Musée historique de Haguenau

Musée historique de Haguenau
	Rear of the museum in March 2019
Established	1900
Location	9 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 67500 Haguenau, France
Coordinates	48°48′46″N 7°47′29″E
Type	History museum; Archaeological museum; Art museum
Public transit access	Bus Ritmo Line 1, stop Marché aux Grains
Website	www.ville-haguenau.fr/musee-historique

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.

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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.^[2] It was built by the architects Joseph Müller (1863–??) and Richard Kuder [de] (1852–1912)^[3] 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)^[4]) and paintings.^[5]^[6]