Strasbourg’s museums, from the Palais Rohan to Tomi Ungerer
In Strasbourg, several major museums stand a stone’s throw from the cathedral, so you can easily fit two into a day. Medieval art, painting, the city’s history, Tomi Ungerer’s drawings: here’s the line-up, with some picks for children.
Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame
Next to the cathedral, in the house of the institution that has looked after the building since the Middle Ages. You see the cathedral’s original statues up close, medieval and Renaissance art from the Upper Rhine, and a small Gothic garden. The perfect follow-up to a visit to the cathedral.
3 place du Château, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Strasbourg Art Week (13 to 15 November), Marché de la montagne et de l'artisanat (14 November to 2 January), Centenaire des travaux de restauration du pilier de la tour de la cathédrale (until 31 March)
Palais Rohan
The former residence of the prince-bishops houses three museums. On the first floor, the Musée des Beaux-Arts runs through European painting from Giotto to Courbet, with Memling, Botticelli, Raphael and Goya among others. In the basement, the archaeology museum covers everything from prehistory to the early Middle Ages.
2 place du Château, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Centenaire des travaux de restauration du pilier de la tour de la cathédrale (until 31 March), Marché de la montagne et de l'artisanat (14 November to 2 January), Bâtir · Préserver · Transmettre : Les 800 ans de la Fondation de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame (until 11 April)
Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain
On the banks of the Ill, a big, light-filled building devoted to art from 1870 to the present day: Gustave Doré, Monet, Kandinsky, Picasso and, of course, Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber, both linked to Strasbourg. The displays change regularly. On the way out, it’s a short walk to the Barrage Vauban and Petite France.
1 place Hans-Jean-Arp, 67000 Strasbourg
Musée historique
Nine centuries of Strasbourg history in the Grandes Boucheries, the old Renaissance butchers’ hall, with games and screens all the way round. The star piece is a huge relief model of the city commissioned by Louis XV. Children enjoy it as much as their parents do.
2 rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Poissons, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Brocante (13 November to 2 January), Expertise Lalique : faites estimer vos objets Lalique (Wednesday 18 Nov, 10 am to 6 pm), Marché des producteurs (14 November to 2 January)
Musée Tomi Ungerer
The hometown boy gave his city thousands of drawings, shown in rotation. Children’s books, satirical drawings, advertising posters: little ones meet the author of The Three Robbers, grown-ups a ferocious cartoonist. Some of the work is meant for adults.
2 avenue de la Marseillaise, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: A tire-d'aile. Anna Sommer en dialogue avec les collections (until 28 February)
Musée zoologique
The taxidermy collections of the City and the University, in a completely redesigned museum. The tour explains the diversity of life and how ecosystems work, with screens and hands-on displays. Allow an hour and a half.
29 boulevard de la Victoire, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Biodivercité. Les animaux de la ville (12 November to 31 December)
Le Vaisseau
The science centre for children aged 3 to 12. They build, handle and experiment: a building site, a garden, workshops and a play area for the very youngest. Parents often end up playing too.
1 bis rue Philippe-Dollinger, 67100 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Exposition temporaire LUNE - Le Vaisseau (until 6 January), Film 3D : Passesport pour la Lune (11 November to 20 December)
Aubette 1928
On Place Kléber, ballrooms and cinema rooms decorated entirely by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jean Arp and Theo van Doesburg. Bold colours and geometric shapes, every detail thought through from floor to ceiling. Entry is free and you’ll be done in twenty minutes.
31 place Kléber, 67000 Strasbourg
Coming up here: Marché aux livres (12 November to 2 January), BO, la boutique des métiers d'art (20 November to 24 December)
Updated 10 November 2026.