It was in 1982 that Pierre Peugeot, who was at that time the President of the Supervisory Board of the PSA Peugeot-Citröen group, created the Peugeot Adventure Association. The purpose of this association is to collect and organise the heritage of a family and a firm.

In 1984 the foundations were laid out for what would become the future Museum. A Museum that allows the know-how of hundreds of thousands of workers to be highlighted, workers who have worked and who continue to work for the brand whose symbol is the lion for two centuries.

The museum, in its original version, was inaugurated in July 1988. The exposition / reception areas were tripled in size in June 2000.

More than 1, 600, 000 visitors have discovered the museum since its opening