Nationales Automuseum The LOH Collection is a bucket-list car museum in Germany

Visit Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection in Dietzhölztal, Germany, for one of Europe’s most spectacular car collections, from Art Deco masterpieces and F1 legends to Group B rally monsters, Dakar icons and Pikes Peak record cars.

Written by Japan Index | Monday 27 July 2026

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Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection is one of the most impressive car museums in Germany, and honestly one of the strongest automotive stops in Europe. Located in Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach, Hesse, the museum feels hidden away compared to the big city attractions, but that is part of what makes it special.

This is not a small local car display. Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection brings together around 160 vehicles from 1885 to the present day, including one-offs, prototypes, world-famous race cars and some of the most important machines in automotive history. The collection is shown across a former industrial site, giving the whole place a raw, cinematic museum atmosphere.

It is located about 1 hour 30 minutes east of Cologne and around 1 hour 30 minutes north of Frankfurt, making it a serious but very doable road trip if you are travelling through western or central Germany.

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection museum guide

The biggest reason to visit Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection is the range. You are not just looking at polished classics behind ropes. The museum tells the history of the automobile through cars that actually shaped culture, racing, design and engineering.

Expect everything from early automotive pioneers to Art Deco-era masterpieces from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, road-going icons, supercars, prototypes and motorsport legends. The permanent collection includes major cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Bugatti, Porsche and more, with vehicles connected to world leaders, record attempts, design milestones and racing history.

For car people, this place is dangerous. You can walk in expecting to spend an hour and easily lose half a day.

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection highlights

Some of the biggest highlights at Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection include Michael Schumacher’s world champion Ferrari, the one-off Maybach Exelero, the Lincoln Continental used by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Lamborghini Countach LP 400, the Mercedes CLK GTR Roadster and the elegant Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupé.

The museum also has a serious motorsport side. Formula 1 fans can expect cars connected to names like Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, James Hunt, Mika Häkkinen, Lewis Hamilton, Ayrton Senna and other Grand Prix icons. Depending on the current display and exhibitions, you may also see Ferrari legends, world-championship cars and machines tied to some of the most important eras of F1.

This is also where the museum becomes more than just beautiful cars. You start seeing how design, technology, money, risk and motorsport history all overlap.

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Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection Rallye Legends exhibition

A major reason to visit right now is the Rallye Legends: A Time Journey on Asphalt, Gravel and Snow special exhibition at Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection.

This exhibition runs from March 28, 2026 until March 2027 and features around 35 rally vehicles. It covers pre-war rally cars, Group 4 icons, close-to-production rally cars, Dakar Rally milestones and Pikes Peak Hill Climb record cars.

For fans of wild motorsport, this is the section that hits hardest. The exhibition includes legendary Group B monsters from the 1980s, the kind of cars that made rally history feel dangerous, raw and completely unfiltered. It also tells stories connected to drivers such as Walter Röhrl, Carlos Sainz, Michèle Mouton, Henri Toivonen, Ari Vatanen, Juha Kankkunen, Sébastien Loeb and Stéphane Peterhansel.

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection location

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection is located in Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach, in the German state of Hesse. It sits between major cities rather than inside one, which makes it feel like a destination museum.

From Cologne, it is roughly 1 hour 30 minutes east by car. From Frankfurt, it is roughly 1 hour 30 minutes north. The museum is also accessible via the A45 motorway, and parking is available directly at the museum.

Because of the location, this is best planned as a road trip. It works especially well if you are travelling between Cologne, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Kassel or the wider Hesse / North Rhine-Westphalia region.

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection details

Attraction: Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection

Type: Automobile museum / motorsport museum / design and engineering museum

Best for: Car enthusiasts, F1 fans, rally fans, design lovers, families, road trips and Germany travel

Address: Museumsstraße 1, 35716 Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach, Germany

Phone: +49 2774 923 650

Email: info@nationalesautomuseum.de

Opening hours: Wednesday to Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday and Sunday, 10.30am–6pm

Closed: Monday and Tuesday

Restaurant: New York New York Restaurant & Diner

Parking: Available directly at the museum

Nearest major cities: Cologne, Frankfurt, Dortmund and Kassel

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection tickets

For the permanent exhibition, current ticket prices are:

Regular ticket: €21

Reduced ticket: €17

Family ticket: €60

The Rallye Legends special exhibition is listed separately, with regular tickets currently priced at €11.

Ticket prices and special exhibition access can change, so check the official website before visiting.

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Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection facilities

Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection is set up as more than a display hall. The museum includes a permanent exhibition, changing special exhibitions, a museum shop, restaurant and diner, cinema, racing simulators, event spaces and an app-based museum tour.

The permanent exhibition is spread across around 7,500 square metres and 11 halls and museum rooms. The museum also has a 50-seat cinema and guided tours can be arranged in advance.

For food, the New York New York Restaurant & Diner is located at the museum and can be visited independently of the exhibition. That makes it easier to turn the visit into a full road trip stop rather than just a quick museum walk-through.

For anyone who loves cars, Nationales Automuseum The Loh Collection is absolutely worth the drive. It has the rare classics, the Art Deco design pieces, the supercars, the F1 legends, the rally monsters, the Dakar machines and the kind of museum atmosphere that makes every room feel like a private collection somehow opened to the public.

If you are anywhere near Cologne or Frankfurt and care about cars, this should be on your Germany list.