Wallpaper Museum, Mulhouse is one of the most-visited museums in this northeastern French city. The Wallpaper Museum, Mulhouse is located at a residential area. The exact address of Wallpaper Museum is at 20 rue Zuber Rixheim, Mulhouse in France 68171. From the exhibited objects, it is clear that this Mulhouse museum deals with the wallpaper history. It gives an overview of the wallpaper history since the 18th century dominos.
This Mulhouse museum is placed in the house of ex- commander of the Knights. It displayed objects gives an overview of the manufacturing procedure of wallpaper since 1791. The museum is also popular for its exhibited block print panoramic wallpaper.
Here the visitors will come across a wide collection of machines, paper and historical materials. In this field the Zuber and Compagnie wallpaper factory has a great contribution. It has donated around 130,000 precious documents to the museum authority. Since 1797 Wallpaper is considered to be a Rixheim tradition.
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This interesting museum serves as the tribute to this tradition. The collection of this museum dates back to 1800. One of the striking features of Wallpaper Museum, Mulhouse is that it is world's only museum to showcase the finished material as well as the raw products at the same time.
It has acquired international fame for its extraordinary collections of decorated wallpapers. Some of these wallpapers reflect the excellent panoramic beauty and those are seen hanging from the house walls. In the White House also, these sorts of wallpapers can be seen.
From June to September every Saturday, Thursday and Tuesday this museum exhibits its printed accessories at 3:30 p.m. However, from October to May, people can enter this museum from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the morning and 2 pm to 6 pm in the evening, except for Tuesdays. On 1st January, 1st May and 25th December, this Wallpaper Museum remains closed.
People having Culture Card are allowed entrance to this museum totally free of cost.
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