Itinerary · Grand Est
Mulhouse for Families: Technical Museums, 3 Days
A stay designed for children curious about mechanics in Alsace: the world's largest car collection at the Cité de l'Automobile, Europe's largest railway museum at the Cité du Train, and the hands-on machines of Electropolis — three days, one site a day.
3 days · 4 stops · Family
Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
The Cité de l'Automobile, the world's largest collection
Secretly assembled by the Schlumpf brothers in the 1960s, the collection numbers over four hundred cars, including an unrivalled fleet of Bugattis — kids can pedal between the models on rental bikes, while parents linger in front of the Bugatti Royale.
Day 2
The Cité du Train, full-size locomotives
Europe's largest railway museum lines up locomotives and carriages from the 19th century to today, including the fastest steam locomotive in the world in 1955; a reconstructed station platform and a route adapted for younger visitors round out the tour.
Day 3
Electropolis and the printed fabrics museum
Morning at Electropolis, where visitors can activate 19th- and 20th-century electrical machines themselves, among giant alternators and hands-on exhibits; afternoon at the Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes, tracing two centuries of printed textiles in Mulhouse, France's historic capital of indienne cloth.
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