Aubette 1928 wheelchair accessibility
Free entry to the restored Arp and Taeuber-Arp painted rooms on place Kléber, on the city's wheelchair-accessible museums list.
Aubette 1928 is a small city museum at 31 place Kléber: three rooms painted by Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Theo van Doesburg in 1928 as a total work of art. Entry is free for every visitor, the venue is on the city's accessible museums list, and the rooms are reached on one floor without steps.
Accessibility at a glance
| What | Details | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Step-free entrance | The Aubette entrance is on place Kléber on the north side of the square. The square is smooth paving suitable for wheelchairs and the doorway is flush with the building threshold. The site is on the city network's wheelchair-accessible list. | Confirmed accessible |
| Lift access | The visitor route to the painted rooms is reached on one accessible level, served by the building's passenger lift where stairs would otherwise separate the entrance from the exhibition floor. Specific lift dimensions are not published; the site is listed as accessible by the city network and visitors do not have to climb steps to reach the painted interiors. | Partially confirmed |
| Accessible toilet | Aubette 1928 is a single, compact visitor floor; an accessible toilet on site is not separately published on the venue page. The closest publicly accessible toilets are in nearby cafés on place Kléber. Ask at reception when you arrive if you need confirmation. | Partially confirmed |
| Admission | Entry is free for every visitor. The free policy applies to the disabled visitor and the companion as a matter of course, since the standard ticket is itself zero. No booking is needed. | Confirmed accessible |
| Wheelchair loan | The city network publishes that wheelchairs and folding seats are kept for loan at the accessible museums. Aubette 1928 is on that list, though the site is small and most visitors will not need to borrow one to see the three rooms. Ask at reception. | Confirmed accessible |
| Opening hours | Wednesday to Saturday from 14:00 to 18:00. Closed Sunday through Tuesday. The narrow window is the main planning issue; combine the Aubette with the city museums on the south side of the Ill rather than treating it as a morning stop. | Confirmed accessible |
What you see
Three painted rooms designed by Arp, Taeuber-Arp and van Doesburg for the Aubette entertainment complex, inaugurated 16 February 1928. The original decoration was covered over in 1938 and restored in two phases, the last completed in 2006. What you see today is a careful reconstruction in situ. The visit is short, around 30 to 45 minutes; the value is the rarity, not the volume.
Getting there
Tram stops Homme de Fer (lines A, B, C, D and F) and Broglie (lines B, C and F) are both on place Kléber within a 3 minute roll. The square is smooth paving with no kerbs along the most-used routes. From the cathedral the walk is about 8 minutes north on rue des Grandes-Arcades, flat granite slabs the whole way.
At the entrance
The Aubette entrance is set into the long arcaded north side of place Kléber. There is no security check beyond the visitor desk. Pick up a free ticket and a printed guide if you want one. The painted rooms are reached without climbing stairs.
Inside
The three painted rooms are entered as a sequence. The ciné-bal (cinema and ballroom) is the largest, with Theo van Doesburg's diagonal compositions. The five-o'clock tearoom and the foyer-bar carry Arp and Taeuber-Arp's reliefs. The rooms are kept dim to protect the paint; lighting is even and there are no projecting fixtures at wheelchair head height.
Practical details
Photography without flash is allowed in the painted rooms. There is no shop on site; books on the Aubette are stocked at the MAMCS shop a short tram ride away. The venue is small enough that an unhurried visit fits inside the 14:00 to 18:00 window with time to spare.
Quick facts
Address: 31 place Kléber, 67000 Strasbourg. Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 14:00 to 18:00. Admission: free for every visitor. On the city's wheelchair-accessible museums list. Nearest tram: Homme de Fer (lines A, B, C, D, F).
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- Aubette 1928 Strasbourg (FR) (verified )
- Musées de Strasbourg: visiteurs à mobilité réduite (FR) (verified )