Archaeological Museum

The Musée archéologique of Strasbourg, France is the largest of the numerous Alsacian museums displaying regional archeological findings from Prehistory to the Merovingian dynasty. It is located in the basement of the Palais Rohan. The museum goes back to the legacy of the historian Johann Daniel Schöpflin, who bequeathed his collection to the city of Strasbourg. The Société pour la conservation des monuments historiques d’Alsace, founded in 1855, expanded and publicly displayed the municipal collections, of which a large number was however destroyed in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. During the reconstruction of the city and its museums, the musée archéologique moved to the premises that are still currently its own. In the 20th century, longtime directors Robert Forrer and Jean-Jacques Hatt worked on the systematic study of the Alsatian ground and the substantial enlargement of the collection. Between 1988 and 1992, the musée was thoroughly renovated. Its collections continue to grow steadily due to the numerous excavations made in and around Strasbourg since the beginning of the construction of the new Tramway network.

Located in: Palais Rohan
A 2-min walk from the Strasbourg Cathedral
Address: Palais Rohan, 2 Place du Château, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Opened: 1992
Hours: Opens ⋅ 10AM
Phone: +33 3 68 98 50 00