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ENTERTAINMENT AROUND THE MUSEUM:
Please find hereafter the different dates when the Museum has extra-activities:
- Attendance on exhibitions
- Visit of clubs and owners
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Don't hesitate to meet us during these events !
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50 years of the museum
Valy andValeria GIRON
Genral overview of the museum
During Valy Giron's speech
During Yves de la Po¨ze's speech
Part of the participants
During Alain Guillaume's speech
Official photograph wirh Magaly Giron current manager of the museum
The complet Giron family
During the cocktail
19 May 2017: 50 years of the museum
It was in the presence of Yves de la Poëze of the Fondation du Patrimoine and Alain Guillaume, President of the FFVE, that the whole Giron family celebrated the first 50 years of the Talmont Saint Hilaire Automobile Museum in the Vendée in the presence of Many friends, local personalities and the press
After the visit of the collections, came the time of the official speeches, photos before the friendly exchanges around a glass of friendship accompanied by the musicians.
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Motul Grand Prix - Heritage Foundation (February 4th, 2015):
Restore the legend
It is at the Retromobile 2015 show that Valentin Giron was provided with Motul Grand Prix - Heritage Foundation: Restoring the legend for the conservation and future rehabilitation of a vehicle from the Automotive Museum of Vendée:
PEUGEOT 176 1926 engine without valves 4 cylinder 12-14cv.
The convertible body shifted in top 2 places + spider was designed by FELBER.
The award was issued to Valentin in the presence of:
- Francis Xavier Bieuville: CEO of the Heritage Foundation
- Hervé Amelot CEO of Motul
- Vincent Berjot: Director of Heritage at the Ministry of Cuture and Communication.
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LE MANS CLASSIC (4 to 6 July 2014) :
During this nice and great event around historic vehicles, the FFVE organised a new show with french cars designed by french designers to help her in her project to ask Unesco to recognise French coachbuiders as Heritage.
The Musée Auto de Vendée was there with one of our nice cars : a Panhard and Levasoor X26 coupe de ville designed by Belvalette in 1913.
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TROPHY JACQUES POTHERAT (21 to 23 March 2014):
It was during the exhibition: AVIGNON MOTOR FESTIVAL of 21 to 23 March 2014 that took place on 'traditional' Jacques Potherat Trophy in memory of journalist who loved beautiful cars and more particularly cyclecars.
Our Museum was represented by Valy Giron and her son Tanguy driving the Museum's Amilcar newly restored.
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