Museums

 

The following museums are devoted to the horse or to carriages and play an important role in their art and history. 

The Netherlands:

Nationaal Rijtuigmuseum Nienoord, Leek

De Hollandsche Manege, Levend Paardenmuseum, Vondelstraat 140, Amsterdam

Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie, BernharMdkazerne, Amersfoort

Streekmuseum Baron van Brakel, Boerenwagens, Ommeren

Boerderij- en Rijtuigmuseum Vreeburg, Schagen

Rijtuigenmuseum Valkenswaard

Germany:

Deutsches Pferdemuseum, Verden

Westfälisches Pferdemuseum, Münster

Marstallmuseum, Nymphenburger Schloss, München

Niedersächsisches Kutschenmuseum, Lilienthal-Trupe

Das Marstallmuseum, Fürstliches Schloss Thurn und Taxis, Regensburg

France:

Domaine de Chantilly, le Musée du Cheval, Chantilly

Musée de la Vénerie, Senlis

Le Musée des Spahis, Senlis

Musée du Veneur, Château de Montpoupon, Céré-la-Ronde

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris

Musée de la Collection Privée Hermès, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris, T 0033 140174836

Musée de la Chasse, Château de Gien, Gien

Musée du Cheval, Château de Saumur, Saumur

Musée de la Cavalerie, Saumur

Musée des Carrosses, La Grande Ecurie du Château de Versailles

Musée du Cheval de Course, Maisons-Laffitte

Le Musée de la Voiture et du Tourisme, Château de Compiègne, Compiègne

Musée du Train et des Equipages Militaires, Tours

Musée de la voiture à cheval, 56, Rue de Borchamp, 71110 Marcigny, franck.lacroix71@orange.fr

Musée Château Saint Jean, Objects related to the breeding of the Percheron horse, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Nogent-le-Rotrou

Austria:

Wagenburg, Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna

Italy:

Museo del Cavallo Giocattolo (Museum of Toy Horses), Grandate(CO)

Il Cavallo e l’Uomo, section of Museo Civico Gustavo VI Adolfo di Svecia, Blera (VT)

Czechia:

Slatinany Castle Horse Museum, Slatinany

Portugal:

The National Coach Museum, Lisbon

Poland:

Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship, Warsaw (Muzeum Lowiectwa i Jezdziectwa)

Denmark:

The Schleswig Carriage Collection, Haderslev

Great Britain:

National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art, Newmarket

Household Cavalry Museum, London

Museum of the Horse, virtual

Suffolk Horse Society, The Museum, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Turkey:

Museum of the Turkish Jockey Club at Veliefendi Hippodrome, Istanbul

South Africa:

Richmond Horse Museum, Richmond, Northern Cape

Russia:

Academia Timiriazev Horse Breeding Museum, Moscow

Canada:

The Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Unites States of America:

Amon Carter Museum for American Art, Fort Worth TX

Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville KY

American Saddlebred Museum, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington KY

International Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington KY

Al-Marah Arabian Horse Galleries, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington KY

American Work Horse Museum, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington VA

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs NY

National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg VA

Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles CA

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, Goshen NY

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT (includes sporting art)

Museum of the Horse Soldier, Tucson AZ

Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph MS

American Quarter Horse, Hall of Fame and Museum, Amarillo TX

Appaloosa Museum, Moscow ID

Japan:

Equine Museum of Japan, Yokohama-shi

Japan Racing Museum, Equestrian Park, Tokyo

China:

Quin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xi’An City

Horse Culture Museum Heilan, Jiangyin, province of Jiangsu

Spain:

Museo del Arte Ecuestre, Jerez de la Frontera

Switzerland:

Musée Suisse du Cheval, La Sarraz

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