Halle de La Machine
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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 (Occitan: Hala de La Màquina) is a museum in the Montaudran suburb of Toulouse, France. It houses animatronic and interactive exhibits constructed by La Machine.[1]
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
The museum includes Asterion the Minotaur, a 14-metre-tall (46 ft) anamatronic minotaur[4] as well as 200 atypical show machines.[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]
The Minotaur on the Trail of the Giants
The Minotaur during the street show Le Guardian du Temple
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