Museums

Nice offers more than fifteen museums (municipal, departmental and national)

As a result of the measures taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 epidemic, the museums are closing their doors and suspending their activities from 30 October 2020.

By the number of museums and the richness of its collections, Nice offers its visitors an exceptional collection through a universal museum route.

Museums

Free access with your French Riviera Pass

Musée National du Sport

Airport / West Nice

Devoted to sport in all of its different forms, the Museum is open to all. Its collection of objects bear testimony to sport's finest hours, whisking visitors away on a journey through the museum's 2,000 m2 of exhibitions.
A certified Museum of...

Bd des Jardiniers - Stade Allianz Riviera - 06200 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 89 22 44 00

Musée Matisse

North Nice

In a fully renovated Genoese villa set in the olive grove in the Cimiez Gardens, this single-artist museum follows the artistic development of the painter who lived in Nice from 1917 to his death in 1954.
The collection is of interest for the...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

164 av des Arènes de Cimiez - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 81 08 08

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Musée de Préhistoire de Terra Amata

Nice-Sea side

An elephant-hunters’ camp dating back 400,000 years, where the first traces of domestication of fire in the world have been discovered.
This deposit is known throughout the world as it revealed the oldest known habitations in human history. The...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

25 bd Carnot - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 55 59 93

Palais Lascaris

Old Nice

An exceptional example of civil baroque architecture, the Palais Lascaris is a recognised Musée de France, devoted to the art and music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Residence of the Lascaris-Vintimille family, this palace, a registered historic...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

15 rue Droite - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 62 72 40

Musée Franciscain

North Nice

Located in the 17th century fresco-painted monastic buildings, the museum recalls Franciscan life in Nice from the 13th century to today.
An evocation of the life of Franciscan friars in Nice from the 13th to the 18th century, an illustration of...

Closed : Sunday all day,

Place du Pape Jean-Paul II - 06100 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 81 00 04

Musée Départemental des Arts Asiatiques

Nice-Sea side

The Alpes Maritimes Departemental commissioned the famous Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, to design a building for a museum, a venue for meetings and exchanges between Asian arts and western culture.
Standing in the artificial lake in Parc Phoenix, in...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

405 Promenade des Anglais - 06200 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 89 04 55 20

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Port / Acropolis / East Nice

The Museum presents the natural heritage of the Côte d'Azur through a selection of its collections rich with more than a million specimens.
A heritage to serve environment protection, rich in more than a million specimens (botanic, zoology and...

Closed : Monday all day,

60 bd Risso - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 97 13 46 80

Musée Prieuré du Vieux Logis

North Nice

“La Prieuré” houses collections of medieval religious art and a set of day-to-day objects and furniture.
Open by appointment.

Closed : Tuesday all day,

59 av Saint-Barthélemy - 06100 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 91 19 10

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Musée d'Art Moderne et d'art Contemporain M.AM.A.C.

Port / Acropolis / East Nice

This original architecture and a major permanent collection tracing the history of the European and American avant-garde since the early sixties.
The MAMAC collections, with more than 1.300 works, illustrate the key role of Nice in the development of...

Closed : Monday all day,

Place Yves Klein - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 97 13 42 01

Musée National Marc Chagall

North Nice

The Marc Chagall national museum, was created by the artist's will to bring together in one purpose-built place his most important biblical works : the 17 paintings which make up the Biblical Message.
The permanent collection is the biggest public...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

36 av Docteur Ménard (angle bd de Cimiez) - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 53 87 20

Musee de la Photographie Charles Nègre

Old Nice

With it's location in the heart of the Old Town, this establishment offers temporary monographic or thematic exhibitions which present all the trends from old photography to the digital image.
The museum has a gallery which is specially devoted to...

Closed : Monday all day,

1 place Pierre Gautier - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 97 13 42 20

Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret

Nice-Sea side

This museum is the heir to the first Municipal Museum of Nice featuring loans from the State, encouraged by Napoleon III.
In 1928, it was moved to a sumptuous late 19th-century villa. The paintings and sculptures on display range from the 14th to the...

Closed : Monday all day,

33 av des Baumettes - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 92 15 28 28

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Musée International d'Art Naif Anatole Jakovsky

Airport / West Nice

The museum has been set up in the former residence of perfume creator François COTY, the Château Sainte Hélène, surrounded by a large park with rare species.
Thanks to sizeable donations from Anatole and Renée Jakovsky, guided tours through the...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

23 av de Fabron - Château Sainte-Hélène - 06200 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 71 78 33

Musée Masséna

Nice-Sea side

Listed in the Historic Monuments inventory, the Villa Masséna is an architectural jewel in a tree-lined setting on the Promenade des Anglais that presents the history of Nice in the 19th Century.
Guided tours through the collections of the Museum...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

65 rue de France - 35 Promenade des Anglais - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 91 19 10

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Musée d'Archéologie de Nice Cimiez

North Nice

Founded by Augustus in 14 BC, Cemenelum was proclaimed the capital of Alpes Maritimae, an ancient Roman Province.
The museum displays objects and documents from the life of Cemenelum and the province of the Alpes Maritimae dating back to the Neolithic...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

160 av des Arènes de Cimiez - 06100 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 81 59 57

We remind you that with the French Riviera Pass (24, 48 or 72hrs), you have free access to the Chagall Museum and all the municipal museums and galleries during its validity period).

The following conditions apply to municipal museums and galleries :

24hr individual ticket : 10€ (access to all municipal museums and galleries for 24 hours)
7 day individual ticket : 20€ (access to all municipal museums and galleries for 7 days)
Group ticket (from 10 persons) : 8€ (access to all municipal museums and galleries for 24 hours)

More information on rates and free access

Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau

Museums

As a result of the measures taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 epidemic, the museums are closing their doors and suspending their activities from 30 October 2020.

Museums

We remind you that with the French Riviera Pass (24, 48 or 72hrs), you have free access to the Chagall Museum and all the municipal museums and galleries during its validity period).

Official Website - Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau