Modern History Museum -  After year 1800

euro-t-guide - Historic Museums (1850 ->) - Europe - European Tourist Guide

European Tourist Guide have found some interesting historic museums and tourist sights that looks at the general European history. In this section you will find museums that focus on the period from approx. 1800 until today. 
 

Western Europe

Austria   

Vienna

 
  Vienna Crime Museum
- Vienna

East

 
Hans Gross Criminal Museum
- Graz
    
Belgium

North West

 
  Ijzertoren Memorial & Museum
- Diksmuide - Ypres
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National Tobacco Museum
- Wervik - Ypres
    
Cyprus

Nicosia

 
Cyprus Police Museum
- Nicosia
Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage
- Nicosia
    
Denmark   

Jutland - Middle

 
  Randers Cultural Historic Museum
- Randers
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  Women's Museum in Denmark
- Ĺrhus
  Industrial Museum
- Horsens

Jutland - South

 
  Civil Defence Museum
- Frřslev - Padborg
UN Forces Museum
- Frřslev - Padborg

Funen

 
  Time Collection
- Odense - Funen

Copenhagen

 
  Royal Danish Collection - Rosenborg Castle
- Copenhagen
Danish  School Museum
- Copenhagen
Police Historic Museum
- Copenhagen
Danish Postal Museum
- Copenhagen
 
Workers’ Museum
- Copenhagen
 
  Circus Museum
- Hvidovre - Copenhagen V
   
Finland  

South

 
Lenin Museum
- Tampere
  Spy Museum 
- Tampere Tammerfors
  Hämeenlinna Historical Museum
- Prison museum and much more 
- Hämeenlinna
 

Helsinki

 
  Bank of Finland Museum
-
Snellmaninkatu 2 - Helsinki
  Hotel & Restaurant Museum
- Tallberginkatu 1 G 60 - Helsinki
Post Museum
- Helsinki (Main Post Office)
   
France
 

Paris

 
French Postal Museum
- Paris

West

 
  Puy du Fou - Historic Action Park
- Historic museum, Building & Viking
- Les Epesses - Nantes

South West

 
Museum Haribo
- A part of Haribo
- Uzčs - Montpellier
 

South East

 
  Museum "Motor Fashion Military"
- Sainte-Tulle - Marseille
   
Germany

Berlin

 
  Berlin Wall Memorial
- Bernauer Strasse - Berlin
  DDR Museum
- Berlin
  German Historical Museum, Berlin
- Berlin
  Museum Berlin Wall & House "Checkpoint Charlie"
- Berlin
Museum of Communication - Berlin
- a member of the
  German Post & Communication Foundation
- Berlin
  Allied Museum
- Berlin-Zehlendorf - Berlin SW

North West

 
  Memorial - Air lift Berlin
- "Cold war" period
- Fassberg - Bremen - Soltau
  Military & Historical Museum
- Stammheim - Frankfurt am Main

Middle West

 
  German Police Museum
-
Salzkotten - Paderborn
  Boarder Museum
- "Cold war" period
-
Asbach - Sickenberg - Göttingen
  Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord
- Garden - Modern History
- Duisburg
  Market & Fairground Museum
- Essen - Ruhr
  Government Secret Bunker
- "Cold war" period
- Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Bonn
 
Museum of Communication
- a member of the
  German Post & Communication Foundation
- Frankfurt

East

 
  DDR Museum - Burg
- Burg Spreewald
- Cottbus
  DDR "Time Travel" Museum
- Dresden

South

 
  Bunker Museum - Stasi
- A part of
Waldhotel Rennsteighöhe
- Frauenwald - Bayreuth
Germanisches National Museum
- Nürnberg
  Industrial Museum Lauf
- Lauf a.d. Pegnitz - Nürnberg
Museum of Communication
- a member of the
  German Post & Communication Foundation
- Nürnburg
  German Medical History Museum
- Ingolstadt - München
  Heinrich-Stiefel School Museum
- Ingolstadt
 
   
Greece

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Iceland

Reykjavik

 
Telecommunication Museum
- Read more on local guide
- Suđurgata - Reykjavik
 
Ireland (Republic of)

 

South

 
  Cobh, The Queenstown Story
- Cork City
  Cork City Gaol
- Cork City
Michael Collins Centre
- Castleview - Clonakilty - West Cork
  Skibbereen Heritage Centre
- Skibbereen - Cork
 
Italy

Rome

 
  Criminal History Museum
- Via del Gonfalone - Rome
  Museum of  "Guardia di Finanza"
- Piazza Mariano Armellini - Rome
 

North

 
Historical Museum
- Trento - Bolzano - N
- Modern history & Military
museum
 
Luxemburg
 

Luxembourg City

 
Museum of the Bank
- Luxembourg City
Post & Telecommunications Museum
- A part of Luxembourg P&T
- Luxembourg City
 
Malta
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Nederland (Holland)

South

 
  Dutch Silver Museum
- Schoonhoven - Utrecht
 
  Money Museum
- Utrecht
  Dutch Police Museum
- Apeldoorn
  Africa Museum
- Berg en Dal - Nijmegen
Museon - Technical & Historical Museum
- Den Haag
Museum of Communications
- Den Haag
 
Norway

Oslo

 
Norwegian Telecom Museum
- Oslo

North

 
  Norwegian Telecom Museum
- A part of Sverresborg
- Trondheim

South

 
Royal Mint Collection
- a part of Norwegian Mining Museum   
- Kongsberg  
 
Portugal
Mainland - Lisbon
Communications Museum
- Lisbon
 
Spain

Madrid

 
Casa de la Moneda Museum
- Madrid
 
  Telecommunication Museum
- A part of Fundacion Telefonica
- Madrid

South East

 
Totana Local Police Museum
-
Totana - Murcia
 
Sweden

Stockholm

 
  Police Museum
Museivägen - Stockholm
  Postal Museum
- Lilla Nygatan - Stockholm

South

 
Museum of Work
- Norrköping
 
Switzerland

Bern

 
Museum of Communication 
- Postal services, Telecom & stamps 
- Bern
  Swiss Shooters Museum
- Bern
 

West

 
International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum
- Genčve
  Pharmacy Museum
- Basel
  Police Museum
- Basel
 
  Museum Guthenberg
- Fribourg

East

 
  Swiss Children's Museum
- Baden - Zűrich
  Swiss National Museum
- Zurich
  
United Kingdom - UK

England - North

 
  Abbey House Museum
- Kirkstall - Leeds
  National Coal Mining Museum
- Overton - Wakefield - Leeds
  Thwaite Mills Watermill Museum
- Stourton - Leeds
  HM Customs & Excise National Museum
- Liverpool
 
England - South West  
  Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
- Porthcurno - Penzance

London

 
British Postal Museum
-
Phoenix Place - London - C
Florence Nightingale Museum
- London - C

Wales

 
  National Slate Museum
- A part of National Museum Wales
- Llanberis - Gwynedd - Conwy
 
  South Wales Miners' Museum
- Cynonville - Port Talbot - Swansea
 
   

Central Europe

Bulgaria
National Museum of History
- Sofia
 
Croatia   
Croatian Postal & Telecom Museum
- Zagreb
 
Czech Republic  

Prague

 
Museum of Communism
- Prague
Museum of the Police
- Prague
Postal Museum
- A part of Czech Post
- Prague

West

 
Postal Museum - Vyssi Brod Branch Office
- A part of Czech Postal Museum
- Vyssi Brod - Ceske Budejovice 
 
Estonia

Tallinn

 
  Estonian History Museum
- Tallinn
  Occupation Museum - 1940-1991
- Tallinn

Estonia - Other

 
Estonia National Museum
- Tartu
  Museum of KGB Dungeons
- Tartu
 
Hungary

Budapest

 
  House of Terror
- Budapest
Hungarian National Museum
- Budapest
Post & Telecommunication Museum
- Budapest
Stamp Museum
- Budapest
  Sziklakórház - Bunker/Hospital in the Rock
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- World War II & Modern history museum
- Budapest
Szoborpark - Statue Park
- Budapest - SW

West

 
  Border Trade Collection
- Körmend - Szombathely
 
  Africa Museum
- Balatonederics - Lake Balaton
 
 
Latvia

 

Riga

 
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia 1940 - 1991
- Riga
History of Riga Museum
- Riga
 

West & East

 
  Liepaja Museum - “Liepaja during the Occupational Regimes”
- Liepaja
 
Lithuania    
 

Vilnius

 
Museum of Genocide Victims (KGB)
- Read more on local guide
- Vilnius
 

Other

 
  Hill of Crosses
- Šiauliai
 
  Museum of Police
- More information on local guide
- Šiauliai
 
  Lithuanian Bank Museum
- A part of Bank of Lithuania
- Kaunas
  Historical Presidential Palace of Lithuania
- Kaunas
  Stumbras Museum
- History of alcohol
- Kaunas
  
Poland
 

North West

 
Post Office & Telecommunication Museum
- A part of Gdansk Historical Museums
- Gdansk
 
 

South West

 
  Museum of Post & Telecommunication
- Wrocław
 

South East

 
Galicia Jewish Museum
- Cracow
  
Romania
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Slovakia
  Slovak Mining Museum
- Banská Štiavnica
  
Slovenia

  Park of Military History
-
Pivka
  Dolenjski Museum
- Dolenjske Toplice