Immediate boarding ! for an extraordinary adventure, at the Toy Museum in Colmar. The temporary exhibition Histoire d’Avions offers a journey into the fascinating world of aeronautics, thanks to mythical and unusual toy planes.
No, in Colmar, huh. Thanks to a private collection of more than 200 toys, the tour is an invitation to discover a time of inventor, adventurer and hero. The opportunity to realize that this major invention of the 20th century has been followed step by step by toy manufacturers.
Witness to an era and to technical and technological advances, the toys on display chronologically retrace the history of civil aviation. From 1908 and the aviation pioneers to 1976 and the Concorde did you hear the little squeals there? It was a landing noise from a Concorde, I wouldn’t have liked to be in the place of the brakes. The exhibition is a guaranteed ticket to adventure and travel. From flying machines to airships.
Yes, Zeppelins, not Led Zeppelins, thank you! And we do not forget the first “flying madmen” like Farman or Blériot then the adventurers who disappeared like Mermoz or Saint-Exupéry and to finish with the rise of air transport, this exhibition is the occasion for a journey in three stages to discover commercial and transport aviation. An astonishing and fun visit aimed at enthusiasts and the curious alike to dream and let themselves be carried away by this great epic of aviation.
Scenery in the form of small Playmobil scenes punctuate the visit route as well as a game booklet for all budding pilots. You will admire a giant scripted decor, a meeting at the top and in the air for Lego and Playmobil in a panoramic window. Directed by Claude Steiblé, from the Avant Figurines association. Old images from Tomi Ungerer’s collection, and an arcade machine to play a classic shoot ’em up from 1982: Time Pilot. The aircraft history exhibition is on view until February 4 at the museum of the day in Colmar
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