The Musée alsacien (
Alsatian museum) is a
museum
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in
Strasbourg in the
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
department of
France
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. It opened on 11 May 1907 and is dedicated to all aspects of (mostly rural) daily life in pre-industrial and early industrial Alsace. It contains over 5000 exhibits and is notable for the reconstruction of the interiors of several traditional houses.
It also features a rich collection of artifacts documenting the everyday life of
Alsatian Jews.
The museum is located in several Renaissance
timber framed
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
houses on the ''Quai Saint-Nicolas'', on the banks of the
Ill river.
[ In 1917 it was bought by the city of Strasbourg.
Another, smaller, Musée alsacien exists in the city of Haguenau, 30 kilometers north of Strasbourg.
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References
Bibliography
*''Le Musée Alsacien de Strasbourg'', Éditions des musées de la ville de Strasbourg 2006,
External links
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Gallery of Jewish artifacts from the museum's collection
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Jewish museums in France
Museums in Strasbourg
Alsatian Jews
FRAME Museums
Museums established in 1907
1907 establishments in France
Ethnographic museums in France
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