Municipal Museum (Saverne)

The municipal museum of Saverne, a small town in the Bas-Rhin department of France, is the oldest museum in the historic Alsace region outside of Strasbourg and Colmar, having been founded in 1858. It is located in the former Rohan Castle since 1952.[1]

Municipal museum
Musée municipal
Entrance of the museum
Established1858
LocationSaverne, France
Collectionsarchaeology
sculpture
painting
folk art
history
ethnography
Websitewww.saverne.fr/sport-culture/offre-culturelle/musee-de-saverne/

The museum is divided into three sections. The archaeological department in the vaulted basement is dedicated to the Gallo-Roman and Imperial Roman past of the antique Tres Tabernæ and its surroundings.[2][3]
The art and history department on the second floor is dedicated to the history of the castle and of the town, to local and regional costumes and folk art, and to sculptures from churches and chapels of Saverne and its periphery.[4]
A third department is dedicated to the donation Louise Weiss. Apart from personal and historical documents, and furniture, the collections assembled and bequeathed by the author, journalist, feminist, and politician of Alsatian descent comprises works of folk art from Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Morocco, Russia, Sudan, and several other countries across the globe, as well as decorative arts, drawings, paintings by Western European artists such as Daum, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Kees van Dongen.[5] The Louise Weiss section of the museum was created in 1983 and is presented in its current form since 1996.[6]

  • A view of the archaeological section
  • A view of the archaeological section
  • Stele of Catullinus in the archaeological section
  • Christian statuary in the art and history section
  • Fragments from the castle and other buildings in the art and history section
  • 18th-century Chinese shoe for bound foot in the Louise Weiss section

References
  1. "Musée de Saverne". Musées Grand Est. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Musée Archéologique de Saverne". visit.alsace. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Heilig, Marc (2004). "Le Musée Archéologique de Saverne". Archéographe. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Saverne". visit.alsace. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. "Le musée - Les collections". louise-weiss.org. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. "Musée Louise Weiss". Avesta. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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