Museums in the East

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
68000 Colmar

The Colmar Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, founded in 1859, houses various scientific and ethnographic collections in a historic building in the city centre, labeled Musée de France since 2003.

Musée de la guerre 14-18
51700 Dormans

The Marne Memorial in Dormans (Great East) is a early 20th-century neogothic chapel commemorating the two battles of 1914 and 1918, with ossuary and cloister overlooking the valley.

Musée du vin de Champagne
51190 Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

The Musée de la Vigne et du Vin du Mesnil-sur-Oger, located in the village of Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Great East, is a place dedicated to local wine history and Champagne wine culture.

Musée de l'industrie
68000 Colmar

The Museum of Municipal Mills of Colmar, located in the East, traces the municipal industrial history (water, gas, electricity, transportation) in a building of 1884, former pumping station of Neuland.

Musée d'Archéologie et d'Antiquité
52200 Langres

The Langres Museum of Art and History, founded in 1841 in an old church in the Old Town, houses archaeological, artistic and historical collections, reflecting two millennia of local history. Located in Langres in the Great East, it combines medieval heritage and contemporary architecture.

Musée de l'horlogerie et de la lunette
67000 Strasbourg

The astronomical clock of Strasbourg, Renaissance masterpiece located in Notre Dame Cathedral, combines mechanics, astronomy and art. Ranked a historical monument in 1987, it is fascinated by its automatons and its unique ecclesiastical comput.

Musée du vin de Champagne
51190 Oger

The Musée des Traditions, de l'Amour et du Champagne d'Oger, located in the Great East, is an area dedicated to the local and wine heritage of the region.

Planétarium
51100 Reims

The Reims Planetarium, located in the Far East, is a scientific culture establishment dedicated to astronomy, inaugurated in 1980 and rebuilt in 2013 in a modern elliptical building.