August Horch Museum Zwickau, Automobile museum in Zwickau, Germany
The August Horch Museum is an automobile museum in Zwickau housing around 160 vehicles and machines across approximately 6,500 square meters. The collection includes cars and motorcycles from different decades as well as historical manufacturing equipment.
The museum occupies the original production site that August Horch established in 1904 for manufacturing vehicles. The location later became the headquarters of Auto Union, a significant merger of several automobile companies.
The museum displays recreated street scenes with period shops, gas stations, and everyday objects from different automotive eras. These staged environments help visitors understand how people once lived and worked with their vehicles.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday and provides ample space to explore the collection at your own pace. Clear signage helps visitors navigate the exhibition without getting lost.
The museum contains an original engine testing stand from the early days of automobile manufacturing that still operates today. This working machine shows visitors how engineers checked their designs around 100 years ago.
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