The purpose of the museum is to provide a complete documentation of all historical tram cars and buses that have been used in the city of Vienna over the last 150 years.

The name of the museum comes from the German Remise, a term for a shelter built to store vehicles or equipment (or in this case, trams).

During the height of tram traffic, dozens of vehicles could be "stacked" onto a large loop system to carry spectators to the horse races.

Also involved is the Association of Railroad Friends (Verband der Eisenbahnfreunde (VEF)), and the Vienna Tramway Museum (Wiener Tramwaymuseum (WTM)), who assist by loaning vehicles to Remise and helping with restoration.

The museum began as a task force of the Association of Railroad Friends (VEF), but became its own independent organization in 1973.

In cooperation with the then Wiener Stadwerken - Verkehrsbetreibe, the enthusiasts set up the first iteration of a transport museum, in Hall IV of the Ottakring depot.

In the mid-eighties, the public transport company (Wiener Verkehrsbetreibe (WVB)), recognizing the importance and popularity of the historical collection, took over the project of a tram museum.

For example, on the subject of Viennese public transport during World War I, there is information about the increase in woman tram drivers.

(You Are My Destiny)" by Indian composer A. R. Rahman and American girl group The Pussycat Dolls, which is taken from the soundtrack of the hit film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), was directed in 2009 by director Thomas Kloss in the museum.