Cité de l'Automobile

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National Automobile Museum - Schlumpf Collection is a museum located in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), in the Pericentre district, which houses the largest collection of cars in the world. There are indeed more than 500 vehicles, including the famous Schlumpf collection of Schlumpf brothers (560 cars of 98 different brands, pioneers of the history of the automobile, built between 1878 and 1918, including 430 classified as historical monuments, the largest set of automobiles before 1910 with the Louwman Museum in The Hague, an impressive collection of 14 Rolls Royce, and the largest Bugatti collection (more than 120) in the world. The museum, housed in a former textile spinning factory of the Schlumpf brothers dating back to 1880, classified as historical monuments, extends over 20,000 m2.

From 1999 to 2021, the exploitation of the site was entrusted to Culturespaces in the form of a public service delegation (DSP). Since then, the museum has expanded and modernized. Since 1 January 2022, the management of the museum has been entrusted to the National Automobile Museum Management Association.