Musée des Automates

The self-guided tour takes you down a reconstructed Parisian street to discover a collection of over 300 animated automatons that were displayed for Christmas between 1920 and 1960 in the windows of Parisian department stores such as Galeries Lafayette, La Samaritaine, Le Bon Marché and Le Magasins du Louvre. The visit plunges you into the heart of the golden age of automata in an immersive museum.
More than 10 different scenes are on offer, each created in the Roullet-Decamps workshops (in Paris) and previously imagined by the famous illustrators Peynet, Dubout and Effel. They drew their inspiration from current events of the day, adding a poetic, fairytale or burlesque touch.
The Musée des Automates takes visitors on a journey through time and space, where they can dream with these fabulous window-dressers and relive the enchantment of another era.
The Roullet-Decamps Collection is the property of the Département du Calvados.
The Musée des Automates also has a shop, a Micro-Folie, a Fablab and temporary exhibitions open to the public.
Length of visit: 1 hour.