musée Bartholdi

The Musée Bartholdi is a museum dedicated to French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and is situated at 30 rue des Marchands in Colmar, at the artist's birthplace. The museum has the "Musée de France" label. In 2011, the building was labeled "Maisons des Illustres" by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. In the courtyard there is a statue named Statue des grands soutiens du monde. Two doors of the 17th century were registered as a monument historique on 18 June 1926. In 2012, the museum had over 16,000 visitors. Museum building The museum is at 30, rue des Marchands in Colmar, the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi. The town house is from the eighteenth century but two Renaissance arcades discovered during restoration work evidences older buildings on the site. At the end of the eighteenth century the house was owned by the family of Etienne Meyer whose daughter Catherine Dorothée married Dr. Jean Charles Bartholdi (1756–1830); their son Jean Charles (1791–1836) was the father of Auguste Bartholdi. On 25 June 1907, the house was bequeathed to the town of Colmar by Auguste Bartholdi's widow on.