ADT - Tourisme en Alsace

Optical instruments museum

« Le Capitole »
Place de la Mairie
68600 BIESHEIM

Tel : 03 89 72 01 59
Fax : 03 89 72 14 49

Presented in a fairytale setting, more than 450 objects describe the evolution of optics over the past three hundred years, in fields as different as astronomy, the navy, topography, microscopy, lasers and holography.
Unique in France, the museum also refers to the regional technical heritage, recalling that Alsatian mechanical engineers and scientists (Jeker, Kalt, Thomas, Silbermann, Alfred Kastler – Nobel Prize for physics), have contributed to the development of optics and precision mechanics.
The museum was also rewarded by the Alsace Foundation in 1993.

• Basement exhibition area accessible by lift
• Adapted public sanitary installations at 20 m

Musée Animé du Jouet et des Petits Trains (Animated Toy and Little Train museum)

40 Rue Vauban
68000 COLMAR

Tel : 03 89 41 93 10
Fax : 03 89 24 55 26

Website : www.museejouet.com
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More than 2 000 old toys, automata, dolls, cars, aircraft and many others, provide a permanent show, souvenir of technology and the art of toy making in former times.
The marvelous animation of toys and characters irresistibly draws visitors into the magic of our childhood stories.

• Upper floors accessible by lift
• Adapted public sanitary installations at 500 m

Unterlinden Museum

1 Rue d'Unterlinden
68000 COLMAR

Tel : 03 89 41 89 23
Fax : 03 89 41 26 22

Website : www.musee-unterlinden.com
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Installed in an old Dominican convent founded in 1252, this museum houses a large collection of sculptures and Rhenish paintings from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, archeology, popular art and modern art collections.
The central work of art in the museum is the Issenheim altar piece, an impressive polyptic sculpted by Nicolas de Haguenau around 1510 and painted by Mathias Grünewald from 1512 to 1516. This assembly is considered to be a major part of the world's Art history. The gothic cloister, constructed from 1280 to 1289, is said to be the most complete in Alsace. This museum has a rich cultural identity. .

• Adapted signs s
• Educational department offering adapted tours and practical workshops.

Musée du textile de Haute-Alsace -Parc de Wesserling (Upper Alsace textile museum)

Rue du Parc
68470 HUSSEREN-WESSERLING

Tél : 03 89 38 28 08
Fax : 03 89 82 68 32

Website : www.parc-wesserling.fr
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Four sumptuous gardens, a textile museum, a mountain farming unit, the ex-royal manufactory of Wesserling forms a unique site in Alsace.
In summer, the gardens host the amazing "mixed gardens festival". All year round, the museum presents the extraordinary history of printed textile manufacture at Wesserling and gives a major area over to textile art and fashion. Animals used to product textile fibres can be seen at the farm.

• Educational workshops can be adapted for visually/mentally handicapped people.
• Upper floors accessible by lift.
• Museum adapted for people suffering from motor handicap (exhibition rooms, lifts, sanitary installations). Museum carpark on a slope.

Espace des métiers du bois et du patrimoine (Wood trades and heritage centre)

395 A la Place
68910 LABAROCHE

Tel : 03 89 78 94 18
Fax : 03 89 49 82 67

Website : www.musee-bois-labaroche.com
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The museum is organized on four levels:
In the basement and on the ground floor you will find all the industrial part and its annexes used for the transmission of energy produced by the steam machine, as well as carpentry and clog-making workshops. Some of the machines are running.
The mezzanine takes you back to your childood and you can admire the wonderful collection of wooden toys
On the 2nd floor are all the old trades with their tools for you to see. An educational corner for children tells them all about the life of trees. A magnificent park (picnic, strolls) and a children's play area are at your disposal.

• Upper floors accessible by lift.
• The tools can be touched.

Musée des Beaux Arts (Fine Arts Museum)

4 Place Guillaume Tell
68100 MULHOUSE

Tel : 03 89 33 78 11
Fax: 03 89 33 78 08

Founded in 1864 by the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, the museum displays exceptional collections, the largest of which is devoted to Jean-Jacques HENNER and the greatest Alsatian artists.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts / Villa Steinbach also houses an art library and on the 2nd floor a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art.

• Upper floors accessible by lift.
• A wheelchair is available at the entrance.
• Low reception counter
• The personnel's adapted sanitary installations can be used

EDF Electropolis Museum

55 Rue du Pâturage
BP 2463
68057 MULHOUSE CEDEX

Tel : 03 89 32 48 50
Fax : 03 89 32 82 47

Website : www.electropolis.tm.fr
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Over 4000 m² of exhibition space, the museum displays the history of the great adventure of electricity. It starts in ancient times, moves forward through the centuries with many experiments, discoveries, theories and inventions… to today, where everything is electric.
The resolutely contemporary architectural setting sets the tone. Here, you are not only a spectator but are invited to experience electricity in all its form.
Take part in experiments such as those performed in the 18th century and observe phenomena which make your hair stand on end!
Plunge into the spectacularly presented, extraordinary history of the great steam machine of 1901. You will be astonished or amused by the thousand original or familiar objects which illustrate the evolution of society and comfort.

• Upper floors accessible by lift.
• Guided tours available in sign language (by reservation)
• Tours adapted for the visually handicapped (by reservation)

Musée de l'Impression sur Etoffes (Textile Printing Museum)

14 Rue Jean Jacques Henner
68100 MULHOUSE

Tel : 03 89 46 83 00
Fax : 03 89 46 83 10

Website : www.musee-impression.com
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In 1833, the fabric converters within the Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, decided to preserve their own creations and those collected from all over the world, to create a textile library for printed textile designers. Today, the museum has the biggest collection in the world, with a small part of its 6 million samples and 50 000 textile documents on display in a temporary exhibition. From Indian fabrics to the most contemporary creations, a permanent route will show you the technical and decorative evolution of printed patterns in Europe from the 18th century to the present day.

• Areas accessible by lift