Hans Haug’s strong, eclectic personality left lasting marks on the life and history of Strasbourg’s museums between 1919 and 1965. Especially renowned for his brilliant creation, the Museum Œuvre Notre Dame, he was also curator of the Decorative Arts Museum and the Fine Arts Museum, as well as a distinguished specialist of ceramics and 18th century Goldsmith’s art. He and A. Riff were equally responsible for founding the Historical Museum in 1920.
In 1946 he became director of the collective ensemble of Strasburg’s museums establishing them at the heart of Alsatian cultural life and largely contributing to their influence far and beyond regional borders.
This exhibition is broader way to evoke the historical and cultural contexts and major trends in museography dating from the first decades of the 20th century until 1960. On view in the Heitz Gallery at the Rohan Palace, the exposition’s six chapters offer a general introduction, both chronological and thematic:
- The formative years (1905-1919)
- The Museum maker (1919-1939)
- The War years (1939-1945)
- Director of Strasbourg’s Museums (1946-1965)
- Hans Haug, Art Historian and Regional Art
- Balthasar and The Group of May (1917-1967)
A special itinerary visit is dedicated to him throughout six of Strasbourg’s museums (Museum Œuvre Notre-Dame, The Decorative Arts Museum, The Fine Arts Museum, The Archeological Museum, The Historical Museum and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
Exhibition Commissioners:
Bernadette Schnitzler, Head Curator at the Archeological Museum,
Anne-Doris Meyer, Scientific Coordinator
assisted by Cecile Dupeux, Head Curator of the Museum Oeuvre Notre Dame and Barbara Gatineau, qualified assistant at the Museum Oeuvre Notre-Dame.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Museum Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12pm to 6pm
Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 6pm
Closed Tuesdays
Operating Hours for groups from 9am to 12am (upon reservation with the Museums’ Educational Services, tel. 03 88 88 50 50)
Closed on January 1st, Good Friday, May 1st, November 1st and 11th and December 25th.
Admission:
Exhibition Pass for the Heitz Gallery and a complete visit of the six participating museums: 8 €
Exhibition Heitz Gallery (exclusively): 6 € (general admission) : 3 € (reduced admission).
Free entry for all visitors the first Sunday of each month.
Venue:
Heitz Gallery, Rohan Palace
2, place du Château, Strasbourg
Telephone: 03 88 52 50 00
Also including a discovery tour of six museums throughout Strasbourg (Museum Œuvre Notre-Dame, The Decorative Arts Museum, The Fine Arts Museum, Archeological Museum, Historical Museum and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art)
CATALOG
“Hans Haug, homme de musées - Une passion à l’œuvre -”
Editions des Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg
272 pages, 200 illustrations
Collective work under the direction of Bernadette Schnitzler and Anne-Doris Meyer
ISBN: 978-2-35125-071-6
Diffusion/Distribution: Le Seuil/Volumen
Price: 31 €
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