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Museum located in Vanosc, retracing the passage from a craft technique, the cartwrighting, to an industrial technique.
Created in 2001 and managed by the La Vanaude association, this museum reveals the transition from a traditional craft, charronnage, to an industrial technique, coachbuilding. Enlarged in 2007, the museum has 2 exhibition areas housing a collection of some twenty horse-drawn vehicles, coaches and buses. Wheelwrighting and bodywork workshops, exhibition rooms and videos all bear witness to the career of Joseph Besset, apprentice wheelwright who became a major coach builder and creator of the first "modern" coach in Europe: the Isobloc...
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Opening time and information on CAR MUSEUM
Open from mid-April to mid-October. Guided tours by appointment all year round. Free for children under 12. Adults: €7. Reduced admission €5.
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Espace Joseph Besset is a coach-building museum in Vanosc. It tells the story of Joseph Besset, an apprentice wheelwright who became a major coach builder with his famous Isobloc. All year round, the museum offers special events such as combined visits to Iveco IvecoBus or the Château de la Rivoire de Vanosc, evening visits, educational tours, etc. On its website, you'll find all the details of these visits, and you can make your reservation there. You can also take a virtual tour, as if you were there. Its collection includes the Isobloc coach, the Besset-Berliet coach, the Citroën coach, the Sofravel, the Rolland Pilain, the Tubincendie... A great place to visit!