The postcard-perfect Loire Valley in France is sprinkled with soaring castles and chateaux built by long defunct monarchies. So, it’s appropriate that the nearby Matra Museum, devoted to a car that is no longer built, occupies a former factory for Beaulieu cameras, a renowned French manufacturer of Super 8 and 16-mm handheld cameras that are no longer produced.
The 70-vehicle museum (located a two-hour drive south of Paris) occupies two floors. The main floor is set aside for Matra’s racing and street legal cars; many of the latter were built for Renault and wouldn’t look out of place in a suburban mall parking lot. Downstairs, visitors can view a wide array of quirky
