The Musée historique de Mulhouse is a municipal

history museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

and archaeology museum in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Mìlhüsa'' ; , meaning "Mill (grinding), mill house") is a France, French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the Fran ...

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

Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps, developing later than the Italian Renaissance, and in most respects only beginning in the last years of the 15th century. It took different forms in the vari ...

building dating mainly from 1552, which is protected as a

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 collection of buildings, ...

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

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

. 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

learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...

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 hanaps of

corporation A corporation or body corporate is an individual or a group of people, such as an association or company, that has been authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as ...

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

Buildings and structures in Mulhouse History of Mulhouse {{France-museum-stub