Museums in the Alpes Maritimes

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 mer et de la pêche
06600 Antibes

The Espace Mer and Littoral d'Antibes is a monument located in the city of Antibes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its exact period remains indefinite, but it embodies a place dedicated to the relationship between the sea and the local territory.

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 d'Art et d'histoire locale
06800 Cagnes-sur-Mer

The Château-Musée Grimaldi de Cagnes-sur-Mer, a former 14th century castle transformed into a seigneurial residence, dominates the French Riviera in the Alpes-Maritimes. Ranked a historic monument, it now houses a museum of modern art and ethnography.

Écomusée
06540 Breil-sur-Roya

The Écomusée du haut- pays et des transports, installed in the former Breil-sur-Roya locomotive depot (Alpes-Maritimes), exhibits historic trains, trams and road vehicles, including iconic pieces such as the Train des Merveilles.

Musée d'histoire naturelle et de Paléontologie
06000 Nice

The Nice Museum of Natural History, founded in 1846, is the oldest municipal museum in the city. Located in Risso Boulevard, it houses more than one million Mediterranean and tropical specimens in a preserved historical setting.

Musée de la Préhistoire
06500 Castellar

The Menton Regional Prehistory Museum, located in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, is an archaeological and ethnographic museum housed in a neo-classical building, heir to 19th-century collections.

06200 Nice

The Departmental Museum of Asian Arts in Nice, located in the Alpes-Maritimes, is a cultural space dedicated to Asian decorative arts, ethnology and photography, housed in a building designed by Kenzo Tange.