Halle de La Machine
The Halle de La Machine is a museum in the Montaudran suburb of Toulouse, France. It houses animatronic and interactive exhibits constructed by La Machine.
Building
The museum is located in a hall on the old runway of Toulouse-Montaudran Airport. With the L'Envol des pionniers museum, it is part of the Toulouse Aerospace La Piste des Géants project which saw the birth and glory days of Aéropostale.Attendance
In 2019, its first year of operation, La Halle de La Machine received 300,000 visitors.Collections
The museum includes Asterion the Minotaur, a anamatronic minotaur as well as 200 atypical show machines. From 1–4 November 2018, a street show – Le Gardien du Temple – was followed by some 900,000 people and included Ariane the Spider.[file:GardienDuTemple-2201.jpg|300px|thumb|upright=1.0|centre|The Minotaur during the street show Le Guardian du Temple]