The National Car and Tourism museum or Car museum in Compiègne (French: Musée national de la voiture et du tourisme) is a transportation museum located in the left wing of the Château de Compiègne, in the department of Oise.
Overview The National Car and Tourism museum was created on the initiative of the Touring Club de France association, in which the major coachbuilders at the world's fairs wanted to create a history of land locomotion and contribute to the preservation of horse-drawn and motorized heritage. It was inaugurated on July 1, 1927 by Édouard Herriot, Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts.
The museum contains around 100 carriages, horse-drawn vehicles and porters dating from the 17th century to the 20th century, complemented by a collection of cycles and around 30 automobiles from the early days of the industry, as well as a collection of transport-related documents. Famous model automobiles in the collection include: La Mancelle, Amédée Bollée's steam car presented at the 1878 Paris Exposition Marquis de Broe's steam coach, bodied by Muhlbacker, weighing 7 tons Panhard & Levassor type A from 1891 Double Phaëton Gobron-Brillié from 1898 La Jamais Contente from 1899, an electric car that was the first to reach 100 km/h Renault Type A from 1899 De Dion-Bouton Type AX from 1907 Terrot-Cuzeau motorcycle from 1916 Croisière noire Citroën car (1924)
Activities
The Museum regularly lends pieces from its collection to the Paris Rétromobile show, as in 2009 with the exhibition of La Jamais Contente, and in 2016 with the exhibition of exceptional vehicles from the Palais de Compiègne.
Every year, the , a veteran car rally, brings together motor vehicles and motorcycles built before January 1, 1906 for a rally through the Oise region, starting at the Musée de Compiègne.
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