Waldviertler Eisenbahnmuseum Sigmundsherberg
Association-run museum at Sigmundsherberg station with around 600 exhibits, a historic engine shed from 1880, signal box, waiting room and locomotives.
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About the museum
The museum was established in 1987, when Austria celebrated 150 years of railways, on the grounds of Sigmundsherberg station on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn. The town was long an important railway junction: from 1880 there was a locomotive shed here, later a traction depot with over a hundred employees, which was dissolved after the end of steam traction in 1973.
A few years after the opening, the exhibition rooms were also completed, and in 1994 the association "Waldviertler Eisenbahnmuseum Sigmundsherberg" was founded, which has run the museum on a voluntary basis ever since. Because space soon ran short, the museum was extended, rebuilt and modernised from 2008 to 2010.
Today, in three large rooms, it shows a good 600 objects on railway history – operating equipment from the Monarchy, from the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and from the years up to the State Treaty. On display are a furnished historic waiting room, a dispatcher's office and a signal box, the engine shed from 1880, as well as draisines, a rail bicycle and historic locomotives. A model at a scale of 1:360 recalls the Monarchy's large prisoner-of-war camp at Sigmundsherberg. The association continually restores vehicles and holds annual festivals centred on the railway.
Highlights
- Engine shed from 1880
- Historic waiting room, dispatcher's office and signal box
- Historic locomotives, draisines and rail bicycle
- Model of the Sigmundsherberg prisoner-of-war camp at a scale of 1:360
- Around 600 exhibits on railway history
Permanent exhibition
- Eisenbahngeschichte am Bahnhof Sigmundsherberg – Operating equipment, uniforms, signalling technology and vehicles from the Monarchy to the post-war period, plus waiting room, signal box and the engine shed of 1880.
- Founded
- 1987
- Operated by
- Verein Waldviertler Eisenbahnmuseum Sigmundsherberg
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €7 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €6Children, groups |
| Children & teens | €6 |
| Groups | €6 per personIndividual group offers on request. |
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Sigmundsherberg Bahnhof · 2-min walk
By Franz-Josefs-Bahn from Vienna to Sigmundsherberg station; the museum is a 2-minute walk away (over the overpass towards the park-and-ride facility, then right along the car parks).
By car
Parking available
Ample parking at the park-and-ride facility by the station; access to the museum is via this car park.
By car from Vienna via Stockerau, B4, Maissau and Eggenburg, or from St. Pölten via Krems, Hadersdorf am Kamp and Horn.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
Museum's own refreshment stand.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours of the museum on request; groups please register in advance. |
