Cité du train

The quoted of the train (also called French Museum of the railroad ) is the railway main thing Musée of France. Located at Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), it is the continuation of the “French museum of the railroad”, of the name of association charged to preserve the principal parts of the historical inheritance of the SNCF. It shelters today on 15.000 m2 l" one of the most prestigious collections of Europe, the first engines until our days.

History

In 1961, the city offers the ground to Dornach to make it possible the SNCF to show rolling stocks representative of sound history. It on the initiative of two is impassioned railroad, Jean-Mathis Horrenberger and Michel Doer that in 1971 is born the museum. The first engines are temporarily placed in the old deposit of Mulhouse-North. One second section is opened with the public in 1983 and the museum receives 240.000 visitors per annum.

The frequentation decreasing, it is decided to entrust management to the company Cultur' espaces' which is already in load of the City of the car - national museum - Collection Schlumpf since 1999. The 4 communities, is the French State, the area Alsace, the department of Haut-Rhin and the town of Mulhouse finances the restoration for an amount of 8,6 million euros.

The architect François Seigneur conceived a named scenography the century of gold of the railroad , going from 1860 to 1940, in a new market of almost 6.000 m ² with 25 additional parts changing to 103 the number of Locomotive S, Wagon S and cars presented. Plunged in a semi-half-light, one discovers a whole of sections of technology in his ECRIN , with mannequins, which progressively ignite ambulations with the moments of luxury and those of misery in particular during the Second world war.

In the old renovated building, the stress is rather laid on the didactic aspect to explain the mechanisms, as well in vapor, diesel and electric with their evolutions. One will be able to even slip under a loco to admire his entrails.

Between two spaces, a court in the open air is used as place of animation. A restaurant, with many French railway descriptive aspects, and various spaces sets of themes supplement this city.

See too

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External bonds

  • Official site
  • Visit in 1999 with list of the materials
  • the City on Google map

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