Musée Carnavalet, Paris – France 
The mechanical drive of vehicles is a fascinating story provoking endless debates as to whether it is the forerunner of the bicycle, i.e. the motorcycle or the automobile.
Wheelchairs are a major advance in enabling independence for people with walking difficulties. The first self-propelled wheelchair has been attributed to John Joseph Merlin, the ‘ingenious mechanick’, in the early 19th century and his ‘gouty chair’ is exhibited at Kenwood House. Research would suggest that comparable chairs existed in France as early as 1751 and the French Revolutionary, Georges Couthon, used one to get around Paris. A later design, also attributed to Merlin, the invalid wheelchair, features large wheels with outer hoops for the occupant to grasp and this is the true ancestor of the modern wheelchair.
Contact: https://www.carnavalet.paris.fr
Address: 23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris, Francie
album: 283/A. Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Musee du Velo - Abbaye Trois-Fontaines, France
Musee du Velo - Abbaye de Trois-Fontaines near very famous and inportant town for bicycle collectors - Bar-le-Duc.
This private collection is open to the public only during the vacations. Many interesting bikes in original condition.
Contact: www.france-voyage.com/towns/bar-le-duc-19969.htm
Peugeot Museé, Sochaux – France
The museum of the well-known car factory contains a collection of bicycles including both the products of the Peugeot company and a great many types of historical bicycles.
Contact: www.musee-peugeot.com/Front/index.aspx
PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY MY LAST VISIT IN 20221
album: 05/B Peugeot Museé, Sochaux – France
BICYCLE COLLECTION IN SOCHAUX FROM YEAR 2008
Exhibition in Château Haut Goujon, Montagne - France
Occasional exhibition on the occasion of the stage to St. Emilion of the Tour de France 2021 was organized
on the weekend July 17th - 18th under the name "Exposition de cycles anciens au Château Haut Goujon à Montagne".
All the bikes placed directly in the winery were from the collections of collector Guy Frosio.
Very good deed and big congratulations!
Contact: https://chateauhautgoujon.com/en/home/
album: 265/A - Château Haut Goujon à Montagne
Château Haut Goujon à Montagne organized a tasting for all visitors!
Contact: https://wangermez.com/haut-goujon
Château de Montfleury, Avressieux - France
Château de Montfleury is a charming place and a magnificent castle. We must say about the part of the museum with historical bicycles: QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY, IS IMPORTANT. Many fakes, remakes, copies, failed imitations .... certainly not the right place for experts.
Contact: Château de Montfleury
album: 253 - Château de Montfleury
Expositon „100 ANS DE MAILLOT JAUNE“ Musée du Sport, Nice - Francie
Summer Exhibition 2019
Kontakt: www.museedusport.fr
album: 252/A - „100 ANS DE MAILLOT JAUNE“ Nice 2019
Tour de France celebrates 100 years of yellow jersey with new designs for 2019 race
Text: Josh Evans
20 Individual Jerseys for Each Stage Throughout Race
album: 252/B - „100 ANS DE MAILLOT JAUNE“ Nice 2019
To celebrate the centenary of the yellow jersey, Tour de France organiser Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) and the race’s jersey sponsor Le Coq Sportif have announced 20 individual yellow jerseys to be worn during the 2019 Tour de France.
As there is no race leader until the end of the Stage 1, the winner of the opening stage will be then presented with the specially designed stage 2 jersey to wear the following day. Unique images of significant buildings, locations and riders are faintly overlaid onto each of the yellow jerseys so as not to detract from the iconic colour with the first jersey presented featuring The Atomium building in Brussels.
Musée National du Sport, Nice - France
Cycling is particularly well represented in the collections of the National Museum of Sport. Indeed, the museum proposes to find - in its course dedicated to the "Défi sur soi" - the history of cycling and many objects related to the Tour de France thanks to mythical bicycles as well as outfits that belonged to the greatest French cyclists!
Contact: www.museedusport.fr
Musée des Arts Forains - Paris, France
Just two velocipede carousels remain in the world today. One is in France while the other is part of a traveling collection of vintage amusement park rides. The velocipede carousel in France resides at the Museum of Arts Forains (Museum of Fairground Arts) in Paris' Bercy neighborhood. The museum, opened in 1996, includes colorful jumble of carousels, carnival rides and games from the 1850 to 1930 time period. The beautifully restored pieces were collected by a man named Jean-Paul Favand; His collection is one of the largest private collections in Europe. Luckily for the rest of us, Favand turned his collection into a museum so everyone could enjoy it. Even better, the rides in his collection aren't simply on display, they're still operative. So yes, if you head to the museum, you can pedal his 1885 velocipede carousel [sources: Thomas, Robertson] The museum reported to have been made in 1897 and it was discovered in Belgium around 1940. Two interesting points about his velocipede carousel: while the French carousels all run counterclockwise, this one runs clockwise because it was operated in Great Britain, where that direction was the norm.This velocipede carousel was also featured in the 2011 film "Midnight in Paris," directed by Woody Allen [source: Rohan]. The first big-rounds appeared around 1870 and served as a school for riding bicycles and promoting riding in general.
The museum is open to the public once a year and getting inside for an individual tour is very difficult, almost impossible. After many years the door opened to us so we can share.
Contact: http://arts-forains.com
album: 247/A - Musée des Arts forains
Fête Paradiso
The world's other remaining velocipede carousel is part of Fête Paradiso, a similar group ofvintage rides, carousels and various other carnival components. Frenchmen Francis Staub and Régis Masclet, rabid collectors of old carnival rides and art, purchased the pieces and came up with the idea of traveling around the world with them, reminiscent of the carnivals of yesteryear. Fête Paradiso was set up for several weeks at a time in various locales, beginning in 2013 [source: Rohan].
album: 247/B Fête Paradiso
Musée Ateliers des Pionniers, Gallardon - France
A very nice and friendly small private museum not far from Paris. Nice atmosphere and smell there - typical for france museums and velo-moto collection. Many seasonal exhibitions and events are organized there every year.
Contact: http://www.musee-ateliers-des-pionniers.fr
Musée national du Château de Compiègne, Francie
Fantastic atmosphere is in the “Royal Carriage” museum in Compiegne close to Paris. Only three velocipedes are on display for public. Very decorative velocipede Cie Parisienne, front suspension velocipede Benon and an english safety Singer.
Contakt: http://palaisdecompiegne.fr/
album: 51/A - Compiegne, France
The photos were taken 2010
At the present time, this part of the exhibits are not open to the public and not everyone has the opportunity to examine the beauty of the displayed items. Some pictures were taken in museum deposit.
album: 51/B - Compiegne, France