Musée Automobile de Vendée - Talmon Saint Hilare, France 
Automobile Museum of Vendée is first of all a history of family: that of Giron which for over 75 years collect, restore and maintain cars, two wheel and all kinds of accessories related to historic vehicles for the sake of heritage preservativ. Thus, over 150 cars, motorcycles and bicycles are on public display in a room of 3.300 metres forcefully explanation, posters, models and period accessories.
Contact: www.musee-auto-vendee.com
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.
Adresa: Place de la gare, 28230 Bailleau-Armenonville, (à proximité de Gallardon), Francie
Henri Malartre museum, (69 - Roch.sur Saône) Lyon – France
This large museum administered by the city is located in the beautiful surroundings of a period castle.
Contact: www.musee-malartre.com/malartre/
Exhibition - L'HISTORIQUE, Marmande à "La Belle Epoque" 2011
Pictures are from nice meeting people around antik bicycles, motorcycles, cars and history generally on south of France in picturesque town - Marmande. Exhibition with a lot very rare machines was organized every years and these photographs are from third annual volume from 2011.
Contakt: http://www.etoiledargent.org/
Collection of Robert Gransiegne and Emmanuel Déhan - Sceaux, France
Lovely exposition showed collection of Robert Gransiegne and Emmanuel Déhan.. Many of bikes from ex collection Robert Gransiegne was donated to Sceaux State Castle Paris in 1964 and these are saveing in themuseum depositories.
For more photos see our gallery when we wisited this place.
Contact: http://domaine-de-sceaux.hauts-de-seine.fr/index.php?id=46
176 - Exhibition 2014/15 Sceaux, France
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The Cycle Museum of Favrieux – France
This is a private bicycle museum with a complete cross-section of the development of bicycles.
Contact: the museum was closed 2015
Museum Barthélemy Thimonnier „La Machine à coudre et la Cycle“ – Amplepuis, France
Barthélemy Thimonnier, (August 19, 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhône - July 5, 1857 in Amplepuis), was a French inventor, who invented the first sewing machine that replicated sewing by hand. His museum included a few rooms with bicycles.
Contact: http://www.graha-museethimonnier.org/
Musée VELO, Moret-sur-Loing - France
Prugnat bicycle company
The Prugnat bike parts factory (set up 1907 by Gustave Prugbat) was on the banks of the Canal du Loing in Prugnat, France. In the buildings of thate factory, there is now a museum “Velo Bello covering the bicycle from nineteenth century to modern times.
387/A - Musée VELO, Moret-sur-Loing
387/B - Musée VELO, Moret-sur-Loing
Bicycle Museum
When the weather gets nice, bicycle lovers and curiosity seekers are sure to enjoy a visit to the Bicycle Museum. It's located in Moret-sur-Loing, in Seine-et-Marne. The Bicycle Museum was set up 1993 and is naturally situated in the former Prugnat bicycle parts factory. The Bicycle Museum tells the entire story of the bicycle, from 1817 to the present. Visitors will notably discover magnificent 19th-century velocipedes. Rare and unique pieces are placed alongside images from the first Tour de France races.
It's located on the banks of the Canal du Loing, where you can walk or bicycle, and enjoy many marked hiking trails. It's a great opportunity to spend some green time less than an hour from Paris.
Address: Rue Gustave Prugnat, 77250 Moret-Loigne-et-Orvanne, Francie
Contact: https://www.transilien.com/en/page-tourisme/bicycle-museum
387/C - Musée VELO, Moret-sur-Loing
The Champagne-sur-Seine Velodrome
The Schneider Company and the Champagne-sur-Seinefamous and local sport club decided to build the velodrom in 1926. It was inagurated the same year. Many famous cyclist trained and raced on the Champagne-sur-Seine Velodrome: forexample André Leducq (vinner Tour de France 1930 and 1932), Antonin Magne (vinner Tour de France 1931 and 1934).
During WWII german military forces rode on the velodrom with their motorcycles. That seriously damaged the track. Velodrom was renovated in 1968. The Ile-de-France Regional Commitee recognized the track registred into official list of french velodroms. The owner Jeumont-Schneider Company gave the track to Champagne-sur-Seine Town hall in 1988. During our visit in 2024 we found the velodrome in a sorry state.
Musée Helyett, Sully-sur-Loire, France
The Helyett company was founded in 1919 by two Picard brothers, in Sully-sur-Loire, with another factory near Orleans, and named after the heroine of the operetta Miss Helyett, whose image adorned many of the head badges affixed to Helyett bicycles.
Address: 6 Chem.de la Levée, 45600 Sully-sur-Loire, Francie
Contact: https://www.musee-helyett-sully.fr/en_GB/
Helyett Factory
The unique stamp of the museum in Sully-sur-Loire is given by the fact that the exhibition is located in the original and authentic Helyett production hall.
Book: HELYETT - Dans de Progrés, Toujors et Téte
A look back at the history of Helyett bicycles in Sully-sur-Loire. Almost half a century of industrial adventure to the rhythm of Jacques Anquetil's performances on the Helyett Speciale. 1200 hours of work, 80 photos and illustrations on 176 pages.
More: http://www.helyett.com
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
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].
