Qype: Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart

Stuttgart - Arts & Entertainment - Museums


I would thoroughly recommend anyone who has a remote interest in engineering and particularly the industrial heritage of Germany to visit this excellent museum. They have a surprising amount of original pieces here, and where the original is not available some great replicas. From the first ever car, motorcycle, powered airship to the precursor to the modern lorry, from the early 1900s which was used to carry beer!

The celebrities gallery includes the G-Series based (I learned that yesterday!) bullet-proof Pope-mobile, and Princess Di's J-Reg SL500. Lewis Hamilton's championship-winning McLaren Mercedes also gets a look in.

Entry is only 8 Euro including a great audio guide, and it's well worth the money. You need at least 2 hours to see everything, and probably quite a lot more if you want to study it in detail.

Also worthy of note: the S-Bahn at Nekkerpark is only every 30 minutes on Sundays, so make a note of the train times to avoid a freezing wait on the platform.

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