Dampflok Erlebniswelt Meiningen
Interactive exhibition on the steam locomotive in the former canteen building of the Meiningen steam locomotive works, featuring a walk-in steam locomotive cut open lengthwise.
Om museet
Meiningen has been connected to the railway since 1858; in 1914 the repair works was built at the Flutgraben, from which today's steam locomotive works developed. It is considered the last major facility in Western Europe able to completely overhaul and even newly build steam locomotives, and today belongs to DB-Fahrzeuginstandhaltung. The idea of making this tradition accessible year-round arose in 2014 at the works' centenary celebration.
For this purpose, the city of Meiningen converted the works' listed former canteen building, which had been built in 1914 and extended in 1947. After gutting began in 2019 and the foundation stone was laid in October 2021, the project cost about 17.6 million euros, funded in part by urban development funds and the Free State. The Dampflok Erlebniswelt opened in August 2024.
The centerpiece of the permanent exhibition of about 600 square meters is the Prussian T 13 number 92 739, also built in 1914. After years outdoors, it was cut lengthwise into three parts, so that visitors can walk between the cuts all the way into the driver's cab. Media and hands-on stations explain how fire, water, and steam power a locomotive. A photo archive, exhibits from the works, and interviews with contemporary witnesses tell of the connection between the town and the railway; a further 300 square meters are used for temporary exhibitions.
Højdepunkter
- Walk-in steam locomotive cut lengthwise into three parts, with driver's cab
- Media and hands-on stations on steam technology
- Contemporary witness interviews and photo archive on the steam locomotive works
- Located right next to Western Europe's last major steam locomotive works
- Public guided tours three days a week
Permanente udstillinger
- Dauerausstellung zur Dampflok – On about 600 m², a steam locomotive cut open lengthwise and media stations show how a steam locomotive works and how closely Meiningen is tied to the railway.
- Grundlagt
- 2024
- Ejer
- Stadt Meiningen
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 9,50 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 7,50 € |
| Børn og unge | 5 €Children and teens aged 6 to 16. |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 7,50 € pr. personPer person for 15 to 30 people without a tour; large groups €6.50 per person. |
| Familier | 22 €2 adults and up to 3 children. |
| Annual pass (non-transferable) | 35 € |
| Family annual pass (2 adults, up to 3 children) | 80 €Non-transferable. |
| Public guided tour (surcharge on admission) | 2 € |
| Group tour in German/English (15–30 people) | 60 €Per group plus admission. |
| Children's tour | 45 €Per group plus admission. |
| School classes, daycare and after-school groups incl. tour | 3 €Per person, possibly plus material costs. |
| Children's program (ages 4–16) | 5 € |
Tour prices are in addition to admission. Accompanying teachers and supervisors of holiday program groups have free admission.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Ramp to the main entrance and for the differences in level within the exhibition; wheelchair-accessible restroom in the basement, reached by elevator; one accessible parking space. Assistance and therapy dogs are allowed, other animals are not.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Familiebillet | 22 € · 2 adults and up to 3 children. |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Interaktive stationer
Hands-on and media stations and a walk-in driver's cab make the technology tangible. Offerings include children's tours, a children's program for ages 4 to 16, and during school holidays a roughly 45-minute program for children's groups aged 6 to 14 (registration by email). The "Bewegte Räder" station is currently out of service.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Flutgraben / Dampflokerlebniswelt
City bus line 11 from "Sachsenstraße / Stadtzentrum" toward Kiliansberg to "Flutgraben / Dampflokerlebniswelt" (about 10 minutes); return with line 10 from "Ernststraße" toward the bus station.
I bil
Parkering muligt
Visitor parking for vehicles up to 5 m total length, one accessible parking space, and bicycle racks; three bus parking spaces on Volkshausplatz.
- Handicapparkering
By bicycle from the market via Georgstraße, past the theater, along Leipziger Straße and Templerweg to the street Am Flutgraben.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
- Museumsbutik
Café in the building, open until 30 minutes before the exhibition closes.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Public guided tours Thursdays at 14:00, Saturdays at 12:30, and Sundays at 11:00 (no registration, €2 surcharge). Group tours in German or English by registration. Tours of the grounds of the neighboring steam locomotive works on Saturdays at 10:00 (weekly from April to October, on the 1st and 3rd Saturday from November to March); groups register for this with the Meininger Dampflokverein. |
