Design, architecture and urban planning

Centre Pompidou-Metz
Metz

The Centre Pompidou-Metz exemplifies the first decentralisation of a public cultural institution in France. The Centre Pompidou was founded in collaboration with the Communauté d'Agglomération Metz...

Colline Notre-Dame du Haut
Ronchamp

The Hill Notre-Dame du Haut, located in Ronchamp (Bourgogne - Franche- Comté) in the east of France, is a place of great historical, artistic and spiritual value. Le Corbusier built a chapel there in...

Fonds régional d'art Contemporain de Franche-Compté
Besançon

The Frac holds temporary exhibitions that succeed each other throughout the year and show the great diversity of art today. The exhibitions are accompanied by a rich pro-gramme of events: concerts...

Grande Saline et Musée du Sel
Salins-les-Bains

The Grande Saline was in use for more than 1,200 years, from the 8th century to 1962. Listed to the World Heritage by UNESCO, this site, unique, is also one the most ancient factory in France. Very...

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Ulm

The Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG), founded in 1953 by Inge Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill, wrote international design history until its early end in 1968. To this day, the achievements of this...

Keramikmuseum Staufen
Staufen im Breisgau

The Museum for Ceramics was opened in July 1991 as branch of the Baden Museum of Local History, Karlsruhe. The basement houses the complete workshop of the potter Josef Maier (1898-1940s). Visitors...

Lion de Bartholdi
Belfort

THE LION OF BELFORT & its panoramic views terrace This monumental art work designed by Bartholdi (who also signed his name on th Statue of Liberty), not only symbolizes the Belfortains' Resistance and...

Musée Pierre-Noël
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

The Pierre-Noël Museum invites visitors to explore the eventful past of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and the surrounding region with its over thousand-year-old cultural heritage (4,000 years of history, art...

Museum am Lindenplatz
Weil am Rhein

The neoclassical house from the year 1845 in the former centre of Altweil is home to the Museum at Lindenplatz. It served as a school and town hall for more than 120 years until the relocation of the...

Museum beim Markt
Karlsruhe

At a central location only a few steps away from Karlsruhe‘s market square, you will find the Museum beim Markt, a branch of the Badisches Landesmuseum that is dedicated to the applied arts since 1900...

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Kornwestheim

The museum in the Kleihues Building captivates visitors with its extraordinary award-winning architecture and its changing exhibitions, which are primarily dedicated to contemporary art and its...

Museum Kleines Klingental
Basel

The museum is located in the original medieval building of the former Dominican Cloister Klingental on the Klein-Basel bank of the Rhine. In these historical rooms Romanesque and Gothic sculptures...

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Ulm

The Museum Ulm has been under reconstruction since April 17, 2023, and therefore is closed at the moment. Until the end of the construction work in autumn 2025, it can be found in the neighbouring...

S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum
Basel

The S AM Swiss Architecture Museum - seeks to enlarge our perception of architecture and urbanism. International and thematic exhibitions at S AM emphasize the socio-political aspects of architectural...

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Weil am Rhein

The Vitra Design Museum numbers among the world's leading museums of design. It is dedicated to the research and presentation of design, past and present, and examines design's relationship to...

Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier
Stuttgart

The semi-detached house designed by Le Corbusier, one of the most influential architects of the Twentieth Century, show the aesthetic, social and technical upheavals of Modernism. After extensive...