H ZERO l'impresa ferroviara in miniatura. Guidebook

HZERO is a unique museum that combines the highest level of craftsmanship with technological innovation by establishing a hyper-contemporary dialogue between the analogue and digital spheres. Visitors are actually able to immerse themselves in the landscape by walking along the paths that cross the model railway.

Trains are the star attraction in their most contemporary sense, capable of changing, evolving and responding to new needs, and still fascinating people; and at the HZERO museum in Piazza Ottaviani, a short walk from the Santa Maria Novella station in Florence, they are the focus of an absolutely stunning production of moving images, lights and sounds.

280 sqm of miniature landscapes

Over 1000 street lamps

121 traffic signals

147 sets of points

359 routes

Almost 1 km of tracks

Up to 70 trains 

Italian, Austrian and German trains that have been running from the 1930s to the present day. 

The trains are made by: Märklin, Piko, Roco, A.C.M.E. 

2.7 km of cables for wiring the model railway’s automation system