The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates): a laboratory of magic

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates): a laboratory of magic. Limoux, France.

“We are glad to welcome you in the secret realm of magic, where our characters come to life …”, says Judith Moran, daughter of Jean-Jacques Ausch and Martina Moran, a family in love with the creation of all these unique machine dolls.

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates): a laboratory of magic

More than one hundred most different and unusual characters in a fairy maze. Very impressive walk …

More than one hundred most different and unusual characters in a fairy maze. Very impressive walk ...

The museum is located in a former industrial building, decorated in the Baroque style, the jewel is the “secret red room” with an miracle backlight, magic music, which takes visitors to an imaginary world – a world of dreams and fairy tales.

The museum is located in a former industrial building, decorated in the Baroque style, the jewel is the "secret red room" with an miracle backlight, magic music, which takes visitors to an imaginary world - a world of dreams and fairy tales.

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates): a laboratory of magic

All characters shine, move and sound …

All characters shine, move and sound ...

Let your mind dream and wander freely through the labyrinths of consciousness, allow yourself to become a child again, who still lives in each of us!

Let your mind dream and wander freely through the labyrinths of consciousness, allow yourself to become a child again, who still lives in each of us!

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

The Museum of Machine Dolls

Information and opening hours:

The museum is open year round. High season: every day and holidays. Low season: it is necessary to warn about the visit by phone.

Free up to 4 years.

Adult: 6 €.

Child (4 to 12 years old): 4 €.

Groups: every day by appointment.

Groups from 10 people, adult ticket: 5 €.

Excursion (1 hour-1 hour 30 minutes).

In summer, a small bar is open for visitors.

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates)

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates)

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates)

The Museum of Machine Dolls (le musée des Automates)

How to get there

30 min from Carcassonne: D118

1 h 20 min from Toulouse: A61 (paid), D63, D21, D623, D118

1 hour from Narbonne: A61 (paid), D118

2 hours 30 minutes from Andorra: CG2, N22, N20, D613, D117, D118

Photos: Alex Monroe

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