Mercedes-Benz Museum

It is one the best museums I’ve been to, no doubt must have experience.. Specially for auto geeks it’s a heavenly experience. Please try to visit early in the morning, as it needs at least 5 hours. Get something to eat with you or have a heavy breakfast before visit.

Absolutely worth a visit! Wonderful architecture and interior design! The museum showcases the entire history and heritage of Mercedes which is unbelievably impressive! You’ll see their first ever cars and it will take you by chronological order to see the newest cars and the futuristic concepts.

It is an automobile museum located in Stuttgart, Germany. It showcases the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and its associated brands. Stuttgart is the home of the Mercedes brand and the international headquarters of the Mercedes-Benz Group. I had the opportunity to visit the museum for its car manufacturing history and timeline with Top Attraction in Stuttgart. It showcases spectacular vehicles and over 1500 exhibits in the building. Therefore, it is highly recommended when you are in the city.

The mecca of an Automobile Engineer/Enthusiast. A must visit holy temple of Automotive history and engineering. The building is so artistically designed, the architecture itself is astonishing. Kind of helical walk down from the highest level. The tour starts from the top most floor, time line starts from the 1800s..... then gradually the walkways leading to lower levels are a transition of time and world history. The Museum stores is actually Duty-Free, they have some real good serious collectible. But most affordable scale models are "Welly-Made in China" 😞

Very nice museum, doesn't look as big from the outside as it is inside. A huge gallery of cars but not only, you travelling through the whole history of Mercedes-Benz company. A must have to see during visit in Stuttgart.

The museum offers a nice walkthrough throughout their history and gives you some information on what happened those days in the world. The sections are well designed and it is impossible to get lost on track. Not much of a car person but I still enjoyed my time in this museum. With the audio guide and all of that information given you can spend 5-6 hours easily if you want it. Went there on Sunday morning so there was no line but when I left the museum at noon there were a lot of people on the entry.

This museum is worth a visit! It’s easily accessible by public transportation. When you purchase a ticket, you’ll receive an audio guide. The museum showcases the history of MB (Mercedes-Benz) and offers a unique experience on each floor, featuring music and carefully selected vehicles from different periods, along with informative descriptions. To fully appreciate everything the museum has to offer, plan to spend at least two hours immersing yourself in the experience.

It is fair to say that the Mercedes-Benz Museum is not a typical car museum. In addition to the exhibits relating to the evolution of the company and its vehicular products, the tour is also a historical journey through the past century, setting many of the company's milestones against broader historical events. Starting from the top of the building, you walk down multiple floors of exhibits which are all well crafted and highly informative. The provided information headsets allow you to dive deeper into the specifics of each exhibit at your own pace. In terms of the actual walking, the floors descend in an easy circular gradient, which makes the decent convenient for those with mobility issues. Overall, visiting the museum is highly recommended and do set aside ample time to fully experience the place.

Well organized and detailed history of Mercedes Benz with interactive audio handsets available. The museum has a restaurant, cafe, and shop for gifts. The building's architecture resembles a double helix just like the DNA in which the human genome is stored. There are no closed rooms or straight walls. Ceilings span 33 metres without any supports, and each of the 1,800 triangular glass panes is unique. Highly recommend a visit here.

I preferred the Mercedes Museum to the Porsche one. You start from the 8th floor, and the museum is well organized at each level and has a clear chronological history, not just of Mercedes itself but also world events. The museum also doesn't shy away from mentioning Mercedes dark times in their role in WWII. Each floor has a main section detailing the history and a side section with different car models. You can also find vintage cars, models driven by celebrities and vehicles you might not have known were Mercedes. The audioguide tour is worth getting and activates as you walk through specific sections. Latte and butter pretzel are also some of the best I've had in Germany. I really like the gift shop - merch is high quality. Very accessible from the train station.

What an excellent museum! Highly recommend a visit if you're in or near Stuttgart at any time. My advice is to go early - like when they open their doors. Parking is much easier, the crowds are smaller, and you'll have better opportunities to see and take photos of all the cars. We saw nearly everything, taking time to read all the sign in the various historical galleries and meandering through all the car displays and spent about 2 hours here. They've got a large gift shop with TONS of toy/model cars, clothes, and small gifts. The museum also has a couple cafe style areas for snacks and drinks, in addition to their sit-down restaurant which seems to open around noon most days.

Must say... wasn't too excited to go here, but our friend insisted. Glad we listened! I think I ended up having more fun than he did! Pretty cool to walk down the walkways reading through history of Germany, mostly pertaining to Mercedes-Benz. It wasn't a display of all their cars, like I thought it was going to be. It really was more about the history, and all the other ways Benz contributed to German history and economy - other than making good looking luxury cars. You start off the tour from the 8th floor and walk your way down in this beautifully designed architecture. Lots of lines and curves, and plenty of cars. At the end of it, you get to keep the lanyard that holds the phone with the audio tour guide. headphones are comfortable, and fit around your head, not your ears. It was lunch time when we finished, and the museum's club restaurant had surprisingly good food! Not sure what the whole deal in Germany is for not serving tap water... or ice for that matter... but the food was delicious! We had the steak salad, pizza, and brats with fries. The salad was out of this world.

Came here on a Saturday at 9 am and left the museum around 2 pm. Arrive early so you have time to visit all the floors! It was absolutely amazing to see the origins of Mercedes Benz, listen/read about its history throughout the years, and see where it is now. The pope mobile, princess Diana's car, and some cool vintage cars were seen here. You can grab your tickets online and avoid the line. There was a line when we got there and a line when we left to get tickets. Totally worth it and my husband loved it!

The Mercedes-Benz Museum is a lot more than a display of cars; it is a celebration and reflection of human ingenuity, automotive culture, and the relentless pursuit of progress in our histories.

Recommend getting there when they open as it can get crowded fast. Tickets are 12€ for adults and kids are 6€. They give you translators to hear information throughout the museum. It does auto play. Each area does have some hands on areas for kids but not a lot. If kids aren't into cars and can read, not sure I would take them as they may find this museum boring. The history of Mercedes Benz was interesting as they also weave in world wide history as well and how MB played into it. You can catch the train to this museum. It's Less than a mile walk from the station to the museum. There are signs from the train station telling you which way to go. There is a small restaurant there. Not a lot of options for food but perfect for a snack.

Very cute museum with a lot of history in it focusing on the Mercedes-Benz vehicle, the Daimler trucks and buses, and other events in history that surrounded this vehicles time. My entry ticket also offered to free espresso's which we got to enjoy while checking out part of the museum. Cool Mercedes-Benz store. if your Stuttgart highly recommend this visit.

Yeah I'm talking business, we talking CIA I'm talking George Tenet, I seen him the other day He asked me about my Maybach, think he had the same Except mine tinted and his might have been rented - Kanye West If you're in Stuttgart, you must visit this museum! Even if you're not into Mercedes, this museum is more about world events, technology, and human passion for efficient movement! I'm not really a Mercedes person, but if I ever become one, I will be happy to have seen the all the history that goes into an amazing piece of engineering.

A larger company and with more history, this is an easy three or more hours of exhibits, displays and memorabilia of the Mercedes-Benz company. I did not know too much about the company before, I learned quite a bit more by reading and looking at all of these vehicles on display. Going back to some of the earliest and with tribute to Bertha Benz who is known for finding the first gas station https://youtu.be/vsGrFYD5Nfs, they don't shy too much away from where they were and what they did during World War II (there's a picture of the entrance to Auschwitz) but move past it. Cars, cars, buses, trucks, cars, planes and more cars. I learned that the three points of the Mercedes logo are "Land, sea and air" though not much boating on display here in Stuttgart. Lots of reading, lots of displays, not much interactive and that was okay for me. I enjoyed it very much and the cafe at the end was a big help for my sore feet. [Review 16408 overall - 213 in Germany - 1915 of 2021.]

The museum had a lot of interesting cars that I didn't even realize were Mercedes before. For example the Pope mobile. They also included a lot of world history on the walls, I think to give context to the timeline of the vehicles. We were short on time, and had to rush through a little. You could spend a long time going through and reading everything. Their gift shop was pretty large, but really didn't have anything unique or cool. It was just random branded products like pencils and baby strollers... I did end up buying a ridiculously priced key chain - 50+ euros **cringe**. What I did not like about the experience was the staff. For some reason they were very snarky and short. I didn't experience this will anyone else I interacted with in all of Germany - locals, staff, etc. The ticketing lady was rude to the group in front of us, and then short with us. They made me check my bag in a locker, regular sized Longchamp, because it was "too big". So I guess bring a small bag or keep your valuables in your pockets.

Just returned from our day at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. Time traveling made easy here, we returned to 1890 and the beginning of Mercedes Motor works. We watched and listened to just how and who began this brand. All three of us had no idea how this auto maker came up with the brand name but found out today that his daughters name meaning Mercy. This museum is a self guided tour and will take you the entire day. Loads of fun, plenty of information about the brand. Kids will also have a wonderful time, static displays of the sedans and race cars as well as concept cars. If you in Stuttgart Germany and somehow miss this place, shame on you. Return ASAP and make this your first stop Side bar: tomorrow the Porches Factory!!!

What a fabulous experience! It was a well organized experience. You are given a headset through which you learn greater details about the exhibits and/or the era. We learned the Karl Benz produced the first petro powered car. Very cute story of his inaugural ride requiring his son running along to add petroleum to keep the car from running out of gas. Hilarious to think how slowly the car had to be traveling and the horrific fuel economy! There was so much history mixed in with great old cars. Stuttgart, Germany is home to many great brands such as Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz, and more. The history of innovation is amazing I highly recommend.

It's all about the cars of course. The guided tour for 6 euro is recommended. You'll still need to go back and check the places it missed.

I am a Mercedes-Benz fan but this museum just felt really long and dragged out. While they tried to take you through the full journey of their story there were just tons of cars and text and long stair cases they kept taking down through time but it didn't have any thing that was interactive like the Porsche museum had. It was very informative but kinda boring... only cool part was the none main exhibit which showed other Mercedes-Benz items that celebrities/emergency service/buses used that one was slightly interactive to at least still be memorable now. It is also 10 euros to enter and no discount using public transportation to get there either.

Ein absolutes Highlight unter den Automobilmuseen weltweit.

Lots of beautiful cars! The setup is overall great to learn Mercedes complete history

Perfect mix of history and exceptional vehicles. Something for everyone to enjoy - even kids.

Very very fun for car kids,the lines are pretty long . It showed Mercedes' of all age and some new ones to .Overall I recommend it

Wonderbar. If you have an appreciation for German automobiles or for cars in general this is a must stop. From the German auto tour we have done this + Porsche Zuffenhausen and Audi Forum Neckarsulum... (couldn't do BMW on this trip in Munich. Maybe next time) The museum tour is enormous. It's really a history in automobila. You start out with some of the first cars ever manufactured and then move through out the ages and see MB's influence, design engineering and styling. You could spend all day here if you wanted. Leave the girlfriend at the mall shopping. The highlights of the trip were the following. - Seeing a 1950's gullwing - the whole racing area and a huge display of all the MB silver arrows and other racing cars over he years. - following the history of time and seeing how Mercedes was involved in one way or another during time. - seeing all the cars past present and future for MB. Pro tip.... check out the dealership across the street for what's available in the current Mercedes lineup. Awesome just freaking awesome!

A cool way to kill a few hours on a rainy day. Amazing architecture and the early machinery is very cool to look at.

Everyone can enjoy . It is a great car museum but also a great reminder of general points in life. The museum is filled with facts of life as much as cars and there evolution. It's beautifully displayed . Everyone said it was a must and I understand way . It's 10 euros per person and worth it . Enjoy

With only a couple of hours sleep from a 9-hour flight (not including another 2.5 hours to/from airports) it was still worth going to even with the exhaustion! It took me a good 3-hours to get through the museum, not bad for only €10! With the price of admission, they provide a audio guide free of charge in many languages. Once you scan your ticket, you take an elevator to the top floor then work your way down in a circular fashion. Good for adults and kids who are into cars. Not so good for for adults with toodlers who don't have the patience or who are not interested in cars.

Visited this museum on a Sunday afternoon. It's a few blocks away from the metro stop, which would have been fine if it wasn't such a cold day (went in late January). What I liked about this museum was the historical references, which showed how Mercedes adapted to the times. Unlike Porsche that focuses on their racing tradition, this museum focuses on commercial vehicles that Mercedes developed. It might not seem that exciting, but at least it shows the depth of the organization. While you walk in a circle, the side exhibits make you detour off the path. You do walk a lot, but at least it's downhill.

Amazing place. The history is surprisingly apparent throughout the entire exhibit. There is kid friendly play areas and a awesome souvenir shop. Highly recommend. This is a place I will not forget.

Let me preface this by saying that I'm a bmw guy, not necessarily a Mercedes type of guy but I must say that this place is absolutely amazing. This place likely has one of the most functional layouts for a museum that I have ever laid my eyes on. The place was absolutely gorgeous complete with multiple levels that are essentially divided up by generation. The whole experience really gives you a nice perspective of the evolution of the vehicle and how Mercedes really played a large role in the technology and advancements. Overall, this museum is a must visit for any car enthusiasts. Pros- Functional layout Vehicles Inexpensive Amazing historical context Picturesque Location Cons- Nothing really

Was für ein tolles Museum !! The Mercedes-Benz Museum has been recommended to me by many car lovers, so when given the opportunity to visit Stuttgart, it was top of my list, and I was far from disappointed. The museum provides interactive audio guides in many languages for visitors, which adds to the whole experience as it is not only an experience for the eyes. The museum is full of audio recordings activated when in close proximity to photos, facts, cars, and videos; delivering an abundance of brilliant facts, such as technological features of a given car, social impact, and general information. The museum is six floors of installations, big and small; and visitors start from the top and work their way down a spiraling stream of automotive history. At the top and start, visitors are taken back to 1886 to follow the journey of Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, as they individually and separately begin to make strides in the development of motor engines and igniting the catalyst that transforms the world. Following the evolution of Mercedes, and seeing how it intertwines with German history is absolutely fascinating, even dark and chilling, especially when it comes to the Second World War. Truly frightening imagery in the photographs during that period. However, an uplifting spirit as Germany enters the "Wonder Years" of industrial and economic growth. Not only seeing how the automotive industry has changed the World over the year, but also how Mercedes-Benz has been influenced by Mode and fashion throughout the 130 years. Separate exhibitions demonstrate how Mercedes-Benz has impacted on racing, such as Formula 1; services, such as Police, Fire, Ambulance, and Taxes; transport, such as logistics, and courier.

***TIP: buy your tickets online beforehand and print it out so you don't have to wait in line!*** (its the same price... and from now till end of 2016, they have a promotion with the Porsche museum. Where if you go to one, you get 25% off the other museums ticket. Get the Porsche museums ticket at discount since the line would probably be shorter. The Mercedes benz museum is amazing!!! A must see at Stuttgart. It's beautiful, nicely lain out, very artistic yet informational and fun! You can also buy a car right after you leave if you feel like it, there's a dealership connected to the museum. Come earlier in the day since the line tends to get longer after lunch. It'll probably take you at least 2-3 hours to get through the whole museum.

Don't know what to tell you. Mercedes is a great brand with a great history that is wonderfully shown in this museum. If you like cars... actually even if you don't like cars this is a great museum that shows not just cars but historic events of the last 130 years. The restaurant options are limited once you enter the museum which you do all the way on the top floor (and then you walk downwards in a spiral through the different floors). But the only restaurant is in the basement, and it has limited options. No sandwiches etc. But what is down there too are a lot of cars for sale that are classic and in pristine condition. Enjoyed those cars thoroughly, in addition obviously to the cars in the museum. Go here, and to the Porsche museum, which I missed this time but will visit next year.

Came here on a free day. The line was long to get in but moved relatively quick. Overall was not impressed with the displays and the museum. What was impressive was the architecture of the building. The museum shop felt like an extension of their product catalog and not unique to the museum.

Great place! Nice cars and a fantastic exhibition! Outstanding building! A must see if you are in town!

What a beautiful building and experience. My brother and his wife are living in Germany for a few years - so I get there as often as possible. On my first visit last July - we went to the Mercedes museum. First - the architecture of this building. It.is.beautiful. I can't rave about it enough. The set up of the museum is great - after you pay your entrance fee - you take an elevator directly to the top floor. Then begins the timeline down ramps. The timeline gives a history of what was happening in the world in comparison to what Mercedes were creating. It was quite the crafty way to portray the museum. My brother and I are relatively fast museum goers. We were towards the bottom waiting - so we did the simulator. We were disappointed with some of it, but he got to be a "racecar driver" which was quite entertaining. The museum is worth the visit. We even had lunch there - it was phenomenal! Check it out!

There's a reason the museum has such high ratings, it's a legitimately great place to go. The museum organizers do an incredible job of curating an interesting experience for their visitors. I've been to museums (of any sort) where things are just on display, but few take the time to take the visitor's perspective into account. The tour starts at the top level with the roots of the company and the oldest artifacts in the collection. As you leave one floor and one era of the company's history, you're reminded of the other world events at the time that influenced automobiles and their design. I really appreciate the time and thought put into the curation and layout. The gift shop is "meh;" nothing worth spending more money on, but each guest walks away with a lanyard keepsake.

If you like cars, and you are near Stuttgart, you have gotta stop by. A really great collection of cars from some of the folks who helped invent the modern day automobile! For a small fee, you get a super fancy audio guide and they send you up the elevator to the top floor of the museum, where you get a basic history in the single-cylinder "grandfather clock" engine, and how they used it to make a horseless-carriage. You wind down circular ramps to the lower levels of the museum, with minor 20th-century history lessons along the way. As you make your way back to the ground floor, you progress through M-B's history and end up with a fantastic display of their racing heritage. Finally, you go past a café and a collection of their concept cars, and go further down to the -1 level, where there's a fancy restaurant, gift shop, and a full-scale Mercedes dealership. There's a parking garage available for a small fee, but I found street parking along Mercedesstrasse just before the museum. PS - The Google-map seems to be a block away... just head for the oddly-shaped circular-triangle tower building.

Had a bit of a snag when entering. They couldn't get the wifi to work but I have my backup plans - I always do! It was a lovely museum with not just the history of automobile but the history of Germany. You get a nice audio guide upon entering. Very typical of German things, everything is precise. You need to aim the audio guide at the target by the display board, and from there, you can then hit play. My favorite part was the origin of automobiles and how it was used a sport. There were many beautiful car models. If I were younger, I would not have appreciated it but now that I was more mature, I can see the museum isn't all about Mercedes Benz - the only one I own is Sprinter. Everyday driving I've always gone with the ultimate driving machine for a good driving experience, and the fiat convertible for ease of parking in San Francisco. So I would not have called myself a Mercedes Benz person but you don't have to be to appreciate it. Through a multi floor walk about, you learn about the automobile's history, and realize how it is somehow links with Germany's own history, including WWII and post WWII recovery. One thing I should probably google further is to see if this museum has anything to do with the Guggenheim in the Upper East Side. There are definite design similarities, in my opinion. But I'm not quite sure. If you are driving to it, you can park in the garage adjacent to the museum. Not far at all. I was there for about 3 hours and not too expensive to park. The museum store was quite interesting as well. I liked how it had so many model cars, including those famous racing ones. I am not a car enthusiast, far from it, I simply found the design aesthetics coupled with German history fascinating. The Mercedes-Benz thing, turned out to be almost an afterthought in the end.

You can visit a museum and look at all the eye-candy as in this case all the superb makes from Benz and Daimler or/and you can learn about history. The visit to the museum was both. The first aspect of the museum starts outside with a metal statue of a racer standing by his Mercedes-Benz racing car. As one pays admission of eight euros and gets their headphones to listen to the recordings you enter to the first site of the original carriage designs, and I am talking about pre-decades before the Ford Model-T came out. Probably one of the first and simplest engine designs produced. So thus not horse driven. Even then, if the model on display is original, was designed in a superb aspect. As one strolls along you can see the years pass by and the improvements and of larger builds. All models on the display surely up kept; if original, makes me more impressed. The three main aspects on display on initial entering is of classic designs, engines, airplanes and even boats. Walk down a display and one begins to gander at history in a dim setting. There are lighted displays of images with descriptions behind glass telling the story of what Mercedes-Benz has been through, even how it survived World War II. Different levels...is what amazed me of the museum's architectural design. All those customers who bought Mercedes sure paid for funding to hire a good architecture to design this place. The museum itself is huge, from the outside view and walking around each level. Hey, they need it to hold all those cars. Each level is to get to is a rotating walk down a curving ramp. And on each level had cars from different decades and different designs from racing, concept to the everyday, even modern ones that are "green". You'll even see models of racing suits and model horses in there. With the virtual driving experience, now it can be said as even having high tech stuff. When all and done, the gift shop has some cool stuff. The dealership is there for anyone who just got Benz in their head to actually buy one and the restaurant is classy. There are lockers where you can put your jacket by putting a coin then when done with the tour, you get your coin back, hurray! We were going to go check out the Porsche museum also but to be honest, the Mercedes Benz museum satisfied that car enthusiast in us. It is surely eye-candy and something to learn and experience.

I spent six hours here in one day. The cars are great and the restaurant in the basement serves delicious food for very reasonable prices. The part in the audio guide about Mercedes being "forced" to manufacture for the German war efforts seems dodgy. Get the iPhone app before you arrive.

Cool museum. Much bigger and more involved than the Porsche one. By the way, if you show them your Porsche museum ticket here you get a few € discount on tickets. It works the other way as well. On the bottom floor before you exit was a human/social experiment with games and activities unrelated to Mercedes or at least I think. But a fun time. We walked through the entire thing reading a bit and just snapping pics etc. We ended spending about 3 hours there. There is a lot to see.

Great museum! Not all company can talk about its history as inventor. Nice experience.

I would thoroughly recommend anyone who has a remote interest in engineering and particularly the industrial heritage of Germany to visit this excellent museum. They have a surprising amount of original pieces here, and where the original is not available some great replicas. From the first ever car, motorcycle, powered airship to the precursor to the modern lorry, from the early 1900s which was used to carry beer! The celebrities gallery includes the G-Series based (I learned that yesterday!) bullet-proof Pope-mobile, and Princess Di's J-Reg SL500. Lewis Hamilton's championship-winning McLaren Mercedes also gets a look in. Entry is only 8 Euro including a great audio guide, and it's well worth the money. You need at least 2 hours to see everything, and probably quite a lot more if you want to study it in detail. Also worthy of note: the S-Bahn at Nekkerpark is only every 30 minutes on Sundays, so make a note of the train times to avoid a freezing wait on the platform.

Let me say I'm a huge BMW fan and own two of them. However, I do appreciate Mercedes and enjoyed my second visit to this fantastic museum. It's a terrific trip through history and seeing historic cars of a legendary manufacturer. The building is stunning and well designed.. The whole experience was lots of great fun to see again. And I saw several cars that I would like to buy!

This very interesting exhibition is worth a visit. You learn more about cars than in any other museum. This is due to very good audio guide that anyone gets for free at the entrance. The exhibition goes from the beginning of the automobile, more exactly from the first car engine and classic cars to the newest mobiles from mercedes. You may see also special cars, like the Pope mobile and utility cars, eg. coaches or unimogs. Also many old-timers are exhibited. Unfortunately it is closed on Mondays.

Would have given this 5 starts, but they just didnt want to give me a car. An amazing museum that captures the timeline of automotive history in its entirety without missing essential details of global facts.

Amazing museum. It's beautiful, well laid out and so informational. I visited my friends near Stuttgart and was looking for suggestions of things to do. Along with all the historical sites, I kept seeing the Mercedes-Benz Museum as a must visit. I'm not a big MB person myself nor am I big on museums. However, I cannot be any more grateful that I was able to visit here. Of course, there were many Mercedes-Benz vehicles. They also covered Daimler and Maybach. Not only was the fact they had these relics dating back 125 years, it was the overall presentation which really grabbed me and impressed me. From the beginning you're given an audio pack and whisked up 5 floors in some Steampunk-like enclosure. At the top, you come face to face with a horse. Once you calibrate your audio pack, you're ready to go. The museum covers not only what was going on in the automotive world, but how it ties with current social conditions. Each floor has cars for that generation. Your audio pack will start playing automatically as you enter a zone. For each vehicle, you can also point your pack at the description for Fundamental, Social and Technological information. There's also a Child option. Each floor also has a side exhibit. These cover specialty cars for all generations. And in between each floor is a ramp that has other Social and misc. Mercedes info. It was interesting how much Mercedes contributes to areas outside of the automotive industry. Not once did I get bored. The Mercedes-Benz has so much information, is laid out so beautifully and mixes the automotive world with other world current events. Highly recommended for those who are visiting Stuttgart.

This is up there with the auto museum at the Indianapolis Moror Speedway and the Peterson in Los Angeles. Spend 3 hours where they combine world events, lifestyles and how they influenced the founders of today's Diamler. Pass on the simulator. Not worth the €4.

Two of the most prolific automobile companies in the world call Stuttgart home, Porsche and Daimler. To come to Stuttgart and not visit both of the museums dedicated to these historic companies would be nothing short of tragic. I previously reviewed the Porsche Museum. I entered that museum not much of a fan of the brand and left wanting to buy one, a desire that is still with me today nearly 3 months since I visited that museum. But this is a review of the Mercedes-Benz museum, right? So let's talk about it. This museum did not leave me with the same feeling as the Porsche Museum, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Read on... First, GET THE AUDIO GUIDE. This museum is beautiful. And a very fun experience. You enter the museum through a glass elevator and see some of the earliest examples of combustion engines ever created. From here the musuem guides you through the development of the Mercedes-Benz brand from its conception in the late 1800s to the most modern machines it builds today. But where this museum really stands out is its approach of telling the story of the brand in context of what was going on in the world at the time. If you get the free audio guide, it gives you three options for each vehicle exhibit; the basic background story, the story of the specific car in social context, and the engineering behind creating the specific car. A very effective approach which gives more meaning and understand to why things were done a certain way and how the company has changed through the years in its vision for automobiles. And then comes the first sighting of the epic 300SL. Perhaps the very reason you came to this museum in the first place, to see one of the most legendary automobiles ever created. And it is beautiful. It and the two variations sitting with it, shining, smiling, glistening in perfect white light. Don't miss these beauties. The museum also has some rooms off to the side where they display special exhibits such as Mercedes cars owned by heads of state or celebrities, and Mercedes utility vehicles like busses, police cars, snow plows, etc. These exhibits are also worth your time but do somewhat break the flow of the museum. Perhaps one of the more fun areas is the bottom floor race car display. Every 10 minutes or so a spotlight shines and another engine roars to thundering life. The engine screams as it completes a lap over the surround sound speakers. My favorite was the Formula One car. Hang around for awhile and just listen. The Mercedes-Benz museum is true to the reputation of the brand. Refined luxury. A type of luxury that is not intended to smack you in the face, but gain your appreciation through its thoughtful engineering and reputation. You may not leave this museum ready to buy a car, but that isn't the point. The Porsche Museum smacks you in the face with its awesomeness and you can't help but be amazed. The Mercedes Museum doesn't care if you like what it has to offer because it is better than you and it knows it!

I love cars and personally I'm Porsche guy but this museum is incredible. Compared to the Porsche and BMW it superior, much more displays, they did invent the automobile. As you walk up to the museum you see this moder building and realize it has the Mayback shape once inside. You get on a elevator that gives you the feeling of being in a spaceship and it just gets better as you make your way down all the displays. Eventually you end up at the shop and restaurant where they have decent food, good beer and some nice trinkets and oh yeah you can also buy your self a car there. I own a C Class and had a chace to drive the S Class in the autobahn at 130 MPH which made this visit even better! You can easily spend all day in this museum!

Very modern and very affordable. Well planned tour and even simulators. Definitely worth every €. Highly recommended.

We enjoyed our day at the museum, after obtaining working audio-headsets. They are CLOSED on Mondays! While there is a ton of history, and so many things to look at here, I missed seeing anything 'new' that Mercedes-Benz has done in the last 10-20 years. I got the impression that they are so worried that someone is going to 'steal' an idea from anything less than 10 years old - when you know any R&D firm has already purchased new vehicles and taken them apart. They also omit some historical facts from the 'timeline' - as well as offer strange opinions about the reason for world events. We didn't know about the parking lot under the museum (the signage in the area is somewhat poor) - and ended up paying 8 euro to park across the street.