Henri Malartre Museum

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The Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône ( Métropole de Lyon , France ) claims to be the oldest publicly accessible automobile museum in the country and shows mainly French vehicles from the pioneering and pre-war period. Historical bicycles, motorcycles and trams are also on display. The museum has been housed in the 12th century Rochetaillée Palace since 1959 and is now part of the Musées de la ville de Lyon .

Rochetaillée-sur-Saône is located five kilometers north of Lyon on the left bank of the Saône .

Henri Malartre

Henri Malartre was an entrepreneur in the auto recycling industry . He began his collection in 1931 with the purchase of a Rochet tailor from 1898. He was arrested in 1942 as a sympathizer of the Resistance and deported. He was released after the war. The discovery of 17 vehicles hidden from the Gestapo was the backbone of v. a. French automobiles from before the First World War , which has grown steadily since then.

Exhibits

Automobiles (selection)

Voiturette Rochet Frères (1898)
Wimille (1948)
Packard Caribbean Convertible Model 5699 (1956). The first owner was Edith Piaf

Motorcycles (selection)

Others (selection)

Baron von Drais' walking machine (approx. 1820)
Railcar no. 6 of the “Train bleu” regional line Lyon - Fontaines-sur-Saône - Neuville-sur-Saône

"RAMI" car models

The toy car models RAMI by JMK go back to the initiative of Malartre with his friends Jarry and Koch . The models offered from 1958 to 1969 are mainly based on exhibits from the Musée Malartre. They consist of injection-molded parts , the tools of which were made by Koch's employer, the Quirin art foundry . The assembly was done at home . The museum has a full collection of RAMI models.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Musée Malartre: Histoire de la musée
  2. RAMI by JMK, collector's page

Web links

Commons : Musée Henri Malartre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 43.3 "  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 13.2"  E