Overview

• The museum installed the machine in the Populaire ? exhibition, opening to visitors on 9 October with free entry that day.
• The device was reconstructed from stored components by Mucem staff after years in pieces without an assembly manual.
• The blade has been blocked at Robert Badinter’s request, keeping the object nonfunctional.
• The display will remain for at least six months and is paired with public programming, including a free conference on 13 October.
• The artifact, around four meters tall and about 800 kilograms, has been shown only rarely before, including veiled at the Musée d’Orsay in 2010.