 Asterion the Minotaur outside the hall | |
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| Established | 2018 |
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| Location | Toulouse, France |
| Coordinates | 43°34′22.9″N 1°28′41.0″E / 43.573028°N 1.478056°E |
| Website | www |
The Halle de La Machine is a museum in the Montaudran suburb of Toulouse, France. It houses animatronic and interactive exhibits constructed by La Machine.[1]
Building
The museum is located in a 4,000-square-metre (43,000 sq ft) 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, its first year of operation, La Halle de La Machine received 300,000 visitors.[3]
Collections
Asterion the Minotaur, 14 metres (46 ft) tall,[4] and some 200 atypical show machines are on display.[5] From 1–4 November 2018, a street show – Le Gardien du Temple – was followed by some 900,000 people and included Ariane the Spider.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "LA HALLE DE LA MACHINE | Projet urbain". Compagnie La Machine (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "La Machine: la halle monumentale de Montaudran sort de terre". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Interview. Toulouse. François Delarozière : "La Halle de La Machine n'est pas un lieu qui doit ronronner"". actu.fr (in French). 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "LA HALLE DE LA MACHINE". Meetings Toulouse | Toulouse Convention Bureau (in French). 2023-10-27. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "Que va-t-on pouvoir voir au sein de la Halle de la Machine?". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ "127.000 visiteurs depuis son ouverture à Toulouse, la Halle de la Machine cherche son rythme de croisière - France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
External links
43°34′22″N 1°28′41″E / 43.572756°N 1.478113°E
This page was last edited on 1 November 2023, at 15:20