Unterlinden Museum
A museum in a 13th century Dominican convent in Colmar, joined to a former public baths built in 1906. Its great treasure is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, with its harrowing Crucifixion, and it is the most visited museum in Alsace.
- Where
- Colmar, Grand Est, France
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 48.0798, 7.3555
Get the Unterlinden Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Unterlinden Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Grand Est volume with your photos and a note.
Near Unterlinden Museum
Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle 19 km
A sandstone castle on a rocky spur of the Vosges, looking out over the Upper Rhine Plain. Abandoned after the Thirty Years' War, it was rebuilt between 1900 and 1908 for the German Kaiser Wilhelm II as a showpiece of the Middle Ages.
Fondation Beyeler 59 km
An art museum in a park at Riehen on the edge of Basel, built by Renzo Piano to house the collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler. It shows modern and older art and stages major exhibitions, and in 2016 was the most visited art museum in Switzerland.
Basel Minster 61 km
A red sandstone church with twin towers and a patterned tiled roof, standing above the Rhine in the old town. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral and now a Reformed church, it holds the tomb of the scholar Erasmus.
Kunstmuseum Basel 61 km
Home to the oldest public art collection in the world and generally held to be the most important art museum in Switzerland. Its galleries run from old masters such as Holbein to the art of the present day.
Strasbourg Cathedral 63 km
A pink sandstone cathedral begun in 1015 and finished in 1439, which was the tallest building in the world for over two centuries. Only one of its two planned spires was built, giving the west front its lopsided look, and inside stands a famous astronomical clock.
Augusta Raurica 67 km
The remains of the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine, about 20 kilometres east of Basel near Augst and Kaiseraugst. Today an open-air museum, it has a Roman theatre, temples and a reconstructed Roman house among its ruins.
Notre-Dame du Haut 69 km
A hilltop chapel by Le Corbusier, built in 1955, with a curving concrete roof like an upturned hull and thick white walls pierced by small coloured windows. It is still a working chapel, and is listed by UNESCO among the architect's major works.
St. Ursus Cathedral 98 km
The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, standing at the edge of Solothurn's old town. Its pale stone front and broad flight of steps make it the city's landmark, and it is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Questions
Where is Unterlinden Museum?
Unterlinden Museum is in Colmar, Grand Est, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle (19 km), Fondation Beyeler (59 km), Basel Minster (61 km).
How do I get the Unterlinden Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Unterlinden Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Grand Est volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Unterlinden Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Grand Est volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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