Fontaine Roesselmann

Places to see in ( Colmar - France ) Musee Bartholdi

Places to see in ( Colmar - France ) Musee Bartholdi

The Musée Bartholdi is a museum dedicated to French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and is situated at 30 rue des Marchands in Colmar, at the artist's birthplace. The museum has the Musée de France label. In 2011, the building is labeled Maisons des Illustres by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. In the courtyard there is a statue named Statue des grands soutiens du monde. Two doors of the 17th century were registered as a monument historique on 18 June 1926. In 2012, the museum numbered over 16,000 visitors.

Among many other, works by Bartholdi that can be seen in the museum include:

preparatory models for monuments created by the sculptor in the city, namely the statue of General Rapp, the Roesselmann fountain, the Hirn monument, the Schwendi fountain, the statue of Martin Schongauer, the statue of Admiral Bruat, the statue of the small grower and the statue of Alsacian Cooper;
preparatory models for the Lion of Belfort;
the Martyr moderne symbolizing the ultimate patriotic uprising by Poland against the Russian tsars (allegory of the myth of Prometheus);
a preparatory model of an ear for the Statue of Liberty;
a preparatory model of a horse's head for the Fontaine Bartholdi;
a collection of objects referring to the presence of a Jewish community in Alsace that has been well established for centuries.

The house where Auguste Bartholdi (1834 - 1904) was born at the heart of the old town of Colmar, houses a Museum dedicated to this emblematic artist. In the rooms spread over 3 stories, models of his monuments from several towns are on display. A special place is reserved for the original models of Bartholdi's masterpieces, the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Lion of Belfort.

You can also visit the living quarters with the family's furniture and the artist's personal memorabilia, not forgetting the room with a beautiful collection of Jewish art and another reserved for temporary exhibitions.

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