Wallpaper Museum in Rixheim, France — Attraction in Mulhouse

Arrived about a half hour before they closed for their midday break. We had driven a long ways to get there and I was really excited but was disappointed when the woman said I didn't have enough time and almost didn't let me go in. I said I won't have another chance and she sold me a really cheap ticket and told me where to look first. There was no one in there except a school group. There are three floors of exhibitions. Panorama and wallpapers of the future on the top floor, then a display of different aged and themed papers on the middle one (nicely laid out) and the bottom has all the machinery they used to make wallpaper up until around 1930. The building itself is historic and one wing still produces wallpapers. Really impressive machines and exhibitions (I dragged my husband as he thought it sounded the most boring thing ever but ended up enjoying it, especially the engineering of the machines). Wish we had more time but it was good to get a taste of it. Bought a few things in the little museum shop, really lovely patterned paper and notebooks and such as you...

Never thought I'd say this about a wallpaper museum but this was both fascinating and informative! Sadly you are not allowed to take photos of the wallpapers (it damagest them), so I have no photographic evidence of the beauty of some of the pieces but they are worth seeing in person. It's also very interesting to learn how wallpaper was made in the past and some of the cool things happening now with modern design (LEDs, magnets, sunlight). Worth an hour of your...

Fantasticly interesting little musuem. Really enjoyed a morning there learning about not only the development of wallpaper but also discovering what architecture in wallpaper tells us, viewing the gorgeous beautiful panoramics and looking at the seasons through wallpaper designs. Everything was in French, German and English. Well worth a visit if you have a free morning...