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=== Museums and theme parks === Toulouse has many museums, the most important of which are: * ''[[Musée des Augustins]]'' is the fine arts museum of Toulouse, it is located in the former [[Augustinian convent (Toulouse)|Augustinian convent]]. * [[Hôtel d'Assézat#Bemberg Foundation|Bemberg Foundation]], housed in the [[Hôtel d'Assézat]], presents to the public one of the major private collections of art in Europe. * ''[[Musée Saint-Raymond]]'' is the archeological museum of Toulouse, located in a former college of the university it presents the ancient history of Toulouse and a very rich collection of Roman sculptures from the imperial [[Roman villa of Chiragan]]. * ''Musée Paul Dupuy'' is the museum of Decorative Arts and Graphic Arts, including a very rich collection of clocks and watches. * ''[[Georges Labit Museum|Musée Georges Labit]]'' is dedicated to artifacts from the Far-Eastern and Ancient Egyptian civilizations. * ''[[Muséum de Toulouse]]'' is one of the most important natural history museums in France, housed in the former convent of the Discalced Carmelites. * ''[[Les Abattoirs]]'' is the museum of modern and contemporary art of the city, opened in a former municipal slaughterhouse. <gallery mode="packed" heights=130 caption="Museums"> File:Augustins_-_Gargouilles_de_l'ancienne_église_des_Cordeliers.jpg|''[[Musée des Augustins]]'' File:Augustins - Vierge à l'Enfant dite Notre-Dame de Grasse RA 788.jpg|''[[Nostre Dame de Grasse]]'' at ''[[Musée des Augustins]]'' File:Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Hercule à la cour d'Omphale - Lucas Cranach l'Ancien - 1537 Inv.1098.jpg|Painting of Lucas Cranach the Elder at Bemberg Foundation File:Toulouse - St Raymond.jpg|''[[Musée Saint-Raymond]]'' File:Musée Georges Labit.jpg|''[[Georges Labit Museum]]'' File:Grand carré MHNT.jpg|''[[Muséum de Toulouse]]'' File:Les abattoirs - Musée d'art moderne de Toulouse.jpg|''[[Les Abattoirs]]'' File:Toulouse - Abattoirs - Picasso.jpg|Picasso at ''[[Les Abattoirs]]'' </gallery> Toulouse also has several theme parks, notably highlighting its aeronautical and space heritage: * ''[[Cité de l'espace]]'' is a scientific discovery centre focused on spaceflight. * ''[[Aeroscopia]]'' is an aeronautical theme park located near [[Toulouse–Blagnac Airport]], dedicated to the preservation of aeronautical historical heritage (it hosts for example two [[Concorde]] airliners). * ''[[L'Envol des pionniers]]'' is a museum that traces the great adventure of l'[[Aéropostale (aviation)|Aéropostale]], a pioneering airmail company based in Toulouse which operated between France and South America from 1918 to 1933, and employed legendary pilots such as [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], [[Jean Mermoz]] or [[Henri Guillaumet]]... * ''[[Halle de La Machine]]'' is a vast hall that houses numerous small or giant animated machines, often inspired by the world of aeronautics, human or technological epics. <gallery mode="packed" heights=130 caption="Theme parks"> File:Ariane 5 at Cite de l'Espace 1.jpg|''[[Cité de l'espace]]'' File:France Occitanie 31 Toulouse 04.jpg|''Cité de l'espace'' File:Tarmac Nord Aeroscopia.jpg|''[[Aeroscopia]]'' File:Replica Salmson 2 A.2 at Envol des pionniers.jpg|Replica [[Salmson 2|Salmson 2 A.2]] at ''[[L'Envol des pionniers]]'' File:Piste des Géants et halle de la Machine.jpg|''[[Halle de La Machine]]'' File:Minotaure 2.jpg|The giant Minotaur of the ''Halle de La Machine'' </gallery>
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