What to do and see in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est: The Best History Museums

This museum explores the historic culture of Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace through exhibits of clothing and other household artifacts.

An art museum with a sampling of regional work completed between the 11th and 17th centuries.

Discover a host of Renaissance treasures in a museum in the heart of Alsace! Explore the secrets of some truly exceptional books... The Bibliothèque Humaniste takes visitors on a fascinating journey, from medieval manuscripts to rare printed works 15th and 16th century, in a magnificent architectural setting created by Rudy Ricciotti. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious humanist Beatus Rhenanus and marvel at his personal library, a treasure which features on the UNESCO Memory of the World register.

For more than half a century, the fortresses of the Maginot Line have been part of the Northern Vosges landscape. Built between 1930 and 1935, the Four-a-Chaux fortress in Lembach is one of the major buildings of this defensive line situated about ten kilometres (6 miles) from the German border so as to protect France during the Second World War. The fort’s location, south of the village of Lembach in a limestone hill, is what makes the fort so special. This large mountain installation that was manned by 580 troops has about 5 kilometres (3 miles) of up to 30-metre (100-foot) deep underground galleries. It stretches over a 26-hectare (75-acre) area and is equipped with an incline that is unique in Alsace. It has been open to visitors since 1983 and guided tours allow you to discover all of this huge fortress’s wartime installations and to perfectly understand how it operated.

This Memorial - Museum and annex, is intended to remind the coming generations, without passion and hatred, that French people suffered and died on the site for Peace and Liberty.