Museums in France

This is the national technical museum and as such it displays a rather exceptional selection of artifacts, including Cugnot's surviving steam truck - the first self-propelled vehicle in the world.

On a 2000 m2 site there's an exhibition depicting the history of fire fighting in France. Exhibits include plenty of fire engines by Delahaye, Berliet, DeDion-Bouton et. al. The museum is now over 30 years old!

This museum which lies at the main entrance of the LeSarthe circuit depicts the history of the famous 24-hour LeMans Race.

The Musée de l'Épopée de l'Aviation et de l'Industrie in Albert is the brainchild of Marc Bétrancourt, a collector sinc the 1960s. It all started with a fascination with everyday objects: stamps, matchboxes and capsules. However, this passion for the collection turned into a much more ambitious project when it turned to old cars in the 1960s. Marc Bétrancourt wanted at all costs to save vehicles for scrap metal, and by 1970 he had already accumulated 52 cars, gradually restored.

Considered a jewel among motoring museums - the unique collection at the old Schlumpf Museum is one of the most prestigious automobile museums in the world! The Schlumpf brothers started collecting cars, especially Bugattis in the 1960s. In 1976 they escaped to Switzerland and their collection has been turned into a museum. It is known as the Cite de l'Automobile since 2006. The completely renovated museum offers an exceptional generation of 400 cars that tell the story of the European motor car: from the steam-driver Jacquot Break of 1878 to the Bugatti Veyron of today.

A range of museums with something for everyone: sweets, homemade nougat, Toys, N7 Museum, Santons (figurines), Bears/Dolls, automatons, electric trains, a real beehive, maple, etc. Badaboum indoor play area, small farm, playground, restaurant, picnic area. For fans of classic cars the N7 Museum, which pays tribute to the old National Road 7 (French version of Route 66) features a range of cars, trucks and motorcycles.

François Pigny's private collection of automobiles, mostly made in France. Rarities include a 1908 Brouhot.

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This 82 ha wildlife park is a perfect outing for a family: it also includes a reconstituted 1900 village, a guided tour on a tourist train, a lot of old tractors, several classic cars, hundreds of scale models, a few bicycles and motorbikes.

A great selection of motorcycles ranging from Buchet to DeDion, from AJS to Gnome & Rhône

Today Peugeot has an assembly facility in Poissy, which originally belonged to Ford Fance in the 1930s. This important collection traces the history of the site, with a display of French Ford, Simca, Chrysler and Peugeot cars