The Museum of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: Musee des 24 Heures du Mans) is a motorsport museum located at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. It was founded in 1961 as the Automobile Museum de la Sarthe. In 1991, it was taken over by the organizers of the 24 hours road race and moved to a purpose built museum complex under the direction of Francis Piquera, the Executive Manager.
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In 2009, the museum was extensively renovated. Its permanent exhibition includes over 100 historic cars, many collectibles, dozens of films and archive photographs. The museum tour is organized around six major sequences that showcase the important figures of the 24 Hour race and origins of the Le Mans automotive industry, tracing the evolution of the car in the twentieth century.[2]
With their legendary models of the greatest endurance race in the world, 350m² of temporary exhibitions complete the thematic exhibition.
A visit of the famous circuit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race is possible.
Collection
Historic cars
La Mancelle 1878
De Dion Bouton & Trepardoux Dog Cart a Vapeur
Amedee Bollee Type D Runabout
1904 Renault Freres Tonneau Type U-D 4cyl 3770 cm3
Local cars
1975 Alpine Renault A441 Renault-Gordini V6 2ACT 1997 cm3
^Schmidt, Bjoern; Andreas Birner; Bjoern Schmidt; Peter Singhof; Keith Bluemel; Helmut Schnug; Thierry Lesparretion; Kare M A Pietila; Edvar van Daalen; Mark Ketcham; Mike Sheehan; James Davies; Jarrett Rothmeier; Bill Wagenblatt (2010). "Musée Automobilede la Sarthe". Germany: H&M System Software GmbH. Retrieved 31 Oct 2011.
