Spoorwegmuseum (Railway Museum), Utrecht (must see)

Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum, the national railway museum, was established in 1927 and was initially located in one of the main buildings of Nederlandse Spoorwegen in Utrecht. At the time the collection consisted mostly of pictures, documents and other small objects. In the 1930s the first steps were taken to conserve old significant railway equipment.

A portion of this collection was lost during World War II. The current collection is too large to be shown in full in the limited space available, but rotates on a regular basis. Most of the trams were dropped from the collection in the 1990s. Its collection contains, among other things, steam, electric and diesel locomotives, train cars, freight cars and several trams.