Car museums & collections in Germany

Museum in the Wehrshausen district of Marburg, Hesse, run by the Polizei-Motorsport-Club Marburg 1990 e.V., displaying over 100 vehicles spanning several decades of German police history including patrol cars, motorcycles, armored special vehicles and water cannons.

A private automobile and motorcycle museum in Adlkofen, Bavaria, founded in 1980 by racing driver Walter Proebst and now run by his daughter Verena Proebst. It displays approximately 70 classic cars, around 120 motorcycles, and roughly 250 engines and technical cutaway models from Germany and abroad.

A combined vehicle museum in Gebhardsweiler (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen) on Lake Constance, pairing a large rural-life/tractor exhibit with an urban-life section of classic automobiles and motorcycles. In 2017 it absorbed the former Fritz B. Busch classic car collection from Wolfegg.

Also known as the Krauser-Gedächtnis-Zweiradmuseum, a museum in a heritage-protected former tobacco shed in Pleidelsheim, Baden-Württemberg, predominantly a motorcycle collection honoring BMW/Krauser racing history, opened 1993 by collector Manfred Wirth, also including a small number of automobiles.

A private museum in Endersbach, a district of Weinstadt, Baden-Württemberg, opened 17 April 1976 by Peter Oelschläger, displaying automobiles, motorcycles, military vehicles and aircraft engines.

A private classic vehicle and toy museum in the Norddeich district of Norden, Lower Saxony, opened in November 2002 by Michael Klein. On roughly 2,000 m² it displays about 55 cars, 40 motorcycles, 20 mopeds, two trucks, racing cars, and a large historic toy collection.

A short-lived private museum founded by Joachim Pett, opened at Pentecost 1977 in a rented 750 m² hall in Bremen, displaying 27 automobiles with an emphasis on vehicles from Bremen's Borgward group.

A private oldtimer museum in the Wellinghofen district of Dortmund, opened 1 May 1999, exhibiting roughly 50 classic automobiles (emphasis on Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz) alongside about 15 motorcycles and tractors.

A private museum in Pilsting, Bavaria, founded by Dr. Konrad Auwärter to preserve the history of the family's Gottlob Auwärter/Neoplan bus-manufacturing business. On about 3,000 m² it displays roughly 20 historic Neoplan and other buses alongside about 25 automobiles, plus some motorcycles and tractors.

A small private vintage car and motorcycle collection in Gundelfingen an der Donau, Bavaria, founded in 1972 by collector Jürgen Viktor Mayr. It displays around 20 cars and 10 motorcycles dated 1907 to 1955, sourced largely from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

A temporary exhibition of historic East German automobiles, held under the name 'KraftfahrZeugen Ostmobil' in the Neustädter Markthalle in Dresden from 2003 to 2005, focused on vehicles produced by the East German IFA combine.

A private automobile museum founded in 1973 by motoring journalist Fritz B. Busch (1922-2010) in an outbuilding of Schloss Waldburg-Wolfegg in Wolfegg, Baden-Württemberg, growing to more than 200 vehicles including cars, scooters, motorcycles, tractors and caravans.

A manufacturer-owned vehicle collection housed at the former Karmann headquarters in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, documenting the history of coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann and its collaboration with Volkswagen. It comprises over 100 vehicles, prototypes, design studies and cutaway models, including the Karmann Ghia, Beetle Cabriolet, Scirocco, Corrado and the VW XL1.

Vehicle museum in the Querum district of Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, founded in 2009 by Jürgen Kolle. Exhibits about 80 cars, 10 motorcycles, 10 mopeds, 15 bicycles and 15 engines, with a particular focus on Volkswagen models.

Private automobile museum in the Hörstmar district of Lemgo, Lippe district, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1993 by orthopedic surgeon Klaus Otto Räker; now run by Gerrit Emmerich following Räker's death in 2019.

Automuseum Melle ("Geschichte auf Rädern"), operated as a nonprofit (gGmbH), is located in Melle, Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, in a protected former furniture-factory building with nearly 3,000 m² across three floors. It displays roughly 250-350 operational vehicles spanning from the earliest automobiles to more recent historically significant cars.

Automuseum Nossen, also known as Automuseum Hertrampf, is a private automobile and motorcycle museum operated by the Hertrampf car dealership in Nossen, Saxony, housed in a former Konsum department store building since the 1990s. It displays roughly 30-50 cars alongside about 50 motorcycles, 15 mopeds, bicycles, and engines spanning the 1920s to 1970s.

A short-lived automobile museum housed within Schloss Salem (former Reichsabtei/Salem Abbey) in Salem, Baden-Württemberg, displaying sports and racing cars.

Private collection in Weil im Schönbuch, Baden-Württemberg, displaying around 50 historic automobiles, roughly 70 motorcycles, and about 12 tractors, per the town's official tourism listing.

Automobile museum in two auxiliary buildings of Schloss Wolfegg, Baden-Württemberg, exhibiting around 80 automobiles and 40 motorized two-wheelers focused on everyday vehicles of the 1960s-1980s, plus tractors and the world's largest one-wheel-trailer collection.

Collection in Erndtebrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, now managed by the Rudolf-Bald-Stiftung, comprising one of the world's largest collections of roadworthy historic BMW boxer motorcycles (1923 to the mid-1970s) alongside a small number of military and vintage vehicles.

A small private automobile and motorcycle museum documented as operating in Wolfratshausen, Bavaria.

The first automobile museum in Rhineland-Palatinate, located in Neuwied and founded 10 November 1975 by collector Heinz Schramm, exhibiting roughly 60 vehicles of the former Borgward group brands (Borgward, Lloyd, Goliath, Hansa and Hansa-Lloyd).

A private car-and-toy museum combined with a restaurant in Tübingen, showing the collection of Rainer and Ute Klink. Founded in 1985, it has grown to about 1,200 m² and displays roughly 70 vehicles, including rare sports cars and motorcycles spanning six decades, alongside a large toy collection.

A privately operated museum in Hachenburg dedicated to vintage Cadillac automobiles, focused on vehicles from the 1950s through 1970s.

Automobile museum in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, opened in 2007 on the former premises of the Opel dealership Jäger. Presents over 100 years of automotive history across roughly 670-760 m² of exhibition space, with special exhibitions rotating every 6-12 months, plus a recreated 1940s/50s auto workshop and filling station.

Private single-marque collection of roughly 130 historic Citroën vehicles dating from 1934 onward, housed in 16 former Bundeswehr munitions-bunker buildings near Sandelzhausen (a district of Mainburg), Bavaria.

Classic and vintage car showroom and service center in Berlin, launched in 2003 under the 'Meilenwerk' brand and renamed Classic Remise in 2011, offering free daily public viewing of cars in glass storage boxes alongside dealer, restoration and event spaces.

Classic and vintage car showroom and service center in Düsseldorf, launched in 2006 under the 'Meilenwerk' brand and renamed Classic Remise in 2011, with around 80 glass storage boxes displaying classic cars, open to the public free of charge.

A classic car museum combined with an event hall in Leipzig-Plagwitz, housed in a former iron-foundry building (1894) once part of the Rudolph Sack works. Opened in 2000 by collector Manfred Rübesam and operated since 2002 by the event company Michaelis.

Private museum founded by collector Harald Driemel in Horrheim (a district of Vaihingen an der Enz), Baden-Württemberg, combining roughly 60 vintage vehicles - cars, trucks/buses, scooters, mopeds, bicycles and caravans - with everyday 1950s/60s household items.

Private collection of around 160 classic cars and over 240 motorcycles owned by the Dauphin family, displayed chronologically by brand in a converted 1960s factory hall in Hersbruck, Bavaria, as the centerpiece of the Dauphin Speed Event venue.

Museum of Opel vehicles housed at the former NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang site near Schleiden, Euskirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded by brothers Martin and Josef Degener after acquiring the on-site Malakoff complex in 2019; the collection comprises roughly 250 vehicles, mostly Opel models from the 1940s-50s.

A private collection of vintage and rare Land Rover vehicles associated with the Land Rover restoration specialist Landypoint GmbH in Neidingen, a district of Beuron, Baden-Württemberg.

A private automobile museum in Fichtelberg (Bavaria) founded in 1992 by the Eckert family, displaying more than 500 exhibits across three exhibition halls plus outdoor space totaling roughly 10,000 square meters. The collection spans automotive history from 1896 to the present and includes cars, motorcycles, aircraft, fire engines, tractors, and prototypes.

A small-car (Kleinwagen) museum founded in 1984 by collector Anton Marth in Neckarmühlbach (Haßmersheim), exhibiting small and microcars.

A privately run Toyota marque museum in the Hartkirchen district of Pocking, Bavaria, founded in 1994 by longtime Toyota dealer Peter Pichert, displaying more than 120 Toyota vehicles including Corolla, Celica, Crown, Cressida and Carina models.

Museum of mobile travel in Bad Waldsee, Baden-Württemberg, opened October 29, 2011, located near the Hymer motorhome manufacturer's facilities. Permanent exhibition of over 80 motorhomes and caravans spanning six decades of camping/caravanning history across roughly 6,000 m², plus 1,000 m² of rotating special exhibitions.

A vehicle and technology museum in the Fürstenau district of Boitzenburger Land (Uckermark district, Brandenburg), founded in 2013 by Gerhard Eberwein and housed in the renovated former grain store of the Fürstenau manor estate. It displays a mixed collection including automobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles, trucks/buses, tractors and engines, plus everyday GDR-era household items.

A large private transportation museum in Marxzell near Karlsruhe, opened in 1968 in a former sawmill by Bernhard Reichert and still family-run. It spans over 3,600 m² of exhibition space.

Fahrzeugmuseum Suhl, located within the Congress Centrum Suhl (CCS) in Thuringia, documents about 120 years of vehicle manufacturing tradition in Suhl, displaying over 260 exhibits across 1,400 square meters spanning bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles, and automobiles.

A private collection of around 20 West German post-war microcars in Stopfenheim (part of Ellingen, Middle Franconia), assembled by the Bittner family, including Fend Flitzer, Brütsch Mopetta, Goggomobil, BMW Isetta, Fuldamobil, Heinkel Kabine, Champion, Lloyd, and Victoria Spatz.

A small private museum of Italian classic vehicles in a historic 1851 former fire station in Lengfeld (Otzberg, Odenwaldkreis), run by Herbert G. Spross and Anette Lutz-Spross, displaying about 15 cars (predominantly Fiat, including Topolino models) and around 6 Moto Guzzi motorcycles.

A private museum near Reichwalde (Boxberg/O.L., Saxony) dedicated exclusively to historic off-road and utility vehicles, run since 2003 by the association 'Interessengemeinschaft Geländewagenmuseum'.

A private vintage vehicle museum in Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg, opened 1991 by Fritz Schmid, operator of the Hotel-Restaurant 'Zum Lamm,' displaying roughly 10 cars, 1 truck, 32 motorcycles, 4 mopeds and 1 engine.

A collection of East German (DDR) vehicles - including Trabant, Wartburg, Barkas, and Simson Schwalbe models - operated by the Trabi-Buggy-Club '93 e.V. since September 2020, housed within the Wasserschloss Quilow in Groß Polzin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

A small in-house museum/showroom at the headquarters of Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH & Co. KG, an Opel tuning company founded in 1968, in Remshalden, Baden-Württemberg, displaying around 20 Irmscher-built or -tuned vehicles.

A private collection of historic West German post-war microcars (up to 600cc) and matching period camping vehicles, assembled by Stefan Voit and housed in a roughly 900 m² former industrial building in St. Ingbert, Saarland.