The Musée historique de Mulhouse is a municipal

history museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these i ...

and

archaeology museum An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological Types Many archaeology museum are in the open air, such as the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Roman Forum. Others display artifacts inside buildings, such as Na ...

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

, France. It is housed since 1969 in Mulhouse's Old Town Hall, a

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building dating mainly from 1552, which is protected as a

Monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

since 1929. The interiors of the Old Town Hall with their intact original decoration are an integral part of the museum. The museum's medieval sculptures are on display in the neighbouring Museum of Fine Arts, such as a ''Saint George Slaying the Dragon'' from 1490, originally from

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. That work, as well as many others, is on permanent loan to the municipal collections of Mulhouse by the '' Société industrielle de Mulhouse (SIM)'', a

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established in 1826 by local industrialists such as Dollfus, Koechlin, and Schlumberger which had begun collecting artworks in 1831.

Gallery

Hôtel de ville de Mulhouse Escalier et entrée du musée historique.jpg, Entrance of the museum Mulhouse Altes Rathaus 6.JPG, Lateral view of the Old Town Hall Hôtel de ville, passage voûté - Mulhouse 68.JPG, Passageway between the Old Town Hall and the annex Musée histoire Mulhouse 164.jpg, Renaissance assembly room Mulhouse, Musée historique 04.jpg, Statue of the "Wild Man" (17th century) Musée histoire Mulhouse 089.jpg, Coats of arms, cups and

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s of

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s Musée histoire Mulhouse 149.jpg, Archaeology section Musée histoire Mulhouse 162.jpg, Archaeology section

References

External links

Official websiteMusée Historique de Mulhouse (68)
on ''Musées Grand Est'' Museums established in 1874

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