Transportation museum

This item appears on page 75 of the December 2009 issue.

The Technik Museum Sins­heim (Museums­platz, D-74889, Sinsheim, Germany; phone +49 [0] 7261 9299 0, fax 1391 6, www.museum-sinsheim.de) in Sinsheim exhibits over 300 classic cars, 200 motorcycles, 60 aircraft, 20 locomotives and 40 racing cars, not to mention the first Air France Concorde and a large Formula 1 exhibition.

€18 (near $27) adult. An IMAX theater screens transportation-related films (€10). Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9-8 Saturday-Sunday. A two-hour tour in English costs €80 ($111); book at least 14 days ahead.