Railway technolgies museum

The equipment on display is representative of the mechanical and electromechanical technologies of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.

The arrival of the railroads in the Var in 1859 was accelerated by the need to transport men and materials to Toulon for the Franco-Piedmontese war against Austria, and it was the railroads that enabled the Var coast and the whole of the Côte d'Azur to rapidly become a world-renowned holiday resort.

By transforming simple fishing ports into seaside resorts and promoting the spread of local agricultural produce, the railroads became the main driving force behind the department's development. This activity required the creation of all the architecture inherent to railway activity: locomotive depots in Toulon, Carnoules, Les Arcs, La Seyne - marshalling yards in La Seyne and Carnoules, railway workers' housing estates...

Free guided tours by appointment.

Classification/labels

• Indoor
• Bad weather alternative
• Sciences and technology
• Transport

Adapted Tourism

• Not accessible in a wheelchair

Spoken languages

• French