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Musée alsacien (Haguenau)

Musée alsacien de Haguenau
Musée alsacien de Haguenau.jpg
Façade of the museum in February 2010
Established 1972
Location 1 Place Joseph Thierry, 67500 Haguenau, France
Coordinates 48°48′53″N 7°47′21″E / 48.81472°N 7.78917°E / 48.81472; 7.78917Coordinates: 48°48′53″N 7°47′21″E / 48.81472°N 7.78917°E / 48.81472; 7.78917
Type Ethnography
Folk art
Public transit access Bus Ritmo lines 1 and 2, stop Ancienne Douane
Website www.ville-haguenau.fr/musee-alsacien

The Museé alsacien (Alsatian museum) is one of the three museums of Haguenau, France. Like its older and much larger counterpart in Strasbourg, it is dedicated to local, mostly rural customs, furniture, and folk art.

The museum was established in 1972 when the ethnographic collection of the Musée historique de Haguenau was separated from the rest of the collections in order to reorganise the existing space. It was moved into the former chancery (French: chancellerie), a late 15th-century building.

Upper part of the façade

Detail of the façade

Astronomical clock on the façade

Wax statuette of Infant Jesus (19th century)

Baptism wishes (1812)

Pottery from Soufflenheim

Fireplace fireback (1684) with coat of arms of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Reverse glass painting (18th century) of St Martin and the beggar

Mould for Springerle cookies

Embroided cap (early 19th century)


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