Museums in the Alpes Maritimes

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.

06400 Cannes

The Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal, located in a 17th century fort on Île Sainte-Marguerite in Cannes, combines underwater archaeology, Roman murals and emblematic prison history.

Musée des Artistes peintres célèbres
06110 Le Cannet

The Bonnard du Cannet museum, unique in the world dedicated to Pierre Bonnard, is a 20th century monographic museum located in Le Cannet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. He celebrates the painter's work, inspired by Mediterranean landscapes.

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.

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 et d'histoire locale
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.