Musée Maurice Dufresne, Technology museum in Azay-le-Rideau, France.
The Maurice Dufresne Museum contains over 3,000 machines from 1850 to 1950 distributed across 25 rooms in former mill buildings.
The museum opened in 1992 in a historic mill from 1026, founded by Maurice Dufresne who started collecting machinery through his salvage business in 1958.
The collection includes agricultural machines, textile industry equipment, historic firearms, and transportation vehicles representing French industrial development.
The museum operates from April through August between 9:30 and 19:00, and from September through October between 10:00 and 18:00.
The collection features a Blériot XI aircraft similar to the one that crossed the English Channel in 1909 and served in World War I.
Location: Azay-le-Rideau
Inception: 1992
Official opening: 1992
Opening Hours: April-August 09:30-19:00; September-October 10:00-18:00
Website: http://musee-dufresne.com
GPS coordinates: 47.27911,0.39489
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:46
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