CAR & TRACTOR MUSEUM Bodensee — Attraction in Verwaltungsverband Meersburg

Stunning collection, mainly tractors but also some very nice vintage cars, as well as many traditional and newer tools and machinery for farms, reconstruction of traditional workshops for (mainly) rural occupations and crafts, as well as mid 20 century small shops, with samples of merchandise from that time: sweets, tobacco products, canned food, small tools for the household, newspapers and many many more, in fact a substantial sample of everyday life in the '50s and '60s. Back to the big mechanical stuff, you will be impressed by some of the more exotic tractors, some with motors of 10000 cubic centimeters or more, few with one cylinder-motors and lots of mechanical gadgetry mainly from the first part of the 20th century that helped to make those wonderful beasts moving. Also noticeable the very large number of different producers of tractors, in different countries and many factories, mainly in Germany, but also France, Italy, the US - so different market environenent compared with todays concentration of only a handful of tractor manufacturing firms. Take your time and browse patiently through several floors of well designed exhibits of mechanics and daily rural...

We've been to a few tractor and excavator museums, and this one is top-notch. The exhibit itself is rich, diverse, focusing not only on machines, but the epoche's atmosphere. Has a rich collection even of children toys and room decor from the era. In addition to this, they have an amazing restaurant where we strongly recommend having lunch. And on top of this, it's brilliant down to the details: trivia cards on the restaurant tables to maximize fun and learning, and an own book of museum exhibit that we learned a lot from. A great day out for the...

Even if you are not a fan of tractors, come here anyway. There is a lot more to see than just tractors: They have cars, tools, toys, scenes of shoemakers, beauty shops, and much more. I especially liked the floor with all of the "little" cars. The basement floor is most impressive. The displays are artfully built. I spent over 2 hours here. They even have little toy tractors for kiddies to ride. You don't necessarily need to read German to appreciate...