Musée alsacien, Folk life museum in Petite France district, Strasbourg, France
The Musée alsacien is an ethnographic museum in Haguenau that occupies connected historic buildings and displays regional objects along with reconstructed domestic interiors. The exhibition presents furniture, clothing, tools, and household items from different periods of Alsatian history.
The museum was founded in 1902 to preserve and highlight regional culture during a period under German rule. The collection documents a time when local identity held special importance and was deliberately recorded for future generations.
The collection shows objects from everyday life across different social groups and craft traditions that remain meaningful to the region today. The displayed items tell stories of customs and habits that shaped how people lived and worked for generations.
The building is centrally located and easily reached on foot, with separate entrances to different houses that allow independent exploration. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes since there are many stairs and changing levels between the connected structures.
The museum uses the natural structure of the old houses with their narrow corridors and unexpected passages, making navigation itself part of the visit. This layout creates an intimate experience where visitors discover rooms organically rather than following linear exhibition paths.
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