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Sélection de 8 museums sur 40 dans les Alpes-Maritimes

Nice Museum of Natural History
Museum of Natural History and Paleontology
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.
Matisse Museum of Nice
Museum of famous painters
06000 Nice

The Matisse Museum of Nice, housed in a 17th century Genoese villa, houses a rich collection of works by Henri Matisse, tracing his artistic journey through paintings, sculptures and drawings.
Nice Massena Museum
Museum of Art and Local History
06000 Nice

The Masséna Museum, housed in a Belle Époque villa in Nice, traces the local history from 1792 to 1939. Located on the promenade des Anglais, it combines neo-classical architecture and gardens signed Edward André.
Marc-Chagall Museum of Nice
Museum of famous painters
06000 Nice

The Marc-Chagall Museum in Nice, inaugurated in 1973, is a national museum dedicated to the biblical and religious works of the painter. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes, it houses a unique collection of paintings, sketches and stained glass offered by the artist to the French state.
Nice Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine 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.
Museum of Asian Arts of Nice
Museum of Asian and Oceania Arts
06000 Nice

The Museum of Asian Arts in Nice, inaugurated in 1998, is a departmental museum located near Phoenix Park, designed by architect Kenzo Tange to house collections of Asian art.
Museum of Human Paleontology of Terra-Amata in Nice
Museum of Prehistory
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.
Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Art of Nice
Museum of Contemporary Art
06000 Nice

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice, inaugurated in 1990, houses avant-garde works from the 1950s to the present. Located near Place Garibaldi, its neo-classical marble architecture of Carrare dominates the Paillon.