Cité de l'Automobile
The Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf (city of the automobile, the National Museum, Schlumpf collection ) with an exhibition area of 25,000 m², of which 17,000 in one huge hall, the largest automobile museum in the world. It is located in Mulhouse in Alsace, France. The core of the portfolio are 400 vintage predominantly from the early phase of the automotive era to the 1930s, which were collected by the brothers Fritz and Hans Schlumpf, once wealthy textile manufacturer who ruined themselves by their passion for collecting. An additional 150 cars in partially dilapidated condition are located in premises outside the museum. To mark the anniversary of the sister city 1.100jährigen city Kassel were 40 exhibits there under the slogan " Sleeping Beauties " issued during the period from May 1 to July 31, 2013. Subsequently, they were again stored in the depot.
Exhibits
In addition to 87 vehicles of the Bugatti brand, the museum displays very old models of major brands, such as 1 eagle, 1 AFG Grégoire, 1 Alart, 7 Alfa Romeo, 1 Alpine, 4 Amilcar, 2 Arzens, 1 switch, 1 Audi, 3 Ballot 1 Bardon, 2 Barré, 1 Baudier, 1 Benetton, Bentley 5, 7 Benz Berliet 1, 1 BNC, 1 Brasier, 1 Charron, 1 Cisitalia, Citroen 7, 2 Clément- Bayard, 1 Clément De - Dion, 1 Clément- Panhard, 1 Corre -La Licorne, 3 Daimler, 4 Darracq, 1 decauville, 1 De Dietrich, 16 De Dion -Bouton, 2 Delage, 4 Delahaye, 2 Delaunay -Belleville, 1 Dufaux, 1 Esculape, 1 Facel -Vega, 2 Farman, 12 Ferrari, 3 Fiat, Ford 1, 1 Fouillaron, 3 Gardner Serpollet, 3 Georges Richard, 1 Gladiator, 11 Gordini, Grégoire 1, 2 Grégoire, Hermes 1 - simplex, 7 Hispano Suiza, Horch 3, 1 Hotchkiss Grégoire, 1 Hurtu, 2 Isotta - Fraschini, 1 Jacquot steam car, 1 Jordan, 3 Lancia, 1 Le Gui, 3 Le Zèbre, 1 Leon Bollee, 1 Ligier, 4 Lion- Peugeot, 2 Lorraine -Dietrich, 4 Lotus, 1 MAF, 8 Maserati, Mathis 1, 1 Mason Union 2 Maybach, McLaren 1, 1 Menier, 5 Mercedes, 21 Mercedes -Benz, Minerva 1, 1 Monet et Goyon, 2 Mors, 1 OM, 5 Panhard, Panhard & Levassor 12, 19 Peugeot, Philos 1, 1 Pic-Pic, 3 piccolo, 2 Pilain, 5 Porsche, Renault 18, 1 rheda, 1 Rochet -Schneider, 10 Rolls -Royce, Sage 1, 1 Salmson, 1 Scott, 1 Sénéchal, 4 Simca, 1 Sizaire - Naudin, 1 Soncin, 1 SS, 1 Steyr, 2 Talbot -Lago, Trabant 1, 1 Tracta, 1 Vaillante, Valentine 1, 1 Violet- Bogey, 2 Voisin, 1 Williams, 1 Zedel.
Among these are two of the six surviving Bugatti Royale ( Type 41 ), and the reconstruction of another copy. A Bugatti this type scored 1991 at an auction purchase price of approximately eight million U.S. dollars. In the museum's depot also a Mercedes " Silver Arrow " W 154 II ( 1939), for the first 17, then even EUR 30 million were offered, as well as the No. 2 are two of the Bugatti Type 251 Since the collection including its still in the depots vehicles but belong to the French cultural heritage, they are not for sale.
The Schlumpf brothers
The textile manufacturer Fritz Schlumpf was a passionate automobile collector. Together with his brother Hans Schlumpf he brought it between the end of World War II and 1977, a large collection of classic cars, including over a hundred Bugatti. To finance this hobby they loaded the operating assets of their company so that it became insolvent in 1977 and over 2000 employees had to be dismissed into unemployment. The unknown up to this time, the public car collection was discovered during riots in the context of a strike by the former workers of the textile work.
With the proceeds to be obtained from the sale of vehicles the claims of creditors could be served, but could the collection - especially by the intervention of the French government - are preserved in their entirety.
The former factory buildings of the textile factory now home to the museum.
The desire and work of the brothers Schlumpf is contradictory to rate: Their economic and social responsibility, both themselves and their employees over completely disregarding they left to posterity one of the largest and most fascinating automobile museums in the world.
Trägerverein
Its organizer, the museum, the 44 million francs presented to buy up the original Schlumpf Collection is available in 1981, include the city of Mulhouse, the Council of the department of Haut-Rhin, the Regional Council of Alsace, the Commerce and Industry Chamber Mulhouse, Panhard & Levassor ( part of the PSA Group ), the automobile Club de France and the Committee of the Paris Motor Show ( Mondial de l'Automobile ).
Association for the operation of the museum
For club for the operation of the museum include the city of Mulhouse, the Council of the department of Haut-Rhin, the tourist board of the departments, the tourism office Mulhouse, the association of museums, commercial and technology Mulhouse ( CESTIM ) and the Action Committee for economic and social progress Mulhouse.
Gallery
Several Bugatti racing car
A Type 35 from the important collection of Bugatti automobiles
Léon Bollées tricycle Voiturette (1896 )
Look at an exhibition of exhibits from the depot (2013 ) in Kassel
Alfa Romeo 6C from the camp