Getting started | Deutsches Dampflokomotiv Museum

Many exciting stories await you within our museum area!

Experience the black giants of railway history at first hand, learn interesting facts about the "Schiefe Ebene" or marvel at our detailed model railway layout. All these things and many more are waiting to be explored.

Steam locomotive 10-001 in black and white

History

Side view of the steam locomotive 50-975

Exhibition areas

Exhibition areas

A row of exhibits of the DDM

Exhibits

Exhibits displayed at the museum

Highlights of the museum

15-bay roundhouse with segment turntable
fascinating film sequences from the era of steam locomotives
media stations about the functionalities of steam locomotives
interactive experience in the driver's compartment
LokLab with join-in activities about steam engine technology
open-air area with field and narrow-gauge locomotives
reconstructed coal yard as an outdoor area
buildings of the former motive power depot
large model railway layout on a scale of 1:87 (redesigned in 2021)

The museum

Experience the giant steam locomotives inside the historical roundhouse here at our museum!

Plan your visit

A row of locomotives inside the engine shed

A modernly exhibited steam locomotive

A large historical timeline inside the museum

A person enjoying the interactive media station of the museum

Information boards about the saloon car

Illuminated underside of a steam locomotive

Labelled components of the driver's compartment of a steam locomotive

A row of locomotives inside the engine shed

A large historical timeline inside the museum

Information boards about the saloon car

Labelled components of the driver's compartment of a steam locomotive

Exhibits displayed at the museum

A modernly exhibited steam locomotive

A person enjoying the interactive media station of the museum

Illuminated underside of a steam locomotive