Unterlinden Museum

Colmar, France

The Unterlinden Museum is located in Colmar, in the Alsace region of France. The museum, housed in a 13th-century Dominican religious sisters' convent and a 1906 former public baths building, is home to the Isenheim Altarpiece by the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald and features a large collection of local and international artworks and manufactured artifacts from prehistorical to contemporary times. It is a Musée de France. With roughly 200,000 visitors per year, the museum is the most visited in Alsace.

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Founded: 1853
Category: Museums in France

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karen hopkinson (14 months ago)
Its bigger than expected with 2 parts.....one art and one history. You need a good few hours to see it all.
Caterina Ligabue (15 months ago)
Nicely organized, well-kept and especially interesting museum. I would recommend to consider at least 1h30 for the visit and if you include the audio guide (2€) even more. The audio guide is very well-made and clear, although it doesn’t cover very well the most modern parts.
John Forsyth (16 months ago)
Top notch museum. We'll worth the time to tour it. Art was dramatic.
daisy AknCrdz (18 months ago)
Beautiful and huge building. We visited it for 2,5 hours but it felt we could have stayed for two more. You can go out for lunch and come back to keep enjoying every piece. Audio guides available in different languages.
陳燕妮Hugie (2 years ago)
Love the museum! The museum is huge, divided into three parts of building. Inside there are collections of arts and objects from 1200s to modern arts. Loved the architecture of the museum too. Make sure to plan more time to visit here if you want to see all the collections since the museum is SUPER big.
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