Museums in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Musée de la Préhistoire
04500 Quinson

The Musée de Préhistoire des gorges du Verdon, located in Quinson (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a departmental museum labeled Musée de France, presenting 50 years of local archaeological excavations. Designed by Norman Foster, it traces a million years of human history in Provence.

Musée d'Art et d'histoire locale
84208 Carpentras

The Comtadin-Duplessis Museum in Carpentras (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) was a municipal museum dedicated to the history of Comtat Venaissin and to fine arts, now part of the Inguimbertine Library.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
84000 Avignon

The Calvet Museum, housed in a classified 18th-century mansion in Avignon, houses collections rich in archaeology, fine arts and decorative arts, from the legacy of Spirit Calvet and revolutionary seizures.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
84000 Avignon

The Angladon Museum, housed in an 18th-century mansion in Avignon, houses a rich collection of art from the 18th to 20th centuries, from the heritage of the designer Jacques Doucet and his legatees, Jean and Paulette Angladon-Dubrujeaud.

Musée d'Art contemporain
84000 Avignon

The Lambert Collection in Avignon is a contemporary art museum located in the hotel of Caumont, an 18th century mansion. It presents more than 1,200 works gathered by galerist Yvon Lambert since the 1960s.

Musée du Judaïsme
84300 Cavaillon

The Judeo-Comtadin Museum of Cavaillon, housed in a 15th century synagogue rebuilt in the 18th century, bears witness to the history of the Comtadin Jews. Located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, it houses a rare architectural and ritual heritage.

Musée des Beaux-Arts
06000 Nice

The Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, housed in an Italian Renaissance villa of the last quarter of the 19th century in Nice, houses a rich collection of paintings and sculptures, from primitives to fawns, in a classified historical setting.

Musée d'Art provenant de collections privées
06250 Mougins

The FAMM (ex-MACM) is a private museum in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes), dedicated since 2024 to the works of women artists, after a radical reconversion of its ancient and classical collection.