Museums

Located in Altkirch and close to Switzerland (Basel) and Germany (Friborg), CRAC Alsace is a contemporary art center dedicated to research and creation which, through the design of exhibitions, editions and specific mediation actions, endeavors to support artistic production by promoting meetings between the public, artists and works.

COMMON VISITS TO EXHIBITIONS

The public service offers tours throughout the year accompanied by exhibitions.
Every Saturday and Sunday at 15 p.m., mediations are organized.

Mediators accompany you in the exhibition and give you keys to reading the works on display.

Guided tours of the exhibitions are also offered throughout the week by appointment.

A prestigious internationally recognized museum, the Cité de l'Automobile presents some 430 exceptional vehicles, including 150 Bugatti. During your visit, take advantage of the animations, videos, simulators, playgrounds or even the experience of driving vintage cars ... a must!

Take part in the great adventure of textile manufacturers by entering the history and techniques of printing on fabrics from the XNUMXth century to the present day. Flowers, Indian, cashmere with shimmering colors mix with more contemporary textile creations in dyeing, printing or patchwork. Discover the extraordinary richness of the most important collection in the world through constantly renewed temporary exhibitions.

Due to the epidemic of Coronavirus, the museum of lovers and Sundgauvien heritage is closed until further notice.

This museum, the smallest in the world and specialist in the postcard, preserves a collection of more than 20.000 postcards in a thousand binders from the surrounding villages, some of which date back over a hundred years. Come and discover local customs, religious festivals, work in the fields, trades ... as well as the history of the postcard.

Come and discover the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts. Born from a triple ambition: to give an overview of the history of art, promote French painting and support local artists. This museum will allow you to dive into rich and harmonious works. From Brueghel to Henner via Courbet: love this charming museum housed at Villa Steinbach which stands out for its charm and elegance.

About fifteen kms or about 1/4 hour by car from Saint-Louis. The Three Countries Museum, subsidized by the European INTERREG program, is the only museum in Europe dedicated to three countries: it is indeed interested in the region of the Three Borders, between the German Black Forest, the French Vosges and the Swiss Jura. The exhibition of the Three Countries, an essential experience! In French and German, the permanent exhibition of the Three Countries offers visitors an overview of the region formed by Baden, Alsace and Northwestern Switzerland. What common features connect the inhabitants of the Upper Rhine region with each other? What process led to the tripartition of this region? What are the implications of borders for politics, the economy and everyday life? In rooms accessible to all, numerous interactive stations as well as audio stations allow all generations to be entertained during the visit. A large collection and major exhibitions! Each year, the Musée des Trois Pays presents several temporary exhibitions devoted to a wide variety of themes: history, current affairs, regional culture or local art. They are based on the museum's collection, which contains around 50 pieces. A database allows online information on the various funds.

The Museum can be visited by reservation only on 03 89 68 68 18 or ecrite@musee-sapeur-pompier-alsace.fr

One of the largest firefighter museums in France.

It takes over, completes, modernizes and above all presents in its own premises the prestigious collection which has constituted until now the museum of the firefighter of Mulhouse and which was presented within the framework of the museum of the Railway in Mulhouse from 1978 to 2003.
Two halls (1100 and 1200 m2), shop windows, an audio-visual room, a shop, a library ... Vehicles on wheels, around a hundred items of equipment (clothing, clothing, unusual objects ...), a central complete telephone, public fire alarms ...

The museum tells the story of an exciting adventure, that of electricity. It begins in Antiquity, crosses the centuries with many experiences, discoveries, theories and inventions ... until today when everything is electric! Take part in experiments as they were practiced in the XNUMXth century and observe strange phenomena, making your hair stand on end! Let yourself be seduced by the new multimedia show of "the big machine", flagship of Mulhouse industrial history. In the new space “An electric future”, enter a new era to discover the links between electricity, climate and the new lifestyles of the XNUMXst century. Especially for children: games, experiments, videos to understand how a battery, a bulb, a motor work, to find out what happens when the current flows ...