The Alsatian Museum in Strasbourg France is located in three adjoining homes built in the 1600’s.
All the homes have inner courtyards with multi-storied covered walkways.
We stayed in the Hotel Corbeau nearby that was similar in style and built in 1528.
The museum homes are filled with over 5000 artifacts depicting everyday life.
Hand carved and painted woodwork is especially charming as you see in this very cozy bed.
Flour mill spouts attest to the emphasis placed on artistry in everyday living.
Many homes of this era contained family businesses like this old pharmacy.
This typical traveling prayer case demonstrates both faithful devotion and an artistic sensibility.
Cheers to you from the old wooden treasures of France~
C’est magnifique!
Merci beaucoup mon ami! ❤
The artistry of the flour mill spouts is quite humorous! Their expressions are very reminiscent of people I meet. 😀
Hilarious…….laughing! This is also why we are lucky we don’t walk around with mirrors in front of faces. We might look like this too!
Stunning visuals as usual 🙂
Honored! Thank you & cheers too~
A beautiful and fascinating post, Cindy, Hugs
Hugs back to you & thank you too!
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Cindy’s photographs are stunning and beautiful!
I am so lucky to meet people like you in the more real virtual world~
amazing, interesting and beautiful to see read and know about the past. Thank you Cindy ❤
Thank you Tanveer for such a beautiful comment & cheers to you!
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I so appreciate your kind thoughtfulness! Have a wonderful weekend~
You’re very welcome and likewise Cindy 😊
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Absolute treasures, Cindy! The bed reminded me of a bed my paternal grandmother used to have. I love sleeping in it on my visits.
When I was a kid I was enraptured by Thumbelina and she slept is a bed in the mole’s house that was just like this. Lucky you! I would love sleeping in it too! ❤
Wow! What is there not to like, here?
Well people who go for glitz and gold leaf wouldn’t like it, which is fine by me as I don’t like glitz!
Each to their own. 😉
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Beautiful Cindy, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for appreciating~
I’ve never before seen so many stunning details put into objects used for everyday life. Absolutely remarkable.
I think we have lost a lot of that artisan attention to detail and the impulse to create beauty in everyday objects which is sad for us.
I wonder if that has something to do with the disposable nature of everyday objects?
Yes. We mass produce everything so much of which is made of plastic and then we throw it all in the ocean. This is called technological progress.
Yep. Why take the time to make an object intricately beautiful if it’s just going to be thrown into the ocean? And people who don’t live that way are called “primitive.”
Our priorities are going to destroy our species, and lots of others too, I am afraid……
Wow, a hotel from 1528? Great virtual tour Cindy.
So happy you enjoyed it. We stayed in a rampart of a castle on the same trip that was built in the 1200’s!
Oh my. That’s amazing.
I should post photos of the place. It was pretty amazing!
I’d enjoy seeing them, Cindy
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We are near Seattle for a conference this weekend. Our hotel is across the street from the Harley Davidson show room and IKEA. I might wander around these as they were museums to the 21st century living. 🏍 -Oscar
Sounds like fun and can’t wait to see your photos!
Wondrous! I experienced these scenes as a mini getaway! Looking forward to the real thing some day! In the meantime, I adore these images and am so grateful for that craftsmanship and woodwork! The challenge of missing other eras and their inspirations… while living in these contemporary times.
Thank you, again.
Thank you for such a thoughtful and lovely comment! I love looking at photos of interior spaces too. It is a vacation for the mind and psyche, so pleased you enjoyed & cheers to you!
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Hi Cindy! I would have loved loved to see this museum. I think those slice of life museums (like the open air museums) are fascinating. the first photo reminds me of a 17th century place we stayed in Colmar (nearby). Fun fun post Cindy! xo
I remember Colmar well. Such a charming area of the world. Hugs to you Rhonda ❤
Agree– we’e been there a couple times and it’s so relaxed and beautiful. xo
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Your photos really makes me want to go there!
You will be very happy that you did ❤
Lovely, gorgeous and so special!! I am treasuring seeing a wide variety of French and Bayou items in flea markets and other locations in both Louisiana and Mississippi. Hugs from Long Beach and love your positive views on LIFE!
Hugs back to you Robin and enjoy The Big Easy! ❤
Breathtaking work…I adore the old kitchen, the imagination just runs away.
Imagination runs away if you are lucky enough to have an active one. This is why bloggers “get” and love each other ❤
That’s so true Cindy. I think most of us are spilling over and come here looking for a safe place to share ! 🙂 ❤
It is wonderful to find this amazingly talented supportive community of people like you who “get it!” ❤ 🏵️
Thank you Cindy…it surely is! 👼
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Beautiful place. The top photo reminds me of my childhood home.
That gives me goosebumps! You grew up in a place like this????? ❤
Yes, Cindy, the rail was iron and the wall were white, but the setting was the same with so many plants on each level. It was so romantic.
So wonderful! ❤
si c’est en france, mais oui j’ai confiance – the original french way of living.
Merveilleux!
merci Cindy! bon dimanche a toi!
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What a wonderful place! My ancestor is possibly from Alsace-Lorraine, named Andree, and I’ve always wondered about that place. I love the flour spouts, especially that the women’s had bigger mouths. LOL And that vine, growing up the courtyard. I’ve always wanted a courtyard. 🙂
My daughter’s name is Andrea, but we call her Dre. I love all versions of the name. I have always wanted a courtyard too, and I finally got one at The Holler! I bet you might too ❤
Maybe one day. Andree was actually the last name. He was a big tall, German-looking man with a French name who claimed to be from Alsace-Lorraine according to my dad. I love that you call your daughter Dre. Very cool. I have a cousin names Andrea. 🙂
I love your qualifiers, “Big tall German looking, claimed to be from Alsace.”
This reminds me so much of my family’s European history, as related to me by, of course, my family. I was thinking all my life, “Wait, this doesn’t make much sense…….”
Laughing…..
The deal with Alsace is that it has moved back and forth in recent history under German and French control, and it is this wonderful combination of both. You can taste it in the food, and see it in the architecture, art and artifacts. It is a really interesting place in that it is a cultural mix. So it could be entirely true, he was French, and German. All the most interesting places, and people, are such a gimmish, and I suspect you and I might be too.
Maybe it’s a Little America. I like fusion cooking, and people who understand many cultures. It’s fun.
Can you imagine how utterly boring a mono-culture would be! Diversity rocks! ❤
Yay! I like your spark!
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Very nice.
Alberto Mrteh (El zoco del escriba)
Thanks much & cheers to you!
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