Musée Français du Pétrole
Did you know it? Undergrounds in Alsace contains oil and it is in Merkwiller-Pechelbronn that opened the first site of oil exploitation in Europe.
In this region, the farmer of the Late Middle Ages already knew that the ground was filled with an oily substance that he had learned to use. From the 18th century, exploitation took on an industrial dimension until its closure in 1970.
The geology of the Rhine ditch explains a singular deposit which will be exploited by wells, drilling, pumping and even by mining galleries. Pechelbronn is renowned for its technical innovations in the oil industry.
Musée Français du Pétrole
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Discover the Pays de Pechelbronn in a different way! From the Notre Dame des Tilleuls chapel on the heights of Surbourg, you'll be able to see the surrounding countryside from a variety of ...
Armed with your flashlight or by the light of your cell phone, discover this unusual industrial monument. Let yourself be guided by the labyrinth of small paths leading to the top of the slag heap ...
Discover the Pechelbronn region in a different way! With the museum guide, discover the history and evolution of the living quarters of the company's employees (managers or simple workers). Speaker ...
Discover the Pays de Pechelbronn in a different way! The tour begins with a 360° view from the Northern Vosges to the Black Forest, showing where the rocks are located in today's environment. The ...
Did you know that one of the first oil operations took place in northern Alsace, around Merkwiller-Pechelbronn and even in the undivided forest of Haguenau? It was the richness of the forest subsoil ...
Discover the Pays de Pechelbronn in a different way! Black gold has left its mark on the whole of North Alsace. During this outing, our guide will tell you all about the epic story of the use and ...
The subsoil of the Nord-Alsacian region is best known for the presence of oil, which has been exploited for many decades. Join our guides as they discover a natural rise in crude oil, where the area's ...
As part of "L'été des Colporteurs", in partnership with Maison Rurale de l'Outre-Forêt. Closing event. The Musée Français du Pétrole and the Maison Rurale de l'Outre-Forêt invite you to a special ...
Join one of our guides on a tour of the area's ancient heritage. The presence of the oil industry in the past has generated a number of activities that can still be identified in the surrounding ...
"Vivants/habiter la terre" is the result of reflections and testimonials on our relationship with living things. Perrine Maurin went out to survey residents, professionals and researchers for whom ...
At the museum, discover 500 years of oil history in Northern Alsace PRACTICAL INFORMATION: Free admission on Heritage Days. Please note: museum not open on Saturdays (only open on Sundays).
A penultimate show in the Petites Histoires season, like a question mark. Storyteller Emmanuelle Filippi-Hahn takes a humorous approach to the theme of ecology and the turbulent relationship between ...
Workshop led by a specialist in earth sciences. It will introduce you to seismology, the science of earthquakes. Through playful means, you'll understand how they work and learn how to analyze seismic ...
Discover the Pays de Pechelbronn in a different way! The guide will take you on a tour of the oil that naturally outcrops in our surrounding forests... Who said there was no more oil under our feet ...
Who is this Bergmaennel character, and what does this Petrosaurus have to do with the history of oil in Northern Alsace? With the help of the museum's two mediators, come and meet the mining goblins ...
Corine Kleck and Dominique Haettel take over Galerie du Puits 1 with an installation, prints and drawings linked to the site. In the industrial wasteland, Corine Kleck proposes an in situ installation ...
This open-air photographic exhibition plunges you into the unique history of oil production in Northern Alsace. Along the way, in the streets of Merkwiller and neighboring towns, some fifteen ...
