Museum and Heritage


from 0 to 20 km of Eguisheim
• Hohlandsbourg Castle Syndicat Mixte d’Aménagement du Château du Hohlandsbourg 68920 Wettolsheim Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 30 10 20 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 30 10 21 chateau-hohlandsbourg@wanadoo.fr www.chateau-hohlandsbourg.com • Unterlinden Museum in Colmar 1 rue d’Unterlinden Tel: + 00 (0)3 89 20 15 58 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 41 26 22 www.musee-unterlinden.com info@musee-unterlinden.com The museum is housed in a former Dominican convent founded in 1232. Important collections of Rhenish sculptures and paintings of the end of the middle Ages and the Renaissance. Prestigious altar-piece painted between 1512 and 1516 by Grünewald. Archeological, modern art, Alsatian popular art and decorative arts collections… • Natural History and Ethnography Museum in Colmar 11, rue Turenne Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 23 84 15 - Fax : +33 (0)3 89 41 29 62 shnecolmar@orange.fr www.museumcolmar.org Regional and general wildlife and geology, an ethnography hall, an Egyptian hall, a coptic fabrics hall. • Museum of toys and little trains in Colmar 40, rue Vauban Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 41 93 10 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 24 55 26 www.museejouet.com museejouet@calixo.net Special price for families. This museum is a fairy environment in which you could discover a unique collection, diversified and animated. An exceptional dolls collection and a wonderful trains network along more than 1000 meters, animated show-cases, would charmed the lovers and the collector, young or old. • Bartholdi Museum in Colmar 30, rue des Marchands Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 41 90 60 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 23 50 77 www.musee-bartholdi.com musees@ville-colmar.com Closed in January and February Birthplace of sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the Statue of Liberty and the Lion of Belfort. Numerous scale models, studies, drawings, paintings, photographs… Furniture and personal souvenirs of the sculptor. • Alsatian Vineyard and Wine Museum in Kientzheim Château de la Confrérie Saint-Etienne 16 Grand’rue Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 78 21 36 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 47 34 74 museevignoble@yahoo.fr www.musee-du-vignoble-alsace.fr In the well-know castle of Kientzheim, seat of the Confrérie Saint-Etienne, this museum introduces the history of vine-growing and viticultural techniques : wine presses, reconstruction of a wine cellar, tools of wine growers, coopers and glass-makers… • Albert Schweitzer Museum in Kaysersberg 126, rue du Général de Gaulle Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 47 36 55 www.schweitzer.org Souvenir room that remembers the creation in 1913 of the Lambaréné hospital, in Gabon by the Doctor Alberts Schweitzer. Nobel Price of the Peace in 1952. • Historical Museum in Kaysersberg 64, rue du Général de Gaulle Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 78 11 11 - Fax : +33 (0)3 89 78 11 12 Located on the 1st floor of a patrician residence built in 1521. Collection of religious works of art from the 14^th to the 18^th c. (statue of the Virgin that can be opened dating from 1380, Christ of the Palm Leaves of the 15^th c….) Local handicrafts and history. • Albert Schweitzer Museum in Gunsbach (Munster Valley) 8, rue de Munster Tel/Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 77 31 42 www.schweitzer.org Albert Schweitzer has ordered this house in 1928 with the Goethe price of the Frankfurt city. He lived here during each of his stay in Alsace. It is today a museum. Personal objects, letters, books… you would dive in the intimacy of this important man. • Dolder Museum in Riquewihr Rue du Général de Gaulle Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 73 23 29 www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com info@ribeauville-riquewihr.com Displayed on 4 floors of the old Dolder tower, built in 1291, is a fine collection of the 15^th and 16^th centuries, arms, coopers’ implements, wrought iron… Panoramic view over the rooftops of the old town. • Thieves’ Tower Museum in Riquewihr Rue des juifs Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 73 23 29 www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com info@ribeauville-riquewihr.com An authentic torture chamber is installed on the 1^st floor of the tower. On view are the estrapade, the stones which were attached to the criminal’s feet, the dungeon. At the end of this visit is the winegrower’s house with renovated kitchen, bedroom, storeroom and cellar. • Hansi Museum in Riquewihr 16, rue du Général de Gaulle Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 47 97 00 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 49 01 20 lemuseehansi@aol.com Hansi : a famous Alsatian artist and illustrator. 150 works by Jean-Jacques waltz (1873-1951), called Hansi, are to be seen in a very fine and complete collection exhibited thematically in six rooms (lithographs, etchings, watercolours, post-cards…) • Museum for Communication in Alsace in Riquewihr Château Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 47 93 80 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 47 84 71 www.shpta.com musee@shpta.com Open from Easter to the All Saint’s Day and during the Christmas Markets except the Tuesdays. Unique collection of mail-coaches from the 18^th until the 20^th century. Pleasant museum summing up 2000 years of postal and communications in Alsace. • Wine Museum in Ribeauvillé Cave Vinicole de Ribeauvillé 2, route de Colmar Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 73 20 35 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 73 31 21 www.vins-ribeauville.com veronique.spitz@cave-ribeauville.com The private museum details the wine making process from the growing of the grapes to the bottling of the wine. Approximately 200 exhibits of tools and machinery cover an area of 200 square metres in the cellar of the Cave vinicole. • Municipal Museum of Ribeauvillé 2, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 73 20 00 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 73 37 18 www.ribeauville.net The treasure of the Lords Ribeaupierre. In the Town Hall, the beautiful Red Room and the Silver Goblets recall with magnificence the lordly past. • Witches’House in Bergheim 5, place de l’Eglise Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 73 18 64 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 73 31 98 Permanent exhibition about the trials of suspected witches in Bergheim in the 16^th and 17^th centuries: historical context, archives, theme-based displays about the trials. These displays relate the history of people’s attitude (at a given period of time) and examine intolerance in society. • Wood Trade and Heritage Centre in Labaroche 395A La Place Tel/fax: + 33 (0)3 89 78 94 18 www.musee-bois-labaroche.com Situated on the “Route du Bois” (Wood Road), it is a unique site housing a wide range of objects and many old pieces of machinery still operating. Wonderful wood toys collection. Educational area for pupils. • Memorial Museum of the fights of the Pocket of Colmar – Winter 44/45 - in Turckheim 25, rue du Conseil Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 80 86 66 http://musee.turckheim-alsace.com Open from the 15^th April to the 15^th October Housed in an 18^th century vaulted cellar, this museum recounts the two months of hell endured by the villages on the outskirts of Colmar. The people involved and technological equipment from the period serve to illustrate the events of this historic period. • La Maison du Fromage in Gunsbach (Munster Valley) 23 route de Munster Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 77 90 00 info@mdf-munster.fr www.maisondufromage-munster.com Discover a cheese, a valley and a culture !
From 20 to 40 km of Eguisheim
• Vauban Museum in Neuf-Brisach 7, place de la Porte de Belfort Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 72 03 93 or +33 (0)3 89 72 56 66 The Vauban Museum is a real information source concerning the history of Neuf-Brisach. A model of the town (relief map) with sound and light display in French and German. Drawings, illustrations, maps, books, pictures… • Museum of fruit brandies in Lapoutroie 85, rue du Général Dufieux Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 47 50 26 – Fax: + 00 (0)3 89 47 22 24 www.musee-eaux-de-vie.com rene.de.miscault@wanadoo.fr Unique collection of old liqueurs, nicest collection in the world. Presentation of the process of fruit brandies’ and liqueurs’ making. Collection of bottle labels…and among other the René Miscault to taste on spot. • Museum of popular art and traditions of the " Welche " area in Fréland 2, rue de la Rochette Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 71 90 52 Architecture, ancient life-style, furniture, presentation of crafts of the past, bread oven, flax oven, water-wheel. Testimony of the ancient way of life in this area that have traditions more like in the Vosges mountain than in Alsace. • Haut-Kœnigsbourg Castle 67600 Orschwiller Tel: + 33 (0)3 69 33 25 00 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 69 33 25 01 haut-koenigsbourg@cg67.fr www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr Open all around the year except the 1^st January, 1^st May and the 25^th December. Built in the 12^th century, the castle bore witness to eight centuries of European conflicts and rivalries between feudal lords, kings and emperors. Today renovated, it offers an extraordinary look at what a medieval mountain fortress was like. Towering at almost 800 metres, the castle boasts an exceptional panoramic view. From the Grand Bastion, you shall see the Alsace Plain, the Vosges, the Black Forest and on a clear day, the Alps. • Ecomusée (Alsace open air museum) in Ungersheim Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 74 44 54 - Fax : +33 (0)3 89 74 44 65 www.ecomusee-alsace.fr ecomusee-alsace@ecomusee-alsace.fr Most important open-air museum in France gathering 70 old traditional buildings, farms, historical shows and animations, a former potash mine, Clair de Mine. Restaurants, meeting rooms, seminary… • Historical Museum in Mulhouse Place de la Réunion Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 33 78 17 www.musees.mulhouse.com Open every day except the Tuesday and the bank-holidays. Free entrance The historical museum is one of the oldest and richest of the area. It offers a voyage through the history of Southern Alsace and the ancient independent republic of Mulhouse. The numerous objects, the interior reconstitutions and the costumes witness to the activity and the social organisation of the inhabitants from the 16^th to the 19^th century. • Museum of Fine Arts in Mulhouse 4, Place Guillaume Tell Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 33 78 11 www.musees.mulhouse.com Open every day except the Tuesday and the bank-holidays. Free entrance Exclusively dedicated to the paintings, this museum offers a panorama from the art history in Europe from the end of the Middle Age until the 20^th century. Usually on the 2^nd floor are temporary exhibitions, mainly from modern art. • National Automobile Museum – Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse 192 avenue de Colmar Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 33 23 23 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 32 08 09 message@collection-schlumpf.com www.collection-schlumpf.com Open every day except the 25^th December The largest and most important automobile museum world-wide, with close to 400 exceptional automobiles along 25000m2. Giant screens, simulators, games… • Cité du Train, French railway museum of Mulhouse 2, rue Alfred de Glehn Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 42 83 33 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 42 41 82 message@citedutrain.com www.citedutrain.com Open every day except the 25^th December Fully renovated, this museum invites you in the exciting history of train. With a new 6000 m² train trail, made as a cinema stage, the visitors discover one of Europe’s finest collections. • EDF Electropolis Museum – The adventure of electricity in Mulhouse 55, rue du Pâturage Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 32 48 50 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 32 82 47 reservations@electropolis.tm.fr www.edf.electropolis.mulhouse.museum Open from Tuesday to Sunday except the bank-holidays. In this museum, visitors are invited to take part in experiments as performed in the 18^th century and observe strange phenomena, to make your hair stand on head. New exhibitions areas with shows, collections of extraordinary objects, domestic appliances and special effects to demonstrate the magical electricity which revolutionised everyday life in the 20^thcentury. • Printed Textile Museum in Mulhouse 14, rue Jean-Jacques Henner Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 46 83 00 - Fax : + 33 (0)3 89 46 30 10 accueil@musee-impression.com www.musee-impression.com Open every day except the Monday and the 1^st January, 1^st May and 25^th December. Permanent galleries provide insight into the history and technical evolution of textile printing. Machinery dyes and tools all tell the story of the craft. • Wallpaper museum La Commanderie, 28 rue Zuber B.P. 41 68171 RIXHEIM Cedex Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 64 24 56 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 54 33 06 musee.papier.peint@wanadoo.fr www.museepapierpeint.org This museum is the only one in the world to have such extensive collections in this field. It is housed in a former Commandery of the Knights of the Teutonic Order, built in 1740 and used for the manufacture of wallpaper from 1797 onwards. New exhibitions are held each year through 130.000 documents telling the history of wallpaper. • Humanist Library in Séléstat 1, rue de la Bibliothèque Tel: + 33 (0)3 88 58 07 20 – Fax: + 33 (0)3 88 82 80 64 bibliotheque@ville-selestat.fr www.bh-selestat.fr Oldest public library in Alsace, founded in 1452. It is constitute of two libraries from the 15^th and beginning 16th century. It is one of the most prestigious libraries in Europe with its 450 ancient volumes. • Alsatian Bread Museum in Sélestat Rue du Sel Tel: + 33 (0)3 88 58 45 90 - Fax: + 33 (0)3 88 58 45 95 www.maisondupain.org contact@maisondupain.org It sets out to explain to visitors of all ages the history and culture of bread and bread-making, through regular exhibitions, tasting sessions, bread making demonstrations and work-shops, conferences… • Gallo-Romain site Museum in Biesheim La Capitole – Place de la Mairie Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 72 01 58 - Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 72 01 67 mgr@ville-biesheim.fr The site museum displays the results of excavations of one of the main inhabited areas of the upper Rhine Plain. The often remarkable objects tell us about military and commercial activities, funerary rites, religion and daily life. • Optical instrumentation museum in Biesheim Le Capitole – Place de la Mairie Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 72 01 59 - Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 72 14 49 Unique collection of more than 400 objects and instruments describing the evolution of optical techniques over the last three centuries covering diverse areas. Numerous audio-visual props. • The Regency Museum in Ensisheim La Régence – Place de l’Eglise Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 26 49 54 www.ville-ensisheim.fr musee@ville-ensisheim.fr This museum regroups three parts: history, archaeology and the miners’ work in the Alsatian potash mines. Presentation of former miners’ tolls. Meteorite fallen in 1492, numerous prehistoric remains. • The " Hardt " Museum and Schoelcher House in Fessenheim Corner streets de la Libération and de la 1^ère Armée Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 48 60 99 Display of the work of Victor Schoelcher who fight against slavery; history of the Hardt and of Marc Shoelcher, famous porcelain-maker in Paris in the beginning of the 19^th century and born in Fessenheim. • Theodore Deck and Florival Land Museum in Guebwiller 1, rue du 4 février Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 74 22 89 www.ville-guebwiller.fr/musee-deck/ musee-deck@wanadoo.fr Collection of works by the ceramist Theodore Deck (19^th century), the biggest collection in the world. Other collections illustrating the historical past of the town: religion, arts, wine-growing, handcrafts and industry. • Winegrower’s Museum in Soultz-Wuenheim Cave Vinicole du Vieil Armand 1, route de Cernay Tel: 03 89 76 73 75 - Fax: 03 89 76 70 75 www.cavevieilarmand.com caveau@cavevieilarmand.com Showroom gathering together the whole range of equipment used in days gone by, in the vines as well as in the cellars (wooden framed ploughs, wine press, ancient wooden containers…) The visit of the museum carries on outside along a path bordered with a variety of Alsatian vines. • The Toy Museum in Soultz 12, rue Jean Jaurès Tel / Fax: + 33 (0)3 89 74 30 92 lanefdesjouets@wanadoo.fr Joëlle and Jean-Richard Haeusser’s toys collection: dolls, figurines, cars, trains, board games, building sets, scientific and technical…
From 40 to 60 km from Eguisheim
• Wesserling Park – Textile Museum Rue du Parc 68470 Husseren-Wesserling Tel: + 33 (0)3 89 38 28 08 - Fax : +33 (0)3 89 82 68 32 info@parc-wesserling.fr www.parc-wesserling.fr Four sumptuous gardens, textile museum, mountain agriculture centre, the old royal Wesserling factory is a unique site in Alsace. In summer, the gardens host the amazing “Festival des Jardins Metissés” (mixed garden festival). The museum devotes large areas to textile arts and fashion. Animals used to produce textile fibre are on view at the farm. The site is classified as a historical monument. • Gingerbread and Sweets Museum in Gertwiller (near Obernai) 110, Place de la Mairie Tel: + 33 (0)3 88 08 93 52 - Fax: + 33 (0)3 88 08 53 78 www.paindepices-lips.com Housed in an attic of the former tithe barn, are displayed some 11000 tools related to the production of bread, gingerbread, biscuit and chocolate and is also dedicated to popular Alsatian art and rural life in the past. • The Palace of Gingerbread in Gertwiller (near Obernai) 144, route de Strasbourg Tel: +33 (0)3 88 08 05 26 - Fax: +33 (0)3 88 08 55 41 www.lepalaisdupaindepices.com info@palaisdupaindepices.com Fortwenger has been making gingerbread according to traditional mathods in Alsace since 1768. During your visit of the Palace of Gingerbread, you will be able to admire the skill of the professionals at Fortwenger. • The Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder Rue du Hochberg Tel: +33 (0)3 88 89 08 14 - Fax: +33 (0)3 88 03 42 75 www.musee-lalique.com info@musee-lalique.com An exceptional site, to explore a body of work and remarkable know-how. In Wingen-sur-Moder, the village where René Lalique set up his factory in 19221, the museum presents an exhibition of exceptional collections of his work: drawings, jewellery and works in glass and crystal.