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Chagall Museum
Chagall Museum

Matisse Museum
Matisse Museum

Nice has 19 museums and galleries which is not so bad for a seaside city more known as a resort than a cultural centre. Admission is free to all museums in Nice except the Chagall museum. Bear in mind that all explanatory material in Nice museums is in French only although in some museums you can buy guides in English. In the Chagall museum, admission includes a free audio guide in English.

Museums

Asian Arts Museum
closed Tuesday

Palais Masséna Museum of Art and History
closed Tuesday

Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art
closed Monday

Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux Arts)
closed Monday

Franciscan Church, Monastery and Museum of Cimiez
closed Sunday and midday

Anatole Jakovsky Museum of Naif Art
closed Tuesday

Matisse Museum
closed Tuesday

Marc Chagall Museum
admission €6.50; closed Tuesday

Archaeology Museum
closed Tuesday

Terra Amata Human Paleontology Museum
closed Monday

Palais Lascaris
closed Tuesday

Villa Arson
closed Tuesday

Theatre of Photography and the Image
closed Monday

Museum of Natural History
Admission free; closed Monday

Prieure du Vieux Logis
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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