Halle de la Machine

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What a unique and special day out! My girlfriend and I really enjoyed viewing many interesting and strange devices as we walked around inside the hall! We found the machinists to be full of energy and their passion for what they do really shone through! Yes, you cannot touch, but isn't this the case with any museum? I feel that such works would be easily damaged if left to the public to mess around with! And yes, the descriptions are written in French, which I should expect, seeing as we are in France! People who have left one-star reviews obviously lack the patience and creative imagination to enjoy such a collection of curiosities. We got to try out the catapult game and the iron slider, plus we were treated to displays of the various musical contraptions, the smoke ring blower, the odd apple biting machine (and it's hilarious operator) and the firework shooters! The gem of the crown though is the giant minotaur that casually strolls around outside and occasionally enters the warehouse to spray unsuspecting guests with water! A classic! The key to enjoying this attraction is to take it all in slowly and be patient as the limited number of operators make their way around the museum to show the various attractions in action. Simply popping in and walking around quickly will surely lead to your own personal dissatisfaction. Great for little kids and big kids (like myself) alike!

J BJ B

00

I was conflicted if to give it 3 or for stars to be honest.. Quite a cool museum of very cool inventions, though I am a bit conflicted whether they really take consideration and care of the plants they are using for their inventions in consideration to climatic change and the fact we need those and more plants healthy. Most of the ones we have seen in the museum were pretty much dead. Not sure if the money is worth it; looks much cooler to see teaching moving from outside than actually being on it, but was interesting in general. There are no plackboards explaining what the inventions are doing and we needed to hunt for one of the guides who speaks English and mainly so they can understand my questios, my French is to a nice level for every day communication, but to understand technology needs more obviously. The museum is a bit out of the way so better with a car or time your bus properly. You will need at least 2 hours in the museum to properly see, understand and experience everything and about half an hour before close the instructors go to get ready to go home.

Eden Avital AlexanderEden Avital Alexander

00

I came to the Halle des Machines and the machines are great, really But I am outraged as one of the employees, before demonstrating a machine in the building literally rolled himself a cigarette and lighted it up while speaking in front of kids. This is really not right and this should be sorted out ! This kind of behaviour should get them fired. Last review from 3 years ago :I put three stars because I was a bit disappointed. The Halle is massive and the machines are incredible. However you can not perform the tour by yourself, there are no signs to read apart from the name of the machines this is a shame when you pay 9 euros to get in. All machines there are in a working state but you can't touch them only the staff can and they take ages to show you the tinyest machine. On the other side the structures are incredible, the staff is passionate and the fact that they take the minotaure for a walk gives you the occasion to realise how majestic the whole parade can be. Definitely something to go with the little ones.

Benjamin TALLIERBenjamin TALLIER

20

Halle de la Machine was absolutely brilliant! The machines were awesome! I especially loved the ones that made music. The staff had an amazing sense of humour and I spent the whole afternoon smiling and laughing. They should be on TV! My father and brother don't speak French so one of the machinists demonstrated the machines to us in English. Over time, our English speaking group grew and then the groups merged which led to a bilingual demonstration of the machines which was hilarious. The machines outside were awesome and the water cannons were brilliant for cooling down on a boiling hot day. The machines were great but the staff made this an amazing experience! Patrick was an excellent machinist and really made sure we got the best out of our time there. Getting to use some fantastic machines and have fun demonstrating them must make being a machinist one of the best jobs ever! I would love to return one day!

Elisabeth ClementElisabeth Clement

00

Loved it, especially since we had to discover everything ourselves. There was no structure or timing known ahead (we even asked and it was not given to us in order to prevent spoiling it), so we were walking around randomly to just take in everything. The music, beats, machines, smoke, fire... Amazing and mesmerizing! Something I've never seen before. Cons: The smaller machines around the dining table or bread dispenser were truly boring to see (especially with the tedious presentation by this one man the whole time). These things should inspire kids to become engineers or be creative with mechatronics. Those were completely redundant to keep the crowd busy. Didn't really feel the merch, missed so much potential as Im an engineer. Would've loved a cool shirt with mechanic or electronic schematics. Bus stops, bit of a walk (10 min). The bar/cafe didn't really have a lot, but it was decent.

David ZwartDavid Zwart

10

This attraction is mainly created for children to arouse their curiosity and learn more about machinery. Unfortunately, there were too many school groups and not enough guides or machinists. As a result, we were left out most of the time. Since there were few machinists available and visitors were not allowed to operate the machines on their own, we did not have much fun. The entrance fee of 11.60 euros is not proportional to our experience and the limited collection is definitely overrated for adults. The whole tour is NOT well designed for adults without children. Worst of all, there was no air conditioning or fans in an almost confined space, making it an uncomfortable visit during the summer. We were very disappointed as we traveled through the city for nearly an hour to visit this place, and by the end, we just wanted to ask for a refund.

Yuan E.Yuan E.

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