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MUSEE ALSACIEN, Strasbourg. Picture By shinji_w from Tokyo.

Top 10 Remarkable Facts about Musee Alsacien

The Mus茅e Alsacien (Alsatian museum) is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France.

It opened on 11 May 1907 and is dedicated to all aspects of (mostly rural) daily life in pre-industrial and early industrial Alsace.

The museum contains over 5000 exhibits and is notable for the reconstruction of the interiors of several traditional houses.

It also features a rich collection of artifacts documenting the everyday life of Alsatian Jews. Another smaller, Mus茅e Alsacien exists in the city of Haguenau, 30 kilometers north of Strasbourg.

Let us look at some of the Remarkable Facts;

1. The Museum also has a rich collection of artifacts from the Alsatian Jewish community

Ancient objects are stored in Alsacien. Picture By Claude Truong-Ngoc.

Strasbourg鈥檚 Mus茅e Alsacien (Alsatian Museum) provides a glimpse into daily life in pre-industrial Alsace, a region of eastern France that borders Switzerland and Germany and is now the Bas-Rhin and Haute-Rhin departments.

The Museum holds over 50,000 objects that are spread across three 16^th and 17^th century timber-framed residences and displayed in reconstructed interiors.

Exhibitions highlight domestic and religious life; toys and recreation; the Alsatian viticultural and cheesemaking traditions; and popular images. The Museum also has a rich collection of artifacts from the Alsatian Jewish community.

2. There are over 5,000 exhibits in the museum

Different exhibits in Alsacien. Picture By Claude Truong-Ngoc.

The museum is presented in several Renaissance timber-framed houses. The houses are reconstructed but are appointed well and provide an extraordinary insight into the lives of the medieval city’s inhabitants.

Beyond the homes and their furnishings, you’ll enjoy displays dedicated to clothing, paintings, and decoration.

You’ll learn about the religions that locals have practiced, including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism.

3. Alsacien has an excellent museum for children 

More toys in the children’s department. Strasbourg, France. By Christina from Victoria.

This is an excellent museum for children, with many displays that connect with viewers to share everyday Alsacien life. There are everyday objects that kids will identify with, like toys, kitchen tools, and clothes.

Many people wish they had more time to spend at this museum, so plan a few more minutes than you usually would for a museum of this size.

Don’t miss the audio guide that is included with admission–it’s a great help in understanding the exhibits.

4. They also host art and craft workshops for people

In the carpentry shop. Strasbourg, France. By Christina from Victoria, Canada.

Furniture, tools, costumes, children’s toys, and more are all on display here at this museum. They also host art and craft workshops for people to experience and learn more about the traditional culture.

Most of the items and collections here at the museum date back to the 18th-19th century, which seemed to be the flourishing time for culture in the region.

The museum has a number of rooms to display its proud past, like the Alcove of the Stube or the Peasant Room, and the Dinette the Stube among others.

5. The burgundy facade is of great architectural interest

The burgundy facade is of great architectural interest. The arms and the seal of the city, the coat of arms of the Empire, and the coats of arms of patricians and notables of the city are symbolized on the facade.

Manufactured in 1904 by the firm H枚rz and remaining in the city’s historical museum until 1958, the astronomical clock is a replica of that of  Ulms  Town Hall made in the 16th century by Isaac Hambrecht.

The clock has an astrolabe and a planetary, which reproduces the movements of the stars and stars around the sun; the dial has a diameter of 2.76 meters.

6. The founders wanted to set a sign of cultural independence

Characterized by numerous folkloric peculiarities, The founders of the museum wanted to set a sign of cultural independence in the time of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine, which was administered like a semi-colony by Berlin and was also characterized by Germanization tendencies. The collections were intended to help the locals to reassure themselves of their regional identity.

7. The Museum is a Tourist attraction site

The Alsatian Museum is a museum of art and folk tradition, offering museum visitors a charming tour of Strasbourg’s old houses linked together via staircases and wooden passageways.

Roughly a thousand objects are on exhibit, attesting to rural Alsatian life from the 18th – 19th centuries.

Reconstructed interiors characteristic of Alsace’s various 鈥渞egions鈥� (agricultural plain, wine country, mountains of the Vosges) and craftsmen’s workshops are displayed throughout the museum.

8. The museum is an act of defiance

Its purpose was to preserve the city鈥檚 authentic identity in the face of forced Germanisation. Once in 1917, it seemed like this 鈥楧en Francophile鈥� was in danger of being shut down but an intervention by the town municipality saved it.

If that sounds severe, don鈥檛 worry; these guys preserved the Alsatian spirit too, making for a rather friendly and charming tour through this oddity.

As such, it鈥檚 a rather strange attraction 鈥� three regular houses linked by a maze of corridors and staircases.

Its five thousand exhibits would be pretty standard items if it weren鈥檛 for their historical significance (they鈥檙e all from the 14th to 19th centuries).

9. Alsacien is the legacy of the former powers of the Imperial city

A former chancellery dating from the 15th century, this is the most obvious legacy of the former powers of the Imperial city. This is where the archives and treasures of the town were securely stored.

The Alsace Museum houses lots of useful and decorative objects which illustrate 19th-century life in the Alsace. One room is reserved for different regional costumes.

There is also a reconstruction of a potter鈥檚 workshop, alongside a traditional interior with a kitchen and a 鈥淪tub鈥� (chamber) equipped with an alcove.

The astronomical clock is a copy of one built for Ulm (Germany) in 1581 by Isaac Hambrecht of Switzerland.

10. The Museum collection is spread over two floors

The collections are spread over two floors, in addition to the ground floor, which is mainly devoted to reception. It has Alsatian costumes worn from the 17th century, paintings under glass, religious or popular images, cabinets, regional furniture, and ceramics as well as the reconstruction of a traditional interior.

Opening hours

MONDAY

12:00 – 18:00

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

12:00 – 18:00

THURSDAY

12:00 – 18:00

FRIDAY

12:00 – 18:00

SATURDAY

10:00 – 18:00

SUNDAY

10:00 – 18:00

Admission

Adults; 6 EUR