Musée historique de Haguenau
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Established | 1900 |
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Location | 9 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 67500 Haguenau, France |
Coordinates | 48°48′46″N 7°47′29″E / 48.81278°N 7.79139°E |
Type | History museum Archaeological museum Art museum |
Public transit access | Bus Ritmo Line 1, stop Marché aux Grains[1] |
Website | www.ville-haguenau.fr/musee-historique |
The Musée historique (Historical museum) is one of the three museums of Haguenau, France. It was established in 1900 and inaugurated in 1905, when Haguenau was a German town and part of Alsace-Lorraine. In spite of its name, it is as much an art museum as a museum dedicated to History.
The museum was founded by the mayor, Xavier Nessel, who was also a keen amateur archaeologist. The building was initially designed to house the municipal collections, the municipal archive and the municipal library.[2] It was built by the architects Joseph Müller (1863–??) and Richard Kuder (1852–1912)[3] who also designed the Strassburger Sängerhaus.
Apart from artefacts relating to the history of the town, including its Jewish community, the museum owns a rich collection of archaeological finds from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Gallo-Roman period. It also displays a number of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque artworks from religious and secular buildings from the town and its surroundings; in many cases, those buildings themselves (such as Frederick Barbarossa's castle in Haguenau) have long disappeared. The museum also owns a collection of Strasbourg faience by the Hannong Family and a collection of modern art, including Art Nouveau glassware (among which the Henninger collection – 81 works by Gallé, Lalique, Daum, etc. and a cabinet by Majorelle – donated in 2014 and then worth €357,600 (equivalent to $460,245 in 2023)[4]) and paintings.[5][6]
The ethnographic and folk art collections relating to Alsace were moved to the Musée alsacien nearby in 1972.
Gallery
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The building
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Inside the museum
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Prehistoric funerary objects
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Jupiter Taranis, 2nd-century
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Stele with three Goddesses, 3rd-century
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Saint John (Evangelist), 15th-century
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Christ and Apostles, 15th-century
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Bust of a man, early 16th-century
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Porcelain by Joseph Hannong, 18th-century
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Art Nouveau curio cabinet, early 20th-century
References
[edit]- ^ "MH - Informations pratiques". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "MH - Le bâtiment". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Historical Museum". Structurae. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "COLLECTION HENNINGER : acceptation d'une donation d'œuvres d'art" (PDF). actes.haguenau.fr. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "MH - Les collections". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Musée Historique". Musées d'Alsace. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
External links
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- Website of the Musée historique