Musée Historique De Haguenau
The museum was founded by the mayor, Xavier Nessel, who was also a keen amateur archaeologist. The building was initially designed to house the municipal collections, the municipal archive and the municipal library. It was built by the architects Joseph Müller (1863–??) and Richard Kuder (1852–1912) who also designed the Strassburger Sängerhaus.
Apart from artefacts relating to the history of the town, including its Jewish community, the museum owns a rich collection of archaeological finds from the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Gallo-Roman period. It also displays a number of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque artworks from religious and secular buildings from the town and its surroundings; in many cases, those buildings themselves (such as Frederick Barbarossa's castle in Haguenau) have long disappeared. The museum also owns a collection of Strasbourg faience by the Hannong Family and a collection of modern art, including Art Nouveau glassware (among which the Henninger collection – 81 works by Gallé, Lalique, Daum, etc. and a cabinet by Majorelle – donated in 2014 and then worth €357,600 (equivalent to $460,245 in 2023)) and paintings.
The ethnographic and folk art collections relating to Alsace were moved to the Musée alsacien nearby in 1972.
Gallery
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The building
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Inside the museum
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Prehistoric funerary objects
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Jupiter Taranis, 2nd-century
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Stele with three Goddesses, 3rd-century
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Saint John (Evangelist), 15th-century
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Christ and Apostles, 15th-century
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Bust of a man, early 16th-century
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Porcelain by Joseph Hannong, 18th-century
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Art Nouveau curio cabinet, early 20th-century
References
- ^ "MH - Informations pratiques". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "MH - Le bâtiment". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Historical Museum". Structurae. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "COLLECTION HENNINGER : acceptation d'une donation d'œuvres d'art" (PDF). actes.haguenau.fr. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "MH - Les collections". Ville de Haguenau. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Musée Historique". Musées d'Alsace. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
External links
- Website of the Musée historique