Lucerne - Swiss Transport Museum Verkehrhaus der Schweiz
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Beyond the funicular station in Lucerne, Haldenstrasse continues to the fascinating Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Transport Museum, Schweizerisches Verkehrsmuseum; entrance in Lidostrasse). The museum is a large complex of exhibition halls and outdoor exhibits covering all forms of transport, including air and space travel (cosmorama), communications and tourism, with railroad locomotives and rolling-stock, ships, aircraft rockets and automobiles (originals or models), together with a Planetarium.
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The tourism department, opened in 1984, contains the largest pin-ball machine in the world and is an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
At the east end of the complex is the Hans-Erni-Haus which contains paintings and graphic art by the well-known Lucerne artist of that name, and also a lecture hall.
In the summer of 1996 the museum inaugurated the first IMAX theater in Switzerland.
Address:
Museum Verkehrshaus, Lidostrasse 5, CH-6006 Luzern, Switzerland
Hours:
April 1 to October 31: 10am-6pm
November 1 to March 31: 10am-5pm
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service
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The Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne.
