Tourist attractions Mulhouse

This fabulous collection of 400 vintage cars, some of which are incredibly rare or unique, was assembled by Fritz Schlumpf – the story of which can be viewed here. The museum highlights over one hundred years of automobile history, from the “ancestor..

The superb collection at the French Railway Museum retraces the “Golden Age of Rail” (1844-1960) via displays that recall aspects such as holiday travel, the lives of railwaymen etc. Don’t miss the carriage decorated by Viollet-le-Duc for the aides d..

The building dates from 1552 and is built in Rhone Renaissance style. Three of the walls are decorated with fine paintings and allegories. On the right side of the building hangs a grimacing stone mask, a copy of the Klapperstein, weighing 12 to 13kg..

Occupying the city hall, this museum explains the history of Mulhouse and its surrounding area over the past 6 000 years. A walkway provides access to the Grenier d'Abondance (Grain Store) where an impressive collection of toys is on display. The g..

This attractive wildlife and botanical park is home to over 1 200 animals. Its aim is to preserve and breed rare or endangered species and to develop scientific knowledge about them, including gibbons, Madagascar lemurs, Siberian tigers and Prince Al..

Since 1980, some 70 traditional old houses have been patiently taken down and meticulously rebuilt here to form an open-air museum of Alsace. Grouped together by rural area, they provide an insight into the region's traditions in the 19C and 20C. All..

Its late Middle Ages Gothic architecture is admirable. The spire, with its stone lacework, is one of the highest in Alsace. The west façade has a splendid 15m-high doorway while the flamboyant north doorway is enhanced by attractive 15C statues. The ..

The museum is particularly devoted to paintings of the 17 and 18C. (Brueghel the Younger, Teniers, Ruysdel and Boucher) and a number of Alsatian masters with a folk influence. There are canvases by Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905), landscapes and st..

The museum traces back the history of fabric printing in Alsace and elsewhere in the world: there are displays of French fabrics (Jouy, Nantes, Alsace, etc.), English fabrics, printed handkerchiefs and fabrics from Asia. It shows how fabric printing ..

This exhibition begins with a large-scale illuminated model with an audio commentary tracing the importance of electricity in the modern world and highlighting its main modes of production. This is followed by interactive displays outlining the histo..

These panoramic wallpapers created from 1797 onwards in the factory set up by Jean Zuber were enormously successful. They were even exported to North America. The subject was the countryside in fresh colours depicting idealised views of Switzerland, ..

Engelbourg castle, which was built by the Counts of Ferrette, belonged to the Habsburgs and from 1648 to the King of France. Louis XIV ordered the destruction of the fortress in 1673. These strange yet magnificent ruins stand on a rocky outcrop with ..

Collections relating to archaeology, folklore, religious art and history of the Florival area. But it is the works of Théodore Deck (1823-1891) which will catch your eye. This Guebwiller ceramicist, a director of the Sèvres Manufactory, rediscovered ..

This church demands one's attention through its majestic proportions. The neoclassical façade of red sandstone is decorated with statues representing the theological and cardinal virtues. Inside, the masterly elevation boasts a thoroughly Roman pomp...

The west façade, framed by two high towers, contains a porch surmounted by arcatures and bays. Like the nave, transept and aisles, it dates from the 12 and 13C. Notice the ladders suspended from the vault of the right-hand aisle: is there some work i..

Neo-Gothic in style, the Protestant church has kept the magnificent 14C stained-glass windows of St Stephen's church, demolished in 1858. They are undoubtedly the finest in Alsace.

On the corner of rue des Boulangers stands a chemist's shop with a definite knack for looking after its customers: it has been open since 1649!

This is where the city's largest corporation used to gather. Not far away in rue Henriette the «winegrowers» stove stands in a 16C house.

Several printed cloth factories were located in this street. This one was opened in 1763 in a 16C building. The contemporary painter, Fabio Rieti has painted a mural here representing the history of Mulhouse.

Around this square where three streets meet are magnificent arcades, inspired by those of the rue de Rivoli in Paris. In 1827, the Société industrielle de Mulhouse building was erected here to house the Chamber of Commerce and Stock Exchange.