Monaco Top Cars Collection, Automobile museum in La Condamine, Monaco
La Collection de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco occupies a purpose-built space on five levels at the Terrasses de Fontvieille, at the foot of the Rock of Monaco. Its wide facade carries the silver letters "LA COLLECTION" above the inscription "LES AUTOMOBILES DE S.A.S. LE PRINCE DE MONACO", with glass panels, a grey pillar and two white placards in front.
The collection was founded in the 1950s by Prince Rainier III and first grew from the palace garage. In 2022 the expanded collection moved to its current dedicated location.
The collection began with Prince Rainier III's personal passion: he gathered and had restored around 100 cars over more than forty years, choosing models "populaires ou de prestige" that had marked their era. His son Albert II continued to enlarge the collection, and temporary exhibitions are held in the museum throughout the year.
The cars are displayed over five levels in a purpose-built space at the Terrasses de Fontvieille, reached from the Fontvieille district below the Rock. The museum opens daily from 10am to 6pm and closes only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
The collection includes carriages that belonged to Monaco's sovereigns, displayed alongside the cars. They show that the museum traces princely transport back before the automobile, not only the racing models.
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