Mercedes Benz Museum
Rev up your passion for automotive history at the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Immerse yourself in the evolution of the iconic brand with a stunning collection of 160+ vehicles. Explore our ticket options to experience this automotive heritage.
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If you love all things automobile, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart explores automotive history and innovation at its finest!
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Explore never-before-seen collections – from the first patented car to futuristic research vehicles, and learn more about them through the multilingual free audio guide.
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Witness over 160 breathtaking vehicles, and themed galleries here's your chance to lose yourself in the art world of automobiles.
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Fun Fact: The Mercedes-Benz logo symbolizes the brand's ambition to create engines for land, sea, and air transportation.
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If you love all things automobile, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart explores automotive history and innovation at its finest!
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Explore never-before-seen collections – from the first patented car to futuristic research vehicles, and learn more about them through the multilingual free audio guide.
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Witness over 160 breathtaking vehicles, and themed galleries here's your chance to lose yourself in the art world of automobiles.
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Fun Fact: The Mercedes-Benz logo symbolizes the brand's ambition to create engines for land, sea, and air transportation.
Pro tips to help you make a pick
The Mercedes-Benz museum is one of Stuttgart’s top attractions. Book your tickets 3 to 4 days in advance, especially if you’re visiting during the peak season (June to August).
Children aged 12 years and under can enter the museum for free. You will need a valid photo ID as proof of eligibility.
The museum sees an increase in the number of visitors towards mid-morning and midday. Early mornings just after the opening time are the best time to explore the museum without crowds.
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About Mercedes Benz Museum
One of Stuttgart’s top attractions, the Mercedes-Benz Museum showcases 130 years of automobile history. Wander its 9 floors and explore 1,500 exhibits, from the first motorcar that was invented by Carl Benz in 1886 to the latest cutting-edge vehicles. Housed in a unique cloverleaf-shaped building with futuristic interiors, it attracts more than half a million visitors each year.
In keeping with the futuristic interiors of the Mercedes-Benz Museum, its triangular atrium is designed to look like a Wankel internal combustion engine.
In case of a fire, the museum uses an artificially created tornado to clear smoke from the building. At 34.4 meters tall, it is also the world’s tallest artificial tornado.
The glass exteriors of the museum’s façade are made of 1,800 panels, each of which is unique and entirely different from the others.
Why visit Mercedes Benz Museum?
Highlights
Admire iconic vehicles
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is a car museum and its main attractions are the 160 iconic vehicles and over 1,500 exhibits on display. Wander through the nine floors and marvel the early automobiles, classic cars, futuristic prototypes, and legendary racing cars. Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of Mercedes-Benz’s history, innovation, and design.
Take a guided tour
Take a guided tour of the Mercedes-Benz Museum and get an in-depth look at the history and evolution of the brand. The museum offers many guided tours that cover various aspects such as the building’s striking architecture, the company’s milestones, its motorsports legacy, and the women who have left their mark in automobile history.
Plan your visit
Main entrance
The museum has one main entrance, which can be used by all ticket holders to access the exhibits.
Visitors can store their coats, jackets, backpacks, suitcases, and personal belongings in the cloakroom and the lockers for the duration of their visit. There is no charge for using them.
Visitors can store their coats, jackets, backpacks, suitcases, and personal belongings in the cloakroom and the lockers for the duration of their visit. There is no charge for using them.
The museum offers free audioguides in 8 languages including German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese.
Restrooms are available at the museum, including for disabled visitors. Disabled toilets are located on level 0, level 1, and in the Mythos (Legends) rooms. All disabled restrooms are also equipped with baby changing facilities.
Visitors can use the museum's car park or the P4 multistorey car park. The parking charges are €2 per hour for the first three hours, and €2.5 from the fourth hour onwards.
EV charging points are available in the museum's car park. Visitors require their provider's charging card or have to use the ChargePoint app.
Visitors can rent wheelchairs for a deposit of €50.
The museum is wheelchair-friendly, with ramps, platforms, hand rails, and non-slip flooring. The disabled restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair users can use the disabled parking bays in the museum's car park.
Visitors can rent baby buggies for a deposit of €50.
Guide dogs and service dogs are allowed inside the museum. Dogs weighing up to 10 kg are permitted inside if they are in a special dog bag or dog backpack.
Visitors with mobility issues can rent walkers for a deposit of €50.
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