Museum of horse railway in České Budějovice, Transportation museum in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

The Museum of Horse Railway displays exhibits documenting how horse-drawn trains developed and operated from their earliest conception through active service. The building itself served as a guard station on the original line and contains tickets, uniforms, and equipment from that period.

The horse-drawn railway linking České Budějovice with Linz and Gmunden ran from 1827 to 1872, when steam trains replaced it. The first 50 km section to Rybník opened on 7 September 1827. The line made the centuries-old salt trade over the Linzer Steig cheaper and faster.

The name reflects the horses that pulled trains along the tracks, marking an era when animal power drove what people considered modern technology. Visitors can see the simple tools and personal belongings that workers used in their daily routines.

The museum occupies a former guard station on Mánesova Street and is easy to reach on foot from the city center. The interior is modest in size and focused, so plan for an hour or so to comfortably view everything.

The 225-tonne guardhouse was moved 8 metres south in 1977 for the widening of Mánesova Street, not 10 metres. The firm Transfera Praha, which had relocated the Church of the Assumption in Most two years earlier, slid it on five pairs of rails at 3 centimetres per minute.