Swiss Transport Museum

Swiss Transport Museum

The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, in Lucerne, is a museum exhibiting all forms of transport (including locomotives, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communications. The museum also maintains a large collection of work by Hans Erni, a local painter and sculptor.

There are several other attractions in the museum besides the collection:
* Planetarium
* IMAX
* Swiss Arena, a 1:20,000 scale aerial photograph of Switzerland

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.verkehrshaus.org Official museum website]
* [http://www.hans-erni.ch Official website of painter Hans Erni]
* [http://www.stadtluzern.ch Official Website of Lucerne]


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