EDF Electropolis Museum , Mulhouse, Alsace

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A unique museum in Europe. At the Electropolis Museum, you can have fun whilst learning and discovering surprising and wonderful things. Children and grown-ups alike will experience a fabulous adventure in a world of electricity...

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The EDF Electropolis Museum is the largest museum in Europe dedicated to electrical energy. With an exhibition area of 4000 m2, a futuristic architectural setting and a dynamic scenography, the EDF Electropolis Museum displays objects and models, holds audio-visual projections and events which retrace the fascinating saga of electricity.

1)the history of electricity from Antiquity to the XlXth century.

electricity in nature with the natural manifestations of electricity : lightning, Saint Elmos fire ;
first sparks, dedicated to the pioneers of electricity (Thalès de Muet, William Gilbert) ;
worldly electricity, with the experiments with static electricity of the XVIIIth century ;
the discoverers of the invisible, with Volta, Ampère and Fraraday.

2)The Electrostatic Theatre

Dive into an atmosphere of cabinets of curios from the 18th century where the experiments of the first discoverers of electricity will be revealed. Static electricity makes objects move, creates lightning and electrifies bodies.

3)The Great Engine

The BBC-Sulzer Great Engine is the Museum’s prized possession. Built in 1901, this steam engine of 170 tons drove a BBC alternator which supplied electricity for the D.M.C. company at Mulhouse until 1947.

4)The Technological Garden

In 2 pavilions and in a pleasant landscaped environment, visitors can discover the production and transport of electricity through the displays of exceptional material, sometimes genuine technological sculptures, such as turbo-alternators, circuit-breakers, disconnecting devices, rectifiers, regulators,....

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5)The Museum’s Collections

There are more than 12,000 items in the Museum’s collection, ranging from the electrical battery to the hydraulic turbine including an electrostatic machine from the 18th century, electronic games from the 20th century and household appliances.

How getting there:

Take the nr. 20 bus from the railway station (nr.62 bus on Sundays).
Electropolis is just in front of "the Cité du train"

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Open hours:

The Museum Electropolis is open all year round : the Museum is open from 10 AM to 6 PM.

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