The Grimaldi Forum Monaco has opened pre-sale ticketing and released a teaser video for Monaco and the Automobile, from 1893 to the Present Day, the most ambitious automotive exhibition ever staged in the Principality.
Discounted tickets are available now ahead of the exhibition’s opening on 1st July, with the teaser offering a first look at a show six years in the making — originally planned for summer 2020 before the pandemic forced its postponement. The exhibition runs until 6th September in the Espace Ravel.
What visitors can expect
Spread across 4,000 square metres, the exhibition brings together around 50 landmark vehicles, including more than 20 cars that have claimed victory at the Monaco Grand Prix or the Rallye Monte-Carlo. Alongside the racing machinery, visitors will find vehicles from the Princely Family’s personal collection, concours d’élégance entries, and previously unseen archive material from the Automobile Club de Monaco, which has opened its records to the Grimaldi Forum for the occasion.
Curator Rodolphe Rapetti — the specialist behind The Art of the Automobile — Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection, which drew more than 150,000 visitors to Paris in 2011 — has designed the exhibition to present the automobile as both sporting machine and work of art, with interactive and immersive elements throughout.
Tickets and practicalities
Pre-sale tickets are available at grimaldiforum.com until 30th June. Tickets are valid for any day during the run with no timed entry restriction — visitors may arrive from 10am at any time. Entry is free for under-18s, with complimentary tickets issued at the door. The venue will close exceptionally on Saturday 22nd August.
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Photo source: B.R.M. P-578 – 1962 – Courtesy of Revs Institute, Naples, Florida © Peter Harholdt / Revs Institute – Entry in the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix – Driver: Graham Hill