Halle de La Machine

The Halle de La Machine is a place located in the Montaudran suburb of Toulouse, France, where the Nantes company La Machine stores both small and giant animated machines, often inspired by nature, the world of aeronautics, human or technological epics.[1]

Halle de La Machine
Established2018
LocationToulouse, France
Coordinates43°34′22.9″N 1°28′41.0″E
Websitewww.halledelamachine.fr

Building

The museum is located in a 4,000 m2 hall on the old runway of Toulouse-Montaudran airport. With the L'Envol des pionniers museum, it is part of the Toulouse Aerospace La Piste des Géants project which saw the birth and glory days of Aéropostale.[2]

Attendance

In 2019 for its first year of operation, La Halle de La Machine welcomed 300,000 visitors.[3]

Collections

Asterion the Minotaur, 14 meters high,[4] and some 200 atypical show machines are on display.[5]

From November 1 to 4, 2018, a street show Le Gardien du Temple, which was followed by some 900,000 people, included another giant machine: Ariane the spider.[6]

The Minotaur during the street show Le Guardian du Temple

See also

References
  1. LA HALLE DE LA MACHINE
  2. La Machine: la halle monumentale de Montaudran sort de terre
  3. Toulouse. François Delarozière : "La Halle de La Machine n'est pas un lieu qui doit ronronner"
  4. LA HALLE DE LA MACHINE
  5. Toulouse: Que va-t-on pouvoir voir au sein de la Halle de la Machine, inaugurée aujourd’hui?
  6. 127.000 visiteurs depuis son ouverture à Toulouse, la Halle de la Machine cherche son rythme de croisière
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