Museums in Augsburgs Districts

The railway, operations and repair facilities on the 24 hectare site are one hundred years old. At special events, the park demonstrates historic locomotives and wagons of European state railways. Their workshops are used to repair locomotives for the museum. (Firnhaberstraße 22).

The Mazda Brand is known worldwide. Their models, which include classics like the Cosmo Sport or the MX-5, are produced in the factory in Hiroshima, Japan. These vehicles can be viewed in the “Mazda Classic - Automobile Museum Frey”, which is set up in a historic tram depot in Augsburg-Oberhausen.

In the State Textile and Industry Museum display a weaving mill, spinning machines and a catwalk for fashion history to show Augsburg’s importance as a major player in European textile industry well into the 20th Century. The museum stands on the grounds of one of the first factories in Bavaria, the Augsburg Kammgarnspinnerei. It offers special exhibitions and hands-on programs for children (Provinostr. 46).

The “Roman Tower” in the park of a castle in the district of Göggingen is the first Tycho Brahe Museum in Germany. The Dane, one of the most important astronomers of the early modern period, installed the “Augsburg Quadrant” in 1570, then the largest sky observation device in Europe. The museum shows a replica (individual registration to visit at Parktheater GmbH).