Musée historique de Haguenau

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| established = 1900

| location = 9 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 67500 Haguenau, France

| type = History museum
Archaeological museum
Art museum

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The Musée historique (Historical museum) is one of the three museums of Haguenau, France. It was established in 1900 and inaugurated in 1905, when Haguenau was a German town and part of Alsace-Lorraine. In spite of its name, it is as much an art museum as a museum dedicated to History.

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.{{cite web|title=MH - Le bâtiment|url=http://www.ville-haguenau.fr/le-musee|publisher=Ville de Haguenau|accessdate=19 March 2017}} It was built by the architects Joseph Müller (1863–??) and {{illm|Richard Kuder|de|Richard Kuder}} (1852–1912){{cite web|title=Historical Museum|url=https://structurae.net/structures/historical-museum|publisher=Structurae|accessdate=19 March 2017}} 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 ({{Inflation|US|357600|2014|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}){{cite web |title=COLLECTION HENNINGER : acceptation d'une donation d'œuvres d'art |url=https://actes.haguenau.fr/vdh/files/unzip//seance_84329/25_d1440591724808.pdf |publisher=actes.haguenau.fr |access-date=9 August 2024}}) and paintings.{{cite web|title=MH - Les collections|url=http://www.ville-haguenau.fr/mh-collections|publisher=Ville de Haguenau|accessdate=19 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Musée Historique|url=http://www.musees-alsace.org/les-musees/musee/?ref=269000016_musee-historique|publisher=Musées d'Alsace|accessdate=20 March 2017}}

The ethnographic and folk art collections relating to Alsace were moved to the Musée alsacien nearby in 1972.

Gallery

Haguenau MuséeHist 10.JPG|The building

Le hall du musée historique de Haguenau (35413658673).jpg|Inside the museum

Haguenau Musée sépulture mobilier 1.JPG|Prehistoric funerary objects

Jupiter-Taranis-Seltz (3).jpg|Jupiter Taranis, 2nd-century

Stèle aux trois divinités féminines-Bachhoffen.jpg|Stele with three Goddesses, 3rd-century

Saint Jean l'Evangéliste attribué à Lux Kotter.jpg|Saint John (Evangelist), 15th-century

Haguenau Musée historique décembre 2016 (07).jpg|Christ and Apostles, 15th-century

Haguenau Musée historique décembre 2016 (02).jpg|Bust of a man, early 16th-century

Joseph Hannong-Saucière en faïence.jpg|Porcelain by Joseph Hannong, 18th-century

Musée historique de Haguenau-Art nouveau.jpg|Art Nouveau curio cabinet, early 20th-century

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