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 MARC CHAGALL NATIONAL BIBILICAL MESSAGE MUSEUM: Biblical scenes illustrated in 17 large paintings, sculptures, stained glass windows, mosaics and tapestries, 205 preparatory sketches, 39 gouaches (1930), 105 engravings (1956) and 215 lithographs. Avenue du Dr Ménard, corner of Boulevard de Cimiez.
 Official Museum Site.  Info Tel: 04 93 53 87 20
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ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM OF NICE–CIMIEZ: Opened in 1989, its illustrates "CERENEMUM's", as well as, the Alpes-Maritimes area's life and history with exhibits of ancient pottery, monnies, jewelry, sculptures, engravings, and animated showcases. A must for first visitors ! Founded by Augustus in 14 BC, Cemenelum was, from the 1st to the 4th century, the capital of the Alpes Maritimae province. You can visit the amphitheatre, the public baths (3rd century AD), paved streets and the Palæochristian Episcopal Group (5th century AD). The Museum, inaugurated in January 1989, offers collections ranging from the Bronze and Iron Age (1100 BC) to the Dark Ages: ceramics, glass, coins, jewellery, sculptures, tools... Avenue des Arènes.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 81 59 57
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FRANCISCAN MUSEUM, CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF CIMIEZ: An evocation of the life of Franciscan monks in Nice from the 13th to the 18th century, an illustration of the spiritual and social message of Saint Francis of Assisi through paintings, sculptures, engravings, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, reconstructed chapel and monk’s cell, prayer-books on parchment... Place du Monastère.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 81 00 04
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FINE ARTS MUSEUM: The museum displays its vast collections, wich are going from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries (Italian seicento, french eighteenth century : Van Lou, Natoire , Fragonard) in a magnificient residence, erected in1878 by the princess Kojchoubey. An important panorama of the french nineteenth century is therein given Bastien-Lepage, Bashkeirkeff, Carpeaux, Chéret, Rodin, impressionism and post-impressionism : Boudin, Monet, Vuillard, Van Dongen. Major works by Chéret, Ziem and Van Dongen as well as sculptures by Carpeaux and Rodin. Avenue des Baumettes.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 92 15 28 28
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MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY (Massena museum): Sumptuous first empire decoration, furniture, oil-paintings, doors, entrance ways, and paneling coming from the "château de Lucien Bonaparte" in govone (Piémont). Also includes religious art, arms, porcelaine, stoneware, european and oriental jewelry, Nice and european original paintings, regional historical artifacts, aristocratic attire, regional furniture and ancient marquetry from local craftsmen.In a splendid Empire setting, the museum houses collections of late Gothic “Primitive” painters from Nice and Europe, armour from the 15th to the 18th centuries, regional porcelain and faïence and especially a department reserved for local painters: watercolours, Napoleonic Empire, Masséna, Garibaldi...65, Rue de France and 35, Promenade des Anglais.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 88 11 34
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MATISSE MUSEUM: The Matisse Museum a magnificent 17th century Italian villa with distinctive red walls decorated with trompe l'oeil stands on a hill just above the center of Nice in the heart of an olive grove close to the Hotel Regina where Matisse lived. The park and nearby ruins were part of the ancient Roman City of Cemenelum, now known as Cimiez. The museum, modernized and expanded in 1993, now consists of the original 17th century villa and a sleek and modern adjoining structure that is partially underground. The museum's collection is made up with the works donated by the Matisse himself who lived in Nice from 1917 to 1954; his heirs ; and with works lent by the State. The visitor will discover Matisse's evolution from his early student copies to his mature work. Works from all periods of his life offer a comprehensive panorama: from the first paintings made in 1890 to the famous gouache cutouts, 236 drawings, 218 engravings and the complete presentation of the books illustrated by the artist. Temporary exhibitions. Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 93 81 08 08
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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN ART: This original architecture (four grey marble towers linked by transparent walkways) and a major permanent collections tracing the history of the European and American avant-garde since the early sixties.Promenade des Arts.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 93 62 61 62
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ANATOLE JAKOVSKY INTERNATIONAL NAIVE ART MUSEUM: Donated to Nice by Mr. and Mrs Anatole Jakovsky and open to the public since 1982, this original museum is found in the former summer resort of the parfumer Coty. A collection tracing naive art's world progression starting from the 18th century. Inaugurated on 5 March, this Museum owed its existence to the large donation: 600 paintings, drawings, engravings and sculptures retracing the history worldwide of Naive Art from the 18th century to the present. Words by Bauchant, Bombois, Rimbert, Séraphine... Croatian, Haitian, Brazilian artists... completed by a rich State collection from the National Museum of Modern Art Centre Georges Pompidou. Château Sainte-Hélène, Avenue de Fabron.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 71 78 33
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NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: Composed of four rooms dedicated to the study of birds, fungi, mineralogy, and geology. Use of natural settings and fossils to retrace our planet's history since its origin. An important natural science library is at the disposition of the public. This was the first museum in Nice as from 1863, the initiative of J.B. Barla. Today there are close to a million specimens, from the Mediterranean, Africa or South America. The Natural History Museum aims to promote these treasures of our heritage and increase public awareness of environment protection. Boulevard Risso.
Official Museum Site. Info Tél: 04 97 13 46 80
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VIEUX LOGIS: This 13th room manor, a scrupulous reconstruction of a rural priory, is the work of the Reverend Father Alfred Lemerre, a Dominician friar, born in 1868 in Roubaix. It contains regional articles and furniture from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 84 44 74
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VILLA ARSON: Superb 18th century dwelling inserted in a vast architectural strucutre decorated with pebbles. Villa Arson houses an international art research pilot school, resident artists, and a national center for contemporary art. This institution, controlled by the Ministry of Culture, also organizes temporary art exhibitions, conferences, lectures, and publishes catalogs. This privileged site covers 20,000 m2 of terraces and gardens housing the National Art School and a Contemporary Art Centre and residence for artists. Avenue Stephen Liégeard.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 92 07 73 73
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THEATRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE ET DE L'IMAGE: The "Théâtre de la Photographie et de l'Image" in the heart of Nice in the building which formerly housed the "Théâtre de l'Artistique", has maintained its charm and elegance of the Belle Epoque period. Its mission is to collect photographs of Nice and its region by researching ancient documents but also sending photographers to "report" on the city's human, urban, historic and industrial heritage.This theatre is aimed at welcoming and offering photographic exhibitions, symposiums and conferences. Five exhibition rooms offer an opportunity to exhibit all trends, from photojournalism to plastic photo, from "straight photography" to digital picture: portraits, landscapes, reports and applied photography. One can find theoretical and practical training courses, a documentation centre, a multimedia computer network, a bookshop, a photo-coffee.... Boulevard Dubouchage.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 80 11 00
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NAVAL MUSEUM: Old sailors never die-they can always be found in original naval museums like this one, where ancient arms, navigatiion instruments, scale models, boats, engravings, and paintings are displayed in the Bellanda Tower, a historical monument, overlooking the sea.
No Official Web Site.
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LASCARIS PALACE MUSEUM: Home of the Lascaris family (Vintimillia), this Genovan style palace units a magnificent 17th residence with ornaments from the 18th century. The entrance hall is decorated with the Lascaris coat arms, a monumental staircase, grandiose public rooms with fresco cover edarchways, 17th and 18th century furniture, and flemish tapestries. Also found are exhibits of regional art and popular traditions, a magnificent 18th century pharmacy with its original woodwork, and a collection of vases and tripods.Genoan-style Baroque palace built starting in 1648 by the Lascaris-Ventimiglia family. Very fine façade with balconies on consoles and pilasters decorated with capitals and garlands of flowers. A pharmacy (1738) is on display on the ground floor. A monumental staircase leads to the staterooms (17th and 18th century decoration and furniture). Heritage Centre for activites around the preservation of the heritage of Nice. Rue Droite.
No Official Web Site. Info Tel: 04 93 62 05 54
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MUSEUM-GALLERY ALEXIS AND GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA: An important father and son collection. Alexis Mossa ( 1844-1926 ) was the originateur of Nice's carnaval procession and a remarkable water-color landscape painter. His son, Gustav Adolph (1883-1971 ) continued in his father's steps and invented his own universal symbolism.
No Official Web Site.
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PREHISTORIC MUSEUM OF TERRA AMATA: This prehistoric elephant hunter's camp, discovered in the center of Nice, has been marvelously reconstructed showing the evolution of the excavation with plaster castings and a recreated Acheulian living quarter dating around 400,000 BC. Boulevard Carnot.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 93 55 59 93
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MUSEUM OF ASIAN ARTS: This museum, the only one which was built in Europe by Kenzo TANGE, opens to the public on the 17th October 1998. Its architectural conception is symbolic. It gathers ancient collections which are portraying the diversity and richness of the traditions of Asian civilisations.Designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, in the heart of Parc Phœnix, in a subtle architecture of white marble, glass and steel, this museum offers classical works and contemporary creations. The tea pavilion evokes the aestheticism of the Zen ceremony.Promenade des Anglais - Arénas.
Official Museum Site. Info Tel: 04 92 29 37 00
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