Musée EDF Electropolis-L'aventure de l'électricité

68200 Mulhouse, France (Grand Est)

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.

The Museum Electropolis has much to offer, with special services for schools and the general public.

At Mulhouse, in the south of Alsace, you will find a totally different kind of museum which is unique 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.

There are more than 12 000 items in the Museum's collections, 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.

The themes covered in the collections have a scientific, technical, industrial, historical, economical, sociological and artistic nature... and concern electro-technical machines such as engines, alternators and transformers ; measuring devices ; computer, medical and communication equipment ; small and large household appliances (cookers, irons ....) ; audio-visual, lighting and telephone equipment ; toys, advertising articles and works of art.

Regular donations add to the collections of this Museum which aims to become a leading reference in the field of electricity and its heritage.
 

The large model

Its 80 metres length depicts the trajectory of electricity : an original approach where the visitor can trace electricity production back to its origins, starting with domestic electricity through to its distribution and also a look at the different types of power plants.
 

See, touch, understand

Experiment with your voice, compose a tune, play the electric guitar or the Hammond organ, ah this is possible and accessible to aIl in the music area. Visitors can understand, through music and its production techniques, how electricity is involved, flot only in the technology, but also in the social transformation of tastes and means of making sound. The evolution of guitars, the organ, or the use ofthe voice is ail the more vivid for the visitors if they can themselves try things out, play, listen.
 

Fully refurbished scientific area

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.

Visitors are invited to experiment with these strange machines which will make their hair stand on end, and may well leave with a 100000 volts certificate
 

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. After many years of inactivity, it was decided that this would be kept as part of the Museum's technical and industrial heritage.
 

The Technological Garden

A visit to the EDF ElectropolisMuseum is completed and enhanced by this outdoor visit. In two 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,.... You can also enjoy a pleasant rest in the 2-hectare garden. There is also a children's playground area.

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