The Musée de la Chartreuse ("

Charterhouse Charterhouse may refer to: * Charterhouse (monastery), of the Carthusian religious order Charterhouse may also refer to: Places * The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery * Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey London ...

museum") is the municipal museum of

Molsheim Molsheim () is a commune and a subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

, a small town in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of France. Founded in 1946 by Henri Gerlinger (1899–1959), it is located since 1985 in the former

Carthusian monastery This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also ...

, which had been active from 1598 until its disbandment during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, in 1792. With a surface of , the charterhouse used to be a genuine city within the city. The remaining buildings still cover a vast area. The museum includes the great

cloister A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against a ...

, several reconstructed

monastic cell A cell is a small room used by a hermit, monk, nun or anchorite to live and as a devotional space. Cells are often part of larger cenobitic monastic communities such as Catholic and Orthodox monasteries and Buddhist vihara, but may also form sta ...

s, and some 18th-century reception rooms, and is in part dedicated to the history of the premises. Other sections of the museum include local history (among which the

Jesuit college The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and universities listed here. Some of these universities are in the United Stat ...

), religious art, and regional folk art. A special section is administered by the "

Bugatti Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a German then French manufacturer of high-performance automobiles. The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the Italian-born industrial designer Ettore Bugatti. The cars w ...

Foundation" (''Fondation Bugatti''), and displays designs, cars, and personal objects from the estate of

Ettore Bugatti Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-born French automobile designer and manufacturer. He is remembered as the founder and proprietor of the automobile manufacturing company Automobiles E. Bugatti, wh ...

, as well as works by Carlo, and

Rembrandt Bugatti Rembrandt Bugatti (16 October 1884 – 8 January 1916) was an Italian sculptor, known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects. During World War I, he volunteered for paramedical work at a military hospital in Antwerp, an experie ...

Gallery

Chartreuse de Molsheim-Intérieur (7).jpg, A gallery of the great cloister Chartreuse de Molsheim-Intérieur (11).jpg, A monastic cell Chartreuse de Molsheim-Intérieur (5).jpg, Religious objects Chartreuse de Molsheim-Intérieur (2).jpg, A former 18th-century room Chartreuse de Molsheim-Intérieur (3).jpg, A former 18th-century room Fondation Bugatti-Molsheim.jpg, Bugatti automobiles in the Bugatti section

References

External links

Official presentation
(2018)

Office de Tourisme de Molsheim et de Mutzig {{DEFAULTSORT:Molsheim Musee Museums in Bas-Rhin 1946 establishments in France Museums established in 1946 Bugatti Local museums in France Former monasteries Automobile museums in France