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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: 405, promenade des Anglais, (Museum of Asian Arts), Nice 06200
There is an impressive array of antiquity on display at this superb museum. Rare and unique artifacts preserve aspects of Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian cultures with items such as precious stones and metals, sandstone sculptures, fashions, textiles, decoratives, and contemporary art.
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: 33, avenue des Baumettes, (Museum of Fine Arts), Nice 06000
Remarkable collection of Italian and French paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Nineteenth century movements such as Impressionism and post-Impressionism are well represented via paintings and sculptures, as well. Housed in an extraordinary building, which was built in 1878 by Princess Kojchoubey.
Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: Château Sainte-Hélène avenue Val-Marie, (International Naive Art Museum), Nice 06200
This turn-of-the-century mansion is the site for a fine collection of "naive" art, a genre known as a forum for unschooled and untrained artists. Mr. and Mrs. Anatole Jakovsky donated this extraordinary ensemble of work to Nice in 1982. Jakovsky, a naive art connoisseur, provided more than 600 works that span 200 years and hail from around the...
Musée Massena - (Massena Art & History Museum)
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: 65, rue de France, Promenade des Anglais, Nice 06000
This museum offers insightful glimpses into the ongoing history of the Nice-Piémont region via paintings, furniture, decorations, weapons, uniforms, and other artifacts.
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: 164, av des Arènes-de-Cimiez, Nice 06000
Matisse called Nice home from 1917 to 1954 and this fine museum is located across the street from his former residence. The stunning 17th-century villa houses a remarkable permanent collection, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs, plus some of the furniture and possessions that feature in his paintings. Cimiez is also home to...
Category: Museums - Nice Attractions & Activities
Address: Av du Docteur Ménard, Nice 06000
An homage to the artist's full career, the museum gives pride of place to his 40 Old Testament gouaches. Designed to Chagall's precise specifications, the building itself is a work of art. Chagall also created stained-glass windows for the auditorium, where monthly concerts are held, and an intricate zodiac mosaic above the outdoor fountain. The...
