The Mémorial Alsace-Moselle welcomes you throughout the year, by reservation, for self-guided or guided tours, as well as educational workshops tailored to national curricula, students’ levels, their educational background, and teachers’ expectations.
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Our Reservations team is available to answer your questions and help you plan your visit.
Contact
- Valérie Reguette / Lauriane Maire
- +33 (0)3 88 47 45 50
- reservations@memorial-alsace-moselle.com
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Please note that the time indicated on your booking confirmation corresponds to the start time of the guided tour. Groups are therefore asked to arrive at reception 15 minutes before the visit begins to confirm their attendance.
For each school level, tailored educational offers
“Jean or Hans, what a story!”
Accompanied by a guide, students explore the history of Alsace-Moselle through a storytelling-based visit centered on the life of Jean, aged 8 in 1939, whose destiny is disrupted by the war.
Following the annexation of Alsace and Moselle, the Nazi regime implements a policy of Germanisation and Nazification of the population. Schools and youth organizations become key instruments of this strategy.
Working in small groups, using excerpts from school textbooks, iconographic documents, archives, and testimonies, students discover that young people were a primary target of the regime, which sought to assert that Alsatians and Mosellans were fully part of the German community.
The visit lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and costs €85, in addition to individual admission fees, for groups of 15 to 35 people.
For groups of more than 35 people, a second guide will be assigned.
This visit is only available for French-speaking groups.
As part of a partnership with the Souvenir Français national organization, you can benefit from a special rate for your class: €6 per student instead of €8.
To take advantage of this offer, please contact the nearest local committee of the Souvenir Français:
https://le-souvenir-francais.fr/delegations-comites-en-france/
In addition to the visit, you can also book:
- a “Star Game” educational workshop (duration: 1h30)
- a “Nazi propaganda through posters” workshop (duration: 1h30)
Star Game
At the end of the visit “Jean or Hans, what a story!”, which explores Jean’s daily life and that of his family during the Second World War up to the construction of Europe, students take part in a quiz-style game in groups.
Working in teams, they answer questions about the visit as well as topics from history, geography, and civic education curricula. A fun way to experience and reflect on living together.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Price: €85 (for up to 35 students), excluding room hire
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Nazi propaganda through posters
How can we read images to better understand our history?
This workshop offers an in-depth analysis of a poster that became a symbol of the Germanisation of Alsace in 1940.
Students examine the objects, symbols, and words used in order to understand both the explicit and implicit meanings of a document produced by a totalitarian regime and used to promote an ideology.
From its creation to its widespread distribution across Alsace, the study of the poster Hinaus mit dem welschen Plunder also provides insight into the history of annexed Alsace.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €85 (for up to 35 students), excluding room hire
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Le Mémorial Alsace-Moselle vous propose toute l’année, sur réservation, des visites libres ou guidées, ainsi que des ateliers pédagogiques, adaptés aux programmes de l’Éducation nationale et au niveau de vos élèves, à la formation qu’ils suivent, à leur origine géographique et aux souhaits des enseignants.
Across 17 themed spaces, middle school students independently explore the unique history of Alsace and the Moselle region, from 1870 to the construction of Europe.
Through scenography inspired by film sets and archival materials (propaganda films, posters, photographs, etc.), the exhibition also immerses them in the daily lives of Alsatians and Mosellans during the Second World War.
The admission fee is €8 per student.
For schools and extracurricular groups from Alsace and Moselle, the admission fee is €7 per student.
To explore the topics in greater depth, the Mémorial’s visitor app—available on Android and iPhone—as well as our educational resources, can be downloaded free of charge.
You will also find below two questionnaires for middle school students covering the entire visit, as well as a presentation of the different sections of the “Europe” area:
The price of a guided tour in French for a group of 15 to 35 people is €85.
This price does not include the admission fee, which is €8 per student.
For schools and extracurricular groups from Alsace and Moselle, the admission fee is €7 per student.
The price of a guided tour in foreign languages (German or English) is €105.
For groups of more than 35 people, a second guide will be assigned.
Groups exempt from admission fees and requesting a guided tour must pay a flat rate of €85 for a guided tour in French and €105 for a guided tour in foreign languages.
General
Using archival materials (photographs, propaganda films, posters, etc.), the guide presents the unique history of Alsace and the Moselle region from 1870 to the construction of Europe.
The central focus of the visit is the daily lives of Alsatians and Mosellans during the Second World War.
The tour concludes with a space dedicated to European integration, Franco-German reconciliation, as well as themes related to citizenship, freedom of expression, tolerance, and human rights.
Propaganda
This guided tour includes regular stops to observe and analyze key still and moving images throughout the exhibition, offering another way to understand how the totalitarian system operated.
Duration: 1 hour, followed by 30 minutes in the educational room.
Booking a specific time slot is required for this visit, which is only available for French-speaking groups.
Schirmeck-La Broque: a forgotten camp
This guided walking tour begins with contextualization in the permanent exhibition inside the Mémorial. It then continues outdoors along a route of approximately 1.5 km on the site of the former Vorbruck-Schirmeck security camp, with stops at emblematic locations.
After returning on foot to the Mémorial, the visit concludes with a presentation of archival documents from the camp.
Duration: 3 hours
This visit, available only for French-speaking groups, requires booking a specific time slot.
Lasting approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes depending on the topic, these workshops take place in a dedicated room. They give students the opportunity to explore certain themes in greater depth after the visit.
The price of a workshop in French for a group of 15 to 35 people is €85.
Exceptionally, the workshop cinéma is also offered to German-speaking groups at a rate of €105.
This price does not include room hire, which is €35 for one room and €70 for two rooms.
Nazi cinema in Strasbourg: between “apolitical” entertainment and propaganda
How should we view Nazi cinema today as a whole, and more specifically its propaganda films?
This workshop aims to introduce students to Nazi cinema through short excerpts from fiction films shown in cinemas in annexed Strasbourg. It invites participants to analyze how the Nazi regime used cinema to indoctrinate the masses, while attempting to entertain, instruct, and seduce them.
Antisemitic imagery is also addressed in a concrete way through the viewing of excerpts from antisemitic films produced from 1940 onwards.
This workshop, also offered to German-speaking groups, provides an opportunity to approach the specific history of Alsace from a different perspective.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes
The Schirmeck-La Broque security camp: a forgotten camp
What do we really know about this re-education camp, often confused with the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp?
Using documents and testimonies, students—working in groups—explore the history of the camp, the daily lives of the detainees, the work commandos, and the site’s use after Liberation. These different approaches help them better understand the still little-known history of this camp.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Alsatian destinies
Based on the intertwined destinies of six members of a family and supported by archival documents, students explore various lesser-known aspects of the history of Alsatians during the de facto annexation of the territory to the Third Reich in 1940, including:
- the extermination of people with mental illness
- the Nazification of schools and the education system
- Nazi youth organizations (Hitler Youth)
- the Reich Labour Service (RAD)
- the Auxiliary War Service (KHD)
- forced incorporation
- the Tambov prisoner-of-war camp
- Nazi cinema in Strasbourg
- resistance and the Nazi repressive system
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Investigating Alsatian youth in the Resistance
What do we really know about the lives, commitment, organization, and actions of young Alsatians who, from an early age, chose to oppose the Nazi regime? And how was their commitment sometimes recognized after their death?
Using a wide range of sources—including press articles, indictments from Nazi courts, archival documents, testimonies, rehabilitation trial records, and comic strips—students conduct a genuine historical investigation. They explore the paths and destinies of three groups of young Alsatian resistance fighters: La Main Noire, the Pur-Sang group, and the Front de la Jeunesse Alsacienne.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Tomorrow, I get involved in Europe
Working in groups and equipped with tablets, students actively engage with the Alsatian territory by developing a project in a chosen field—local or cross-border—which they must design, finance using European funds, and then present and defend in front of their peers.
They may also take part in volunteering in areas such as culture, the social economy, the environment, or sports, within European Union member states by responding to a call from the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), or participate in student exchanges between European universities (Erasmus+).
To learn how to create, innovate, and explore territories, students will use educational toolkits containing essential resources for developing projects and completing placements.
Whether acting as project leaders or volunteers on assignments, students will experience Europe firsthand.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €85 (for up to 35 students), excluding room hire
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
The Mémorial Alsace-Moselle offers, year-round and by reservation, self-guided or guided tours, as well as educational workshops tailored to national curricula, students’ levels, their educational background, geographical origin, and teachers’ expectations.
Across 17 themed spaces, high school students independently explore the unique history of Alsace and the Moselle region, from 1870 to the construction of Europe.
Through archival materials (posters, propaganda films, photographs, etc.) and exceptional scenography, visitors discover the daily lives of Alsatians and Mosellans during the Second World War.
The admission fee is €8 per student.
For schools and extracurricular groups from Alsace and Moselle, the admission fee is €7 per student.
To explore the topics in greater depth, the Mémorial’s visitor app (available on Android and iPhone) as well as our educational resources, can be downloaded free of charge.
You will also find below two questionnaires for high school students covering the entire visit, as well as a description of the different sections of the “Europe” area:
The price of a guided tour in French for a group of 15 to 35 people is €85.
This price does not include the admission fee, which is €8 per student.
For schools and extracurricular groups from Alsace and Moselle, the admission fee is €7 per student.
The price of a guided tour in foreign languages (German or English) is €105.
For groups of more than 35 people, a second guide will be assigned.
Groups exempt from admission fees and requesting a guided tour must pay a flat rate of €85 for a guided tour in French and €105 for a guided tour in foreign languages.
General
Using archival materials (photographs, propaganda films, posters, etc.), the guide presents the unique history of Alsace and the Moselle region from 1870 to the construction of Europe.
The central focus of the visit is the daily lives of Alsatians and Mosellans during the Second World War.
The tour concludes with a space dedicated to European integration, Franco-German reconciliation, as well as themes related to citizenship, freedom of expression, tolerance, and human rights.
Experiencing Nazism through the senses
This guided tour invites visitors to explore certain parts of the exhibition with their eyes closed. By focusing on the scenography (particularly the role of sound and the specificity of the sets) it offers a different way to understand the essence of a totalitarian regime.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Booking a specific time slot is required for this visit, which is only available for French-speaking groups.
Propaganda
This guided tour includes regular stops to observe and analyze key still and moving images throughout the exhibition, offering another way to understand how the totalitarian system operated.
Duration: 1 hour, followed by 30 minutes in the educational room
Booking a specific time slot is required for this visit, which is only available for French-speaking groups.
Schirmeck-La Broque: a forgotten camp
This guided walking tour begins with contextualization in the permanent exhibition inside the Mémorial. It then continues outdoors along a route of approximately 1.5 km on the site of the former Vorbruck-Schirmeck security camp, with stops at emblematic locations.
After returning on foot to the Mémorial, the visit concludes with a presentation of archival documents from the camp.
Duration: 3 hours
This visit, available only for French-speaking groups, requires booking a specific time slot.
Lasting approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes depending on the topic, these workshops take place in a dedicated room. They give students the opportunity to explore certain themes in greater depth after the visit.
The price of a workshop in French for a group of 15 to 35 people is €85.
Exceptionally, the cinema workshop is also offered to German-speaking groups at a rate of €105.
This price does not include room hire, which is €35 for one room and €70 for two rooms.
Nazi cinema in Strasbourg: between “apolitical” entertainment and propaganda
Collection: AVES
How should we view Nazi cinema today as a whole, and more specifically its propaganda films?
This workshop aims to introduce students to Nazi cinema through short excerpts from fiction films shown in cinemas in annexed Strasbourg. It invites participants to analyze how the Nazi regime used cinema to indoctrinate the masses, while attempting to entertain, instruct, and seduce them.
Antisemitic imagery is also addressed in a concrete way through the viewing of excerpts from antisemitic films produced from 1940 onwards.
This workshop, also offered to German-speaking groups, provides an opportunity to approach the specific history of Alsace from a different perspective.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes
The Schirmeck-La Broque security camp: a forgotten camp
What do we really know about this re-education camp, often confused with the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp?
Using documents and testimonies, students—working in groups—explore the history of the camp, the daily lives of the detainees, the work commandos, and the site’s use after Liberation. These different approaches help them better understand the still little-known history of this camp.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Alsatian destinies
Based on the intertwined destinies of six members of a family and supported by archival documents, students explore various lesser-known aspects of the history of Alsatians during the de facto annexation of the territory to the Third Reich in summer 1940, including:
- the extermination of people with mental illness
- the Nazification of schools and the education system
- Nazi youth organizations (Hitler Youth)
- the Reich Labour Service (RAD)
- the Auxiliary War Service (KHD)
- forced incorporation
- the Tambov prisoner-of-war camp
- Nazi cinema in Strasbourg
- resistance and the Nazi repressive system
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Investigating Alsatian youth in the Resistance
What do we really know about the lives, commitment, organization, and actions of young Alsatians who, from an early age, chose to oppose the Nazi regime? And how was their commitment sometimes recognized after their death?
Using a wide range of sources—including press articles, indictments from Nazi courts, archival documents, testimonies, rehabilitation trial records, and comic strips—students conduct a genuine historical investigation. They explore the paths and destinies of three groups of young Alsatian resistance fighters: La Main Noire, the Pur-Sang group, and the Front de la Jeunesse Alsacienne.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Tomorrow, I get involved in Europe
Working in groups and equipped with tablets, students actively engage with the Alsatian region by developing a project in a chosen field—local or cross-border—which they must design, finance using European funds, and then present and defend in front of their peers.
They may also take part in volunteering in areas such as culture, the social economy, the environment, or sport, within European Union member states by responding to a call from the European Solidarity Corps (ESC), or participate in student exchanges between European universities (Erasmus+).
To learn how to create, innovate, and explore territories, students will use educational toolkits containing essential resources for developing projects and completing placements.
Whether acting as project leaders or volunteers on assignments, students will experience Europe firsthand.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes
Price: €85 (for up to 35 students), excluding room hire
This workshop is only available for French-speaking groups.
Visiting hours for groups coming from the European Parliament
During the high season at the Mémorial Alsace-Moselle, from February to June inclusive and from October to December inclusive, groups coming from the European Parliament are welcome for a free self-guided visit between 11:00 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., and after 3:00 p.m.
Due to guide availability, guided tours remain reserved for groups paying the admission fee.
Coach parking
Coach parking must be used on the designated parking area located opposite the Mémorial Alsace-Moselle.
Please take into account, when planning and booking your visit, an estimated walking time of around 12 minutes between the parking area and the Mémorial.
Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis for visitors with reduced mobility. Requests must be submitted no later than five days before your visit to: reservations@memorial-alsace-moselle.com
For coaches unable to pass under the SNCF bridge, student drop-off must take place along the road at the designated locations. Checks may be carried out by police or local authorities, and the Mémorial cannot be held responsible for any fines.
Lunch rooms
A room outside the museum with a maximum capacity of 40 people can be made available for €35 for the duration of the meal.
For groups exceeding the maximum capacity allowed per room, two spaces outside the museum may be offered within the same facility for €70.
These rates also apply when booking an educational workshop with the venue.
You also have the option to make photocopies; the unit price ranges from €0.30 for black and white to €0.60 for color copies.
Our available spaces
“Laure Diebold” Room
Up to 40 people
Wi-Fi included
“Simone Veil” Room
Up to 30 people
Wi-Fi included
By combining this room with the Laurie Diebold Room, capacity can be increased up to 80 people.
In addition, you can enhance your visit experience with our five thematic workshops:
- Cinema in the Strasbourg halls: through the study of film excerpts
- Stories of Alsatians: tracing the journey of an Alsatian family under the Nazi regime
- Youth in resistance: understanding the role of resistance networks in Alsace and Moselle
- Tomorrow, I commit in Europe: raising awareness of Europe’s role in everyday life
- The Schirmeck-La Broque camp: understanding the organization and functioning of a special camp
Our team remains at your disposal for any further information or inquiries.