrunn Railways, Skara
- Gothenburg Nostalgia Tram, Gothenburg
- The Gotland Railway Association, Dalhem
- Järdaås Pine Forest Railway, Jädraås
- Eastern Götland Railway Museum, Linköping
- Kristiantown Regional Museum, Kristianstad
- Railway Museum of Ãngelholm, Ãngelholm
- Nora Mining District Historical Railway, Nora
- Hagfors Railway Museum, Hagfors
- Landeryd's Railway Museum, Landeryd
Switzerland
- Blonay-Chamby
Ukraine
- Kiev Railway Museum
United Kingdom
- Alford Valley Railway
- Amberley Working Museum
- Anson Engine Museum
- Astley Green Colliery Museum
- Barrow Hill Engine Shed
- Beamish Museum
- Bluebell Railway
- Bressingham Steam & Gardens
- Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum
- Conwy Valley Railway Museum
- Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
- Didcot Railway Centre
- Downpatrick and County Down Railway
- Hopetown Carriage Works
- Monkwearmouth Station Museum
- National Railway Museum
- North Woolwich Old Station Museum
- Pendon Museum
- Port Erin railway museum
- Crewe Heritage Centre
- Rushden Station Railway Museum
- Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
- Shildon Locomotion Museum
- Stephenson Railway Museum
- Swindon Steam Railway Museum
- Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
- Walthamstow Pump House Museum
North America
Canada
- Alberta Railway Museum
- Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
- Canadian Railway Museum
- Elgin County Railway Museum
- Halton County Radial Railway
- John Street Roundhouse
- Memory Junction Railway Museum
- New Brunswick Railway Museum
- Northern Ontario Railroad Museum
- Port Moody Station Museum
- Railway Coastal Museum
- Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
- Revelstoke Railway Museum
- Saskatchewan Railway Museum
- Toronto Railway Museum
- West Coast Railway Association
- Winnipeg Railway Museum
Guatemala
- Guatemala City Railway Museum
- Quetzaltenango
Honduras
- El Progreso railway museum, Yoro
Mexico
- Ferrocarril Interoceánico
- Old Railway Station and Railway Museum
United States
- Arizona Railway Museum
- Arkansas Railroad Museum
- B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
- Bellingham Railway Museum
- Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
- Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
- Boothbay Railway Village
- California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
- Cleburne Railroad Museum, Cleburne, Texas
- Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado
- Danbury Railway Museum
- Durand Union Station
- East Troy Electric Railroad Museum, Wisconsin
- Florida Railroad Museum
- Fox River Trolley Museum
- Galesburg Railroad Museum
- Galveston Railroad Museum
- Georgia State Railroad Museum (formerly named the "Roundhouse Railroad Museum") Savannah, Georgia
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Florida
- Golden Gate Railroad Museum
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Great Plains Transportation Museum, Wichita, Kansas
- Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Calera, Alabama
- Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
- Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois
- Indiana Transportation Museum, Valparaiso, Indiana
- Irish Railroad Workers Museum
- Kentucky Railway Museum, New Haven, Kentucky
- Lake Superior Railroad Museum
- Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
- Medina Railroad Museum
- Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
- Michigan Transit Museum
- Minnesota Transportation Museum
- Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, Illinois
- Museum of the American Railroad
- Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri
- National New York Central Railroad Museum
- National Railroad Museum
- Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum
- New York Transit Museum
- Niles Canyon Railway
- North Alabama Railroad Museum, Huntsville, Alabama
- North Carolina Railroad Museum
- North Carolina Transportation Museum
- Northwest Railway Museum
- Ohio Railway Museum (The)
- Oklahoma Railway Museum
- Orange Empire Railway Museum
- Oregon Electric Railway Museum
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
- Queponco Railway Station
- RailGiants Train Museum
- Railroad Museum of Long Island
- Railroad Museum of New England
- Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
- Railroad Museum of South Florida
- Railroaders Memorial Museum
- Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
- Railway Museum of San Angelo Texas
- Railway Workers Museum, Fredericksburg, Va
- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
- Rosenberg Railroad Museum
- San Francisco Railway Museum
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
- Shore Line Trolley Museum
- Sioux City Railroad Museum, (The)
- Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
- South Coast Railroad Museum
- Southeastern Railway Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
- Southern Michigan Railroad Society
- Steamtown National Historic Site
- Tehachapi Railroad Depot
- Tennessee Central Railway Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- The Western Mining and Railroad Museum
- Tooele Valley Railroad Complex
- Travel Town Museum
- Trolley Museum of New York
- Western America Railroad Museum
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum
- Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
- Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista, California
- West Florida Railroad Museum
- Whippany Railway Museum, Whippany, New Jersey
- Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, Alna, Maine
- Wyoming Transportation Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Oceania
Australia
- Archer Park Railway Station
- Australian Railway Historical Society Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown
- Canberra Railway Museum
- Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
- Lachlan Valley Railway
- New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere
- National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide
- Rail Motor Society, Paterson
- 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
- Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires)
Ferroclub Argentino: Centro de Preservación Remedios de Escalada.
Brazil
- Museu of Train of Rio de Janeiro
- Jaguariuna Railway Museum
- Paranapiacaba Technologic Railway Museum
- Araraquara Railway Museum
- Rio Claro Railway Museum (future)
Costa Rica
- Museo Del Ferrocarril
Peru
- National Railway Museum (Peru)
See also
- List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
- List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines