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Museum of Popular Arts and traditions of Marmoutier

Practical info

Type of location: Museum

Museum of Popular Arts and traditions of Marmoutier

6, rue du général Leclerc, 67440 Marmoutier

+33 (0)3 88 02 36 30

http://www.museedemarmoutier.fr/

Historical description

Marmoutier

This small town lying in the shadow of an old abbey once had a very active community. You can still see the birthplaces of its two famous Jewish sons: the painter  , who was born here in 1843 and died in Algiers in 1918 and whose work bore witness to Alsace’s ... Read more