Musée Français du Pétrole

Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
France
Pompe à balancier - musée
Affiche publicitaire - début 20 e siècle
Objets publicitaire - ANTAR
History and tradition
Discovering 500 years of oil history in Northern Alsace !

Did you know it? Undergrounds in Alsace contains oil and it is in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn that opened the first site of oil exploitation in Europe.

In this region, the farmer of the Late Middle Ages already knew that the ground was filled with an oily substance that he had learned to use. From the 18th century, exploitation took on an industrial dimension until its closure in 1970.

The geology of the Rhine ditch explains a singular deposit which will be exploited by wells, drilling, pumping and even by mining galleries. Pechelbronn is renowned for its technical innovations in the oil industry.

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Address

Musée Français du Pétrole

4 rue de l’Ecole
67250
Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
France
Opening hours
Wednesday - Friday: 14:00-17:00
Tuesday - Friday: 14:00-18:00
Sunday: 14:00-18:00
Wednesday - Friday: 14:00-17:00

Contact and additional information
+33 3 88 80 91 08

Currently and upcoming

Le Pétrosaure
Event

Who is this Pétrosaure and what does this Bergmaennele character have to do with the history of oil in Northern Alsace, and who is Antar? With the help of the museum's two mediators, come and meet the ...

Source d'eau chaude de Pechelbronn et anciens thermes
Event

When we talk about oil, we mustn't forget that its exploitation has led to the discovery of another resource, very hot underground water, at Morsbronn-Les-Bains and Pechelbronn. What are the ...

Visite nocturne
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Armed with your flashlight or by the light of your cell phone, discover this unusual industrial monument. Let yourself be guided by the labyrinth of small paths leading to the top of the slag heap ...

Découvrez le Pays de Pechelbronn autrement !
Event

As part of the annual program, the theme for 2025 is "The Rhine Graben: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". On this outing, François Pilgram will take us on a tour of former local ...

Des résurgences en forêt
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As part of our annual events, theme 2025: "The Rhine Graben: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". Did you know that one of the first oil mines in Northern Alsace was located around ...

Le Carreau Clemenceau
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As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Graben, natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". The black gold of Merkwiller-Pechelbronn has forged the identity of this small village ...

Visite commentée du site de Rittershoffen
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As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Graben: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". After a short introduction to the museum by Daniel Rodier, who explains the ...

Cave de Cleebourg
Event

As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Graben: natural subsoil resources in Northern Alsace...". The subsoil of northern Alsace is also ideal for growing vines. There are indeed vineyards ...

Le Château Le Bel
Event

The presence of the oil industry in the past has generated a number of activities that can still be identified in the surrounding landscape, notably through the housing and buildings still visible ...

Remontée naturelle de brut
Event

As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Gap: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". The geologist in search of subsoil resources generally arms himself with a compass and ...

Le Pétrosaure
Event

As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Graben: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". Who is this Pétrosaure and what does this Bergmaennele character have to do with the ...

Poterie Fortuné Schmitter
Event

As part of our annual events, theme 2025 "The Rhine Graben: natural underground resources in Northern Alsace...". Another important material in petroleum geology is clay. The museum's mediator ...

Kit à Toucher
Event

As part of the event "Awakening the senses, events for all and adapted to everyone!" The museum team invites all visitors to discover the museum "at their fingertips", with the help of the "Kit à ...

Découvrez le Pays de Pechelbronn autrement !
Event
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Theme for 2025 "The Rhine Gap: the natural resources of the subsoil in Northern Alsace...". For this season, the museum has put together a series of events focusing on the Rhine Graben. This natural ...

Découvrez le Pays de Pechelbronn autrement !
Exhibition
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Re-discover the history of Pechelbronn's oil industry, through old photographs of emblematic buildings and places... a pictorial look back at its oil past. This open-air photographic exhibition ...