Category: Museums
The nativity scenes of Christkindl in Upper Austria
Christkindl is part of the city of Steyr in Upper Austria. This region is very famous for the celebration of various Christmas traditions. In Christkindl you can also find two very special carved nativity scenes.
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The mechanical nativity scene in Maria Taferl
Nativity scenes are very popular in Austria, especially in the Alpine regions and of course especially around Christmas. Mechanical nativity scenes are something very rare – you will find only a few of them in Austria.
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The “Wild West” diorama at Pullman City Hasselfelde, Germany
This summer, we visited “Pullman City”, a Wild-West-Park near Hasselfelde in the Harz...
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The Mariazell Railway in scale 1/87
The Mariazell Railway (“Mariazellerbahn”) is a narrow-gauge railway between the Lower Austrian capital of Sankt Pölten and Mariazell in Styria, which is the Austrian pilgrimage center.
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Agriculture in Eastern Germany
The Regional Agricultural Museum in Dorf Mecklenburg (Germany) shows the development of agriculture in the region of North Western Mecklenburg, in the former German Democratic Republic.
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Exhibition of the “IGM Wien 1:87” in Korneuburg
The “IGM Wien” is a group of model railroad enthusiasts in Vienna. Several times a year they present their railroad in Korneuburg, Lower Austria.
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Scalemodels at the “Koller Oldtimer” Vintage Car Museum in Lower Austria
“Koller Oldtimer” is a museum in Heldenberg, Lower Austria that shows the vintage car collection of Rudolf Koller, a Lower Austrian entrepreneur that made a fortune with importing and distributing jacuzzis.
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ModellBauGruppe Ottakring in Vienna
The “ModellBauGruppe Ottakring” is a group of 16 model railway enthusiasts that joined together in 1992. In Ottakring, a district of Austria’s capital Vienna, they operate a model railway in two rooms. One room represents Austria and shows a rural scenery in an alpine region, including a cable car.
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Modellbautage Wiener Neustadt 2019
Today we visited the “Modellbautage” in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. This is a 3-days-event specialized in functional RC models.
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Miniland MV – Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in scale 1/25
“Miniland MV” is a nice miniature park in Mecklenburg – West Pomerania, Germany’s northeastern region. It shows around 70 famous buildings of this region in scale 1/25.
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Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg – the biggest model train of the world!
When you love model trains (or model cars) you MUST visit the “Miniatur Wunderland”...
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Minimundus – Austria’s biggest miniature park
Minimundus, located in Klagenfurth, Carinthia, is Austria’s biggest miniature park. Founded in 1958, it now displays almost 160 buildings from all over the world in scale 1/25.
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