page_title: Cité de l'Automobile
section_title: National Automobile Museum Association
hierarchical_section_title: Cité de l'Automobile / History / National Automobile Museum Association
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the aisles in the 17.000 m² main hall of La Cité de l'Automobile, Musée national de l'automobile, Collection Schlumpf in Mulhouse, France. Deutsch: Einer der Gänge in der 17000 m² großen Haupthalle der Cité de l'Automobile, Musée national de l'automobile, Collection Schlumpf in Mühlhausen, Frankreich. Camera data Camera Nikon D80 Lens Nikkor AF-S DX VR 18-200mm 3.5-5.6G IF-ED Focal length 24 mm Aperture f/6.7 Exposure time 1/6 s Sensivity ISO 400
context_page_description: Cité de l'Automobile, Musée national de l’automobile, Collection Schlumpf is an automobile museum located in Mulhouse, France, and built around the Schlumpf Collection of classic automobiles. It has the largest displayed collection of automobiles and contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world.
context_section_description: In 1981 the collection, buildings and residual land were sold to the National Automobile Museum Association (NAMAoM), a state sanctioned public/private conglomerate that includes: the City of Mulhouse, the Regional Board of the Alsace Region, the organizers of the Paris Auto Show and the Automobile Club de France.
  The NAMAoM placed daily management of the museum in the hands of an operating company, the National Automobile Museum of Mulhouse Management Association, which opened the museum to the public in 1982. However, lacking the enthusiasm of the Schlumpfs or the financial drive of the union, the collection gradually fell into decline.
  In 1999 NAMAoM contracted Culturespaces to take over and modernise the museum and its operations. Culturespaces renovated the museum, including creating large scale public spaces for other cultural events, while conserving the well-known main hall with its Pont Alexandre III lamp posts. Widening the relevance of the museum to a younger audience by being given control of the French national automobile collection, the museum reopened in March 2000 as the largest automobile museum in the world.
caption: A view of the refurbished main-hall, with its Pont Alexandre III lamp posts
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