Strasbourg

Strasbourg and Alsace offer you an impressive range of possibilities for cultural, sports, or leisure activities.

• Numerous theaters, one of which (the TNS) is the only national theater outside of Paris
• The prestigious Palais de la musique et des congrès : music dominates the cultural scene in Strasbourg !
• The Opéra du Rhin
• Plenty of museums
• Numerous sports for all levels (swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses, ski resorts in the Vosges Mountains, horse-riding centers, skating rink, stadiums and gyms, etc..).
• Lots of movie theaters
• Classic libraries and libraries with multi-media collections and facilities.

Website: http://www.alliance-francaise-strasbourg.fr/templates/home-1-en.html

To see in Strasbourg:

• Musée Alsacien: This museum of popular art is housed in old Strasbourg houses dating from the 17th century. The museum contains articles related to traditional Alsatian life: painted furniture, popular ceramics, toys, clothing, religious and secular images, and reconstitutions of typical domestic rooms from various parts of the region.

• Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain: Built in 1998 on the banks of the Ill based on plans by the architect Adrien Fainsilber, this majestic building of glass and pink granite offers an extensive panorama of modern and contemporary art that includes works of the great European artists. The collection is displayed chronologically from 1870 to the present.

  This museum displays a permanent collection of 'modern' (pre-WWII) art representing all the major movements (including impressionism, symbolism, Fauvism, cubism, Dadaism and surrealism) and hosts temporary exhibits of contemporary works. Of particular interest are the rooms devoted to Hans Arp (1887-1966), a native son who was a member of the Constructivist group before taking up surrealism.

• Palais Rohan: The former palace of the bishops of Strasbourg was built between 1731 and 1742 but today, the complex houses three museums. The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is largely devoted to Alsatian crafts, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has a rich collection of Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish and Dutch painting, and then there's the Musée Archéologique to top it all off.

  On the first floor, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has a rich collection of Europenan paintings dating from the 14th century to 1870. One can view works by Giotto, Lorrain, Watteau, Courbet, Botticelli, Raphael, Rubens, Canaletto and Corot.

  In the same building, the Musée Archéologique is one of the best known in France because of the wealth of its collections. There are exhibits of regional archaeology as well as an outstanding collection of Roman pieces.
  

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