The Musée de la Chartreuse (" Charterhouse museum") is the municipal museum of

Molsheim Molsheim (; ) is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

department 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, 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 , "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open Arcade (architecture), arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle (architecture), quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cat ...

, 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, Lutheran, Anglican and Orthodox Christian monasteries, as well ...

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 university, universities listed here. Some of these universities are in t ...

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

Bugatti Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a German then French automotive industry, manufacturer of high performance vehicle, high-performance automobiles. The company was founded in 1909 in the then-German Empire, German city of Molsheim, Alsace, by the ...

Foundation" (''Fondation Bugatti''), and displays designs, cars, and personal objects from the estate of Ettore Bugatti, as well as works by Carlo, and Rembrandt Bugatti.

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

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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 Christian monasteries in France Automobile museums in France