The historical museum of the city of Strasbourg is a museum dedicated to the history of the city. It is located at no. 2 rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Poissons, on the banks of the Ill, between the Place de la Cathédrale and the Place du Corbeau.
3 pl de la Grande Boucherie
Tel. 03 88 52 50 00
Open: Tue- Sun
Closed: Jan 1, Good Fri, May 1, Nov 1 & 11, Dec 25
Official site
Founded in 1920, the museum occupies the building of the former Great
Butchery of Strasbourg (built in 1586-1588), classified as a historical
monument.
On June 30, 2007, after twenty years of closure for
works, the museum reopened its doors under the direction of Monique
Fuchs to present a first slice of the history of Strasbourg, ranging
from the first traces of civilization to the year 1800; the second
section opened on 16 November 20132, it corresponds to the first floor
of the building and covers the Napoleonic period up to the present day.
At the end of 2013, the reopening was therefore complete and all the
rooms of the museum were open to the public.
The museum presents the political, economic and social history of
Strasbourg, through a set of military objects, clothing, paintings,
drawings, sculptures and a whole collection of objects ranging from the
Middle Ages to the 18th century. More recent collections should be
presented after the end of the second phase of the work.
Only
1,650 of the 200,000 objects in the museum's possession are presented,
including a remarkable piece: a relief map dating from 1727. This is a
representation of the city and its immediate surroundings in the form of
a model, at the 1/600th scale, on an area of nearly 80 m2.
Access
Line 10 of the Strasbourg urban bus, Corbeau stop.
Lines A and D of
the Strasbourg tramway, Porte de l'Hôpital stop.