Halle de La Machine

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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.

Halle de La Machine
Asterion the Minotaur outside the hall
Established2018
LocationToulouse, France
Coordinates43°34′22.9″N 1°28′41.0″E / 43.573028°N 1.478056°E / 43.573028; 1.478056
Websitewww.halledelamachine.fr

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.

Attendance

In 2019, its first year of operation, La Halle de La Machine received 300,000 visitors.

Collections

Asterion the Minotaur, 14 metres (46 ft) tall, and some 200 atypical show machines are on display. From 1–4 November 2018, a street show – Le Gardien du Temple – was followed by some 900,000 people and included Ariane the Spider.

 
The Minotaur during the street show Le Guardian du Temple

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