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Mercedes-Benz Museum

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The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automobile museum at Mercedesstraße 100 in Stuttgart’s Bad Cannstatt district, just outside the Daimler factory’s main gate and opposite MHPArena in Neckarpark.

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Why go

  • See Ben van Berkel and UNStudio’s double-helix building, with spiral galleries around an atrium.
  • Explore more than a century of Mercedes-Benz commercial-vehicle history.

Opening hours

Today09:00 – 18:00Show all
MondayClosed
Tuesday09:00 – 18:00
Wednesday09:00 – 18:00
Thursday09:00 – 18:00
Friday09:00 – 18:00
Saturday09:00 – 18:00
Sunday09:00 – 18:00

Don't miss

  • Motoring pioneersPetrol engines and vehicles from 1886–1900, including work by Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Carl Benz.First floor
  • Racing and recordsRacing and record-setting cars.
  • Diesel and superchargersMercedes-Benz diesel engines and superchargers.Third floor
  • Safety and the environmentAutomotive safety and environmental developments from 1960–1982.Fifth floor
  • Developers and engineersDaimler developers’ and engineers’ work and ideas for the car’s future.Ground floor

What's inside

  • One route follows the brand’s history chronologically; five themed collection rooms explore different periods.
  • Historical archival documents span more than a century.
  • The collection includes vehicles used by famous people.
  • Technological breakthroughs are represented in the collection.
  • Seven Mythos rooms cover the automobile’s invention, brand history, diesel and compressor vehicles, safety, the environment and racing.
  • The second floor traces the Mercedes-Benz marque from 1914 to 1945.
  • The fourth floor covers Mercedes-Benz from 1945 to 1960.
  • The sixth floor follows Mercedes-Benz from 1982 onward.

Tips for your visit

  • Take an elevator to the top, then descend through the galleries.
  • Switch between the chronological and themed routes at any point.

Tours and audio guides

Audio tour
Free · several languages
Untertürkheim engine factory tour
Tour of the nearby engine factory

Interesting facts6

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  1. Three overlapping circles shape the building around a triangular atrium designed to recall a Wankel engine.

    Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia

  2. The museum has 16,500 m² of exhibition space on a 4,800 m² footprint.

    Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia
  3. 2001

    Exhibition designer HG Merz was commissioned before the architecture competition in 2001.

    Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia
  4. 47 metres

    The building is 47 metres high.

    Musée Mercedes-Benz de Stuttgart - Wikipedia

  5. The building has 3,500 m² of ground-floor area.

    Musée Mercedes-Benz de Stuttgart - Wikipedia

  6. The museum stands on a man-made hill beside the B 14.

    Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

The collection grew into a museum at the Untertürkheim plant, with its first museum opening in 1936. A standalone museum followed in 1961, then closed for renovation and expansion in 1985.

  1. 1923The company began its vehicle collection.
  2. 1936The first museum opened at the Untertürkheim plant for the company’s 50th anniversary.
  3. 1961A standalone museum opened at the factory for the automobile’s 75th anniversary.
  4. 1985The museum closed for renovation and expansion ahead of the automobile’s centenary.
  5. 1989The museum adopted its current name.
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  1. 2000The company decided to build a new museum on the factory grounds because the old site was cramped and inconvenient.
  2. 2001Ben van Berkel and UNStudio won the design competition.
  3. 2006The current museum building opened on 19 May.

How to get there

  • TrainTake the S1, S2, S3 or a regional train to Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, then change to bus 56.
  • On footFrom Neckarpark (Mercedes-Benz) station on the S1, walk 850 metres south to the museum.

Sources: Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia · Stuttgart - Wikivoyage (see) · Mercedes-Benz Museum - Wikipedia · Musée Mercedes-Benz de Stuttgart - Wikipedia · checked 24 Sep 2026

Where
Mercedesstrasse 100, -, Stuttgart

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Questions and answers

Can I eat or shop on site?

The museum has a cafe, restaurant and shop.

Who maintains the vehicles?

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach maintains them.

What is the arena beside the entrance?

An open-air arena with seating for 900 spectators.

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