Historical museum of Mulhouse, History museum in Mulhouse, France
The Historical Museum occupies a former Renaissance town hall built in 1552 that displays impressive architecture from that period. Inside, the collections are organized into sections covering local archaeology, the city's development, and regional folk art.
The museum was founded in 1858 and opened to the public in 1874, with its collection growing from an initial 664 objects over the decades. The holdings document how Mulhouse changed and developed across many centuries.
The exhibits display carefully recreated living spaces from different periods, showing authentic regional costumes, period furniture, and everyday household objects from the area. Walking through these rooms reveals how families in the region lived and what mattered to them in their daily lives.
The museum is open every day except Tuesdays and public holidays, from 13:00 to 18:30, and entry is free. You go in through the ground-floor door of the former town hall on Place de la Réunion. Some ceremonies, such as weddings and council meetings, still take place in the first-floor Salle du Conseil.
The museum's medieval sculptures, such as a Saint George Slaying the Dragon from 1490 originally from Tyrol, are displayed in the neighbouring Museum of Fine Arts. They are on permanent loan from the Société industrielle de Mulhouse, a learned society founded in 1826 that began collecting artworks in 1831.
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