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in the

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district of

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. The cars were the personal collection of

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(1923–2005), and assembled over a thirty-year period. The collection contains almost one hundred

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s made in Europe and the United States. Notable cars in the collection include the Bugatti Type 35 driven by

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that won the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix in 1929, and

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, which he drove to victory in the

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. 38 cars from the collection were put up for auction in 2012 due to Prince Albert II's desire to re-organise and expand the collection.https://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/07/prince-albert-of-monaco-to-auction-38-cars-from-private-collection.html The cars are displayed over five levels in a specially constructed space in the Terrasses de Fontvieille, and the museum is open daily from 10am to 6pm, excluding Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

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