Dresden Transport Museum, Transport museum in Neumarkt, Dresden, Germany
The Dresden Transport Museum fills the Johanneum, a building erected between 1586 and 1590 on the Neumarkt. Its 5,000 square metres of exhibition space cover rail, road, air and shipping. In the hall, a large wooden aircraft hangs above a pale-winged model, and the roof is covered in Duraluminium rather than copper.
The collection originates from the Saxon Railway Museum, which was evacuated during World War II. After the war, the collection moved to the Johanneum in 1956 where it became the Transport Museum.
The museum shows how people in this region have traveled and moved goods for generations. The exhibitions tell stories of railways, ships, and cars that shaped Saxony.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday and lies within walking distance of the old town. The exhibitions feature elevators and easy access for visitors with mobility limitations.
The Johanneum's roof is covered not in copper but in Duraluminium, a nod to aircraft construction. The building itself dates from 1586 to 1590 and ranks among Dresden's oldest museum buildings. The museum has occupied it since 1956, and space remains so tight that only eight of its 116 railway vehicles are shown here.
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