Car Hire in Mulhouse, France
35 kilometres south of Colmar,
Mulhouse is a leading sprawling industrial city. It was with the Swiss until 1798 when, at the highest of its abundance (on such basis as printed cotton fabrics and also allied trades), it voted to join France. Even today, nearly all people who live here are employed in Basle in Switzerland. Additionally, it is the home city of Alfred Dreyfus, the unfortunate Jewish army officer who was mistakenly imprisoned for espionage in 1894. Not having most of an old town, there is no city for strollers, but there are 4 or 5 unusually good - and rather bizarre - museums in the town and its area that delve into the region's industrial past: wallpaper, firemen, railway, automobiles and also fabrics are typically given their platform. Additionally, there is a jazz festivity in August, which is a good time to be out having a party in this town, with shows in the museums, the schools and the streets, and also in the cafés and bars.
Nearby to the gare SNCF , just down the canal to the right, is the exceptional
Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes , 14 rue Jean-Jacques Henner (daily 10am-6pm; printing presentation on Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun at 3pm; 36F/?5.49). It includes an extensive collection of the most wonderful fabrics you can possibly imagine: eighteenth-century Indian and Persian imports that revolutionized the European ready-to-wear market throughout their time; silks from Turkestan; batiks from Java; Senegalese materials; some high-quality kimonos from Japan; and also a unique exhibit of scarves from France, Britainas well as the US. Also in the centre, the Hôtel de Ville on place de la Réunion posesses a exquisitely featured history of Mulhouse and its particular region in the Musée Historique (daily except Tues: May-Oct 10am-noon & 2-6pm; Nov-April 10am-noon & 2-5pm).
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