Depot 5
The Depot 5 is a transport museum in Mannheim .
Geographical location
The museum is located on one floor of an administration building, the "Red Ox", which belongs to the tram depot on Möhlstrasse.
history
The museum is sponsored by FTM-Depot 5 Mannheim e. V. The association was founded in 1985 and has been recognized as a leisure group by the Mannheim transport company at the time since 1986 . In 2003 the association opened the museum. Today the rooms are provided by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH. The museum sees itself as a museum of the transport company.
collection
The collection extends over time to testimonies from the history of rail-bound local public transport from the Rhine-Neckar area . The focus is on the history of the railways in Mannheim ( horse tram , tram Mannheim , OEG ). There is a presentation on the Aerobus that drove to the Federal Garden Show in Mannheim in 1975 , and models of tram vehicles from the aforementioned transport companies from different eras are shown on a small LGB layout . In terms of content, the collection includes archives , plans and photographs as well as small items from the factory, but not vehicles.
Cooperations
In cooperation with the transport companies, the museum participates in presentations at major events. The sponsoring association is a member of the Historical Local Transport Working Group .
literature
- Holger Peters and Ditta Büscher: trams and buses. The development of local transport Rhein-Neckar . Mannheim 2015. [leaflet].
Remarks
- ↑ Möhlstraße 31, 68165 Mannheim.
- ↑ "FTM" stands for " F reizeitgruppe T ransportwesen of transport companies M annheim".
- ↑ Track width of 45 mm with a scale of approx. 1: 22.5.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peters / Büscher: Tram .
- ↑ Information board on site.
- ^ Peters / Büscher: Tram .
- ^ Peters / Büscher: Tram .
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 26 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 13.4" E