Musée des Blindés de Saumur

Om museet

The collection began in 1977 around Colonel Michel Aubry, who won the support of the military leadership and local elected officials. The first vehicles were shown in old hangars of the armored cavalry training school. From 1987, around fifty of the finest vehicles were displayed in the former Bossut riding hall.

In 1993, the collections, until then scattered, were brought together in Saumur in buildings of about 22,000 m², acquired and restored by the Ministry of Defence. The museum is also called the Musée Général Estienne, after the general regarded as the father of the French tank.

Today the holdings exceed 800 vehicles, of which about 250 are permanently on display and more than a hundred are in running order. They come from many countries and illustrate the history of armored vehicles since 1917: the First World War, the fighting of 1939 to 1945, the Cold War and the present day. An association under the French 1901 law supports the museum.

Højdepunkter

• More than 800 armored vehicles, about 250 on permanent display
• Vehicles from many countries, from 1917 to today
• More than a hundred vehicles in running order
• Galleries devoted to the First World War, 1939–1945, the Cold War and the present day
• Free visitor booklet for children

Permanent udstilling

• Exposition permanente des blindés – Chronological and thematic galleries presenting armored vehicles from 1917 to today: the First World War, 1939–1945, the Cold War and the contemporary period.

Grundlagt

1977

Ejer

Ministère des Armées

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 80.000

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission for children under 7, active-duty military personnel, reservists and civilian Ministry of Defence staff, museum association members, journalists, war invalids, Pupilles de la Nation (state wards of war) and holders of the ICOM card.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Single-level museum with wide circulation areas; three ramps lead to the France 1940 and Warsaw Pact galleries and the temporary exhibition space. The museum states that it is accessible with occasional assistance.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

A free visitor booklet for children is handed out at reception. Child rate for ages 7 to 16 and a family package.

Transport & parkering

The museum is in a former tobacco factory, near the Château de Saumur.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Online shop; no information is published about a café or restaurant.

Arrangementer & udlejning

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

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