Museums in the Alpes Maritimes

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
06600 Antibes

The Picasso Museum of Antibes, located in the Grimaldi Castle of the 15th and 16th centuries, houses major works by Picasso and modern artists, in the heart of the city of Antibes in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
06800 Cagnes-sur-Mer

The Renoir Museum of Cagnes-sur-Mer, housed in a neo-Provencal villa of the early twentieth century, was the residence of the painter Auguste Renoir. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes, this classified estate retains its workshop and century-old olive grove.

Musée d'Art naïf
06200 Nice

The National Sport Museum in Nice, located in the Allianz Riviera Stadium since 2014, traces the history of sports disciplines through 45,000 objects and archives, from the 16th to the 20th century.

Musée d'Art moderne
06570 Saint-Paul-de-Vence

The Maeght Foundation, located in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in the Alpes-Maritimes, is the first private foundation of modern and contemporary art in France, inaugurated in 1964. It houses over 13,000 major works from the 20th and 21st centuries in a building designed by Josep Lluís Sert.

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.

Musée de la Préhistoire
06300 Nice

The Museum of Prehistory of Terra Amata in Nice is an archaeological museum dedicated to a 400,000-year-old prehistoric site, located on the slopes of Mount Boron. It exhibits remains of the life of the first hominids in the region.

Musée d'Archéologie gallo-romaine
06000 Nice

The archaeological museum of Nice-Cimiez, inaugurated in 1989, houses ancient remains of Cemenelum and the Alpes Maritimae, in a historical area of Nice, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

06410 Biot

The Local History Museum of Biot, located in the Alpes-Maritimes, presents archaeological and artisanal collections, including medieval and modern jars, in the heart of an old chapel of white penitents.