Exposition Rétro Vélos - Chapelle Sainte-Anne, La Baule, France
“From Thursday, October 30 to Sunday, November 30, 2025. From the célérifère to the penny-farthing, including the draisine and the velocipede, come and discover the incredible evolution of the bicycle over the centuries!” is how the official website for the exhibition invites you.
Photos: with thanks Christian Leleu
Address: Place du Maréchal Leclerc, Espace Cultural Chapelle Sainte-Anne, 44500 La baule, Francie
Contact: https://www.labaule-guerande.com/exposition-retro-velos-la-baule.html
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The bicycles on display come from the Domaine de Sceaux depository – on the outskirts of Paris. The bicycle collection stored in the depository of a beautiful castle in the Paris area makes up 90 percent of the collection of a famous French collector. His name, Robert Grandseigne (Le Havre 1885 – Paris 1961), is not very well known in the field of bicycles, but you can find it in aviation literature. He was at the beginning of aviation, helped Blériot cross the English Channel, became famous for his night flight over Paris in 1911, and worked in the aviation industry all his life. He was a lover of technology and one of the first bicycle collectors. He built a mobile museum called “The Crazy Ride” and toured various places with it, often including the destination cities of the Tour de France. After his death, his wife donated the entire collection to the state castle of Sceaux in Paris. It was in 1964. Since then, the collection has been presented to the public from time to time at occasional exhibitions.
Address: Domanie départemental de Seaux, 8 Avenue Claude Perrault, 92330 Seaux, France
Contakt Domanie de Seaux: https://domaine-de-sceaux.hauts-de-seine.fr
