In France  just 45 minutes from Paris   

A monumental sculpture, 22 metres high,  created in association with  15 internationally renowned artists.  

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A strange apparition awaits the visitor in the midst of this forest: a massive twenty-two-metre high construction by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, made of three hundred tons of metal. It rises like a totem in the form of a huge cyclopean head sparkling with mirrors and traversed with stairways, footbridges and mezzanines that enable the visitor to explore this enchanting world. On the outside, a giant ear, a moving eye inlaid like a diamond in the middle of the forehead, and a fountain gushing out of the mouth and running down the tongue like a waterslide. On the inside, a riveting clutter of riotous machines with gears made from scrap metal spinning, colliding, and clattering. 
Le Cyclop is a "museum" of Tinguely's mechanical universe and a monument of contemporary art.