ACTIONS

“The museum is managed and administered by the Société Schongauer (a private association governed by the laws of Alsace and Moselle, specifically the local “Law of 1908”) and is housed in the former Dominican convent belonging to the city of Colmar. Its mission is to conserve, study, classify and enrich the collection of works brought together within the Unterlinden Museum.

It is responsible for the presentation of these works, facilitates access to the premises, raises public awareness about the museum and its treasures, and takes all necessary measures to safeguard them for future generations of museum visitors.…

It is responsible for the museum’s programming and the organisation of temporary exhibitions.”

(Except from the articles of association of the Société Schongauer, 1994)

In 2007, the association approved and financed the different actions proposed by the museum’s curators (Pantxika De Paepe, Frédérique Gœrig-Hergott and Suzanne Plouin).

Altarpiece of the Dominicans

In late 2006, the Société Schongauer launched a restoration project, scheduled over a period of several years.

This project began with work on the panels Noli Me Tangere and The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Martin Schongauer, painted around 1480. This restoration will open up new avenues of research to scholars interested in discovering the original aspect of this altarpiece.

Gifts and Acquisitions

In keeping with its mission to enrich the museum’s collection of modern art, in 2007 the Société acquired a work by Paul Rebeyrolle, Origins (2000), and it also received a gift of two works by the painter Geneviève Asse.