Some are small, private museums, featuring vehicles lovingly collected over the years by the owner. Others are massive, telling the story of the automobile with gleaming, glistening beasts, beautifully restored and kept in immaculate condition. The Schlumpf brothers made their considerable fortune in textiles and spent a lot of it buying cars.
But not ordinary cars. Over vehicles are housed in what is now the National Museum, founded in The outside Autodrome has demonstrations, and there are restaurants and a very well-stocked shop.
The museum covers cars from to the present day and is housed in the former textile factory bought by the brothers in In Pierre Peugeot set up a new type of museum. His idea? To include all the products made by Peugeot since the company started in Despite an impressive number of saw blades and coffee grinders, sewing machines and radios, most visitors come here for the cars, first produced by Peugeot in Motorsports gets its own special section, particularly featuring the hour annual race at Le Mans that Peugeot has won in , and The Reims-Champagne Automobile Museum takes you from the early s to today.
Also here are old fire trucks, 70 old bicycles, pedal cars and miniature cars that make you long to start your own collection. The downside is that it is open for groups throughout the year, but individuals can only go on the last Saturday in each month 2pm , and you must book in advance.
Check the website for details. This fabulous museum is located just by the starting point of the great annual Le Mans hour race. The museum has an outstanding collection, is well organized, with large sections for cars, motorbikes and models. It was a real adventure. There are stories about the great Bugattis, the Citroen 2CV of course , and countless other names. The owner, Michael Hommell was just 18 years old when he began collecting cars.
