Musée de l'Automobile de Valençay, Car museum in Valençay, France
The Musée de l'Automobile de Valençay occupies premises opened in 2001 near the Château de Valençay, in the Indre department. It displays some sixty working vehicles from the collection built up by the Guignard brothers, garage owners who restored unsold cars and specific acquisitions. Engine parts, old accessories and tools, registration and maker plates, and vintage advertisements are also shown.
The museum grew out of the collection of the Guignard brothers, garage owners who assembled unsold cars and specific acquisitions into a collection of old vehicles that they restored. In 2001 it moved and opened in new premises near the Château de Valençay. The Amis du musée automobile de Valençay (AMAV) association supports the museum; in 2010 it staged a rally-themed exhibition with Renault Histoire et collection, the Conservatoire Citroën and the Valençay community of communes.
The collection comes from the Guignard brothers, garage owners who assembled unsold cars and specific purchases, then restored them. An association, the Amis du musée automobile de Valençay (AMAV), supports the museum; in 2010 it staged a rally-themed exhibition with Renault Histoire et collection, the Conservatoire Citroën and the Valençay community of communes.
The museum opened in its current building near the Château de Valençay in 2001, so it is visited together with the castle. The roughly sixty vehicles are kept in working order, and the display also covers engine parts, tools, number plates and old advertising. The Amis du musée automobile de Valençay (AMAV) association supports the museum.
The museum grew out of the collection of the Guignard brothers, garage owners who restored unsold and specially acquired cars. In 2010 its friends' association AMAV, with Renault Histoire et collection, the Conservatoire Citroën and the Valençay community of communes, staged an exhibition on the theme of rallying.
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