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Tellure, at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the Haut-Rhin, stands on a mining site with a rich past. It combines museum spaces, recreated scenes, an optical theatre, 3D images and visits to genuine silver mines preserved in their natural setting.
Various special effects accompany the displays, bringing to life the history of the site and the working day of a 16th-century miner.
The Memorial Museum displays French and German objects found on site: weapons, ammunition, relics and personal belongings.
At Gunsbach, near the Albert Schweitzer house, the African art museum displays more than five hundred objects brought back from Gabon.
Housed in a former Dominican convent founded in 1252, the Unterlinden museum presents a prestigious collection of sculptures and paintings from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Three exhibition floors house Georges Trincot's exceptional toy collection, acquired by the town of Colmar.
A living open-air museum: the largest ecomuseum in France has become a worldwide reference for preserving, presenting and bringing heritage to life.
The Cité de l'automobile – National Museum – Schlumpf Collection in Mulhouse is the largest car museum in the world, with 500 vehicles including 464 cars from 98 makes, among them Fritz Schlumpf's famous collection, tracing the history of the European automobile from 1878 to the present day.