French Riviera Traveller by Jeanne Oliver

Museums and Galleries in Nice

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Nice has 19 museums and galleries which is not so bad for a seaside city more known as a resort than a cultural centre.

Museums

Admission is free the first and third Sundays of each month. To save money, buy a Museum Pass. The price is €7 and it gives you access to museums for seven days (one visit per museum)

Asian Arts Museum
Free admission; closed Tuesday

Palais Masséna Museum of Art and History
Admission 4EUR; closed Tuesday

Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art
Admission 4EUR; closed Monday

Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux Arts)
Admission 4EUR; closed Monday

Franciscan Church, Monastery and Museum of Cimiez
Admission free; closed Sunday and midday

Anatole Jakovsky Museum of Naif Art
Admission 4EUR; closed Tuesday

Matisse Museum
Admission 4EUR; closed Tuesday

Marc Chagall Museum
Admission 6.50EUR; closed Tuesday

Archaeology Museum
Admission 4EUR; closed Tuesday

Terra Amata Human Paleontology Museum
Admission 4EUR; closed Monday

Palais Lascaris
Admision free; closed Tuesday

Villa Arson
Admission free; closed Tuesday

Theatre of Photography and the Image
Admission free; closed Monday

Museum of Natural History
Admission free; closed Monday

Prieure du Vieux Logis
Admission free; closed Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday

 

Galleries

Admission is free to all galleries and they are all closed on Monday.

Galerie des Ponchettes
Temporary exhibitions
77 Quai des Etats-Unis

Galerie de la Marine
Temporary exhibitions
59 Quai des Etats-Unis

Galerie du Chateau
(also closed on Sundays from 1st June to 31st August)
14 rue Droite

Galerie Renoir
(also closed on Sundays from 1st June to 31st August)
8 rue de la Loge

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