Musée du pays de Hanau

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1933 by an association under the name Musée de Bouxwiller. It first occupied the town hall, with Gauthier Thieling as its first curator. Under Alfred Matt, curator until 1995, it built up a major collection of popular arts and traditions.

In 1994 the commune joined the shared conservation scheme of the Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park and hired a professional curator. The project then widened to cover the whole territory, beyond popular arts. The museum received the Musée de France label and became municipal. After two years of works, the renovated museum reopened on June 29, 2013.

It occupies two buildings protected as historic monuments on the place du Château. The chapel of the former castle, dating from the 14th century, housed the tombs of the lords of Lichtenberg; looted in the 16th century during the Peasants' War, it was later used as an archive store, a prison and housing. The grain hall, dating from the 16th century, leans against the medieval town wall.

The collections include historical, archaeological and technical objects, paintings and a large collection of popular arts and traditions. The route covers rural and bourgeois life in the 19th century, the history of Bouxwiller and the former County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and the nature of the Bastberg.

Hoogtepunten

• 14th-century castle chapel and 16th-century grain hall
• History of Bouxwiller and the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
• Rural and bourgeois daily life in the 19th century
• Nature of the Bastberg
• Restored 18th-century polychrome sleigh

Vaste collectie

• Collections permanentes – The route covers rural and bourgeois life in the 19th century, the history of Bouxwiller and the former County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, the nature of the Bastberg, and objects from the Hesse-Darmstadt period in the former castle chapel.

Opgericht

1933

Beheerder

Ville de Bouxwiller

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 7.449

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free admission for primary schools and all schools in the Communauté de communes Hanau – La Petite Pierre, for day-care groups and the EHPAD in Bouxwiller, for teachers, accompanying adults and coach drivers, for members of the Association des Amis du musée and the Tôt ou T'Art association, and for holders of the Museums-Pass, Pass'Alsace, Pro-tourisme card, press card, ICOM card, Ministry of Culture card and tour guide card. The Passeport gourmand entitles the holder to one admission per passport. Payment by bank card, cheque, transfer, administrative order (mandat administratif) or cash.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility, with a lift and benches along the route. A reserved space is about 40 m from the main entrance. Braille and large-print booklets and illuminated magnifiers are available at reception. For groups, a tactile and sensory tour with a “touch kit” (kit à toucher: objects, raised-line drawings, a model of the former castle) can be arranged. Two documents in easy-read language and a visit preparation guide are available. Sensory tours, workshops and storytelling sessions are offered all year.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

Games, hands-on activities, films and sound points make the visit playful. The museum also organises children's birthday parties and visits for school groups from preschool to lycée.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is about 300 m from the bus stop, in the town centre near the town hall, about 40 minutes' drive from Strasbourg.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

A shop and a seed library (grainothèque) are available. A tourist information point of the Hanau – La Petite Pierre tourist office is in the entrance hall. The museum is air-conditioned.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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