Galerie of the Machines de l'Île
A team of mad builders have set up their workshop in this warehouse : a performance area where each individual machine puts on a mini-show.
Jules Verne himself would have imagined a 12m high elephant going for a stroll along his hometown’s quaysides! Board this strange beast and see all the machines in the hangars of the former shipyards. An imposing 8m heron carries passengers and flies. Vegetation rubs up against mechanical plants and animals from the tree top canopy. You could be invited to take control of animals and admire the flight of the heron. Sketches of the machine in use as well as covering the whole creative design process are on display in this Gallery-Laboratory. Since 2014 the Giant Ant has been scurrying across the gallery. The four passengers it carries can control its legs, head and mandibles.
Sanitary measures : 200 visitors maximum, using hydroalcoolic gel and wearing a mask is obligatory (from 11 years old).
OPENING TIMES
PRICE
For Pass Nantes card holders : free access to the Machines Gallery OR the Carrousel. Ride on the Great Elephant not included in the Pass Nantes.
Free
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CONTACT
ACCESSIBILITY
Stroller park on the spot (bring a baby carrier if possible)
RESTORATION
SHOP
Located under the prototype Branch of the Arbre aux Hérons, the gift shop offers a wide range of unique and original items, drawings and books, inspired by Les Machines de l’île.
Contact : 02 51 17 48 87