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What to do and see in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur: The Best Specialty Museums
The deep blue waters of the Cote d’Azur are the dramatic backdrop for elegant Nice. Breathe in the fresh Mediterranean air as you stroll the waterfront promenade, or get an eagle eye of the whole city from atop Castle Hill. The pedestrians-only Place Rossetti is the heart of the city, with a grand fountain, vibrant buildings, and the beautiful Sainte-Réparate cathedral giving it a provincial French feel.
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1. Marc Chagall National Museum
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4.5 based on 3,618 reviews
This museum has a large collection of works by Marc Chagall, the famous Russian-born painter and designer.
Reviewed By alajournal - Bratislava, Slovakia
Lucky artist to have a custom made house for his works - and even already during his lifetime! Especially with the wonderful Biblical Message cycle in mind! The Biblical Message was what I enjoyed viewing the most and it made me thinking of not so lucky Alfons Mucha, who had painted beautiful poetic monumental cycle Slav Epic and his paintings are "homeless" so far. I like the way the Biblical Message is presented in this museum. I extremely enjoyed viewing the documentary about Marc Chagall, not only because the documentary was well done, but was screened in a "theatre" room with comfortable chairs, with stained glass windows by Marc Chagall himself and there even was a harpsichord decorated by him there. In other rooms there were also his other paintings, sculptures, drawings and ceramics to be seen. Also an interesting mosaic in the yard to be admired through a glass wall. I highly recommend seeing this museum.
2. Palais Lascaris
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4.0 based on 634 reviews
Reviewed By Millie024 - Llantwit Major, United Kingdom
The first floor was shut, but my visit was very enjoyable nevertheless. The interior decoration is very ornate and unusual, and I very much wished there had been a concert going on I could stop and enjoy in the music room. I felt that the inhabitants had just slipped out for a while, and might return at any minute. The highlight has to be the fine diverse collection of historic musical instruments, such as a theorbe made in 1766 by Fidele Barma, part of the Gautier collection that was left to the city. There were all sorts of different variations on standard instruments, some a mixture between instruments, and a fine display of eighteenth century harps.In 1538 representatives of Spain,France and the Papal States met in Nice for a peace conference, that was a massively important musical event, all the parties bringing with them performers and composers. Christobalde Morales composed a Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra on this occasion, the earliest extant piece of music associated with Nice. As background music was playing, I hoped to buy a CD of music played on some of the historic instruments, but sadly the shop was rather disappointing, and didn't have anything like that available, a lost opportunity. Not withstanding that, this is a wonderful place and with the Musee Massena, a 'must see' in my opinion for any visitor to Nice who loves history.
3. Galerie Eva Vautier
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4.0 based on 5 reviews
4. Musee Archeologique de Nice-Cimiez
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4.0 based on 219 reviews
This site museum is located on the hill of Cimiez, ancient city of Cemenelum, capital of the roman territory of the Alpes Maritimae. This major archaeological site shows the remains of three complete thermal complexes (1st to 3rd century), streets, a residential area with its shops, as well as an amphitheater. There is also a paleo-Christian group consisting of a cathedral and a baptistery corresponding to a last manifestation of urban life in Cemenelum (from the fifth century). The museum, inaugurated in January 1989, succeeds the first site museum created in 1960 in the villa of Arènes, current museum Matisse. The collections concern the ages of the metals, the Antiquity and develop until the high Middle Ages. They evoke the life of Cemenelum and the province of the Alps Maritimae, through the many objects discovered during archaeological excavations from 1950 to 1969 in the site acquired by the municipality of Nice, but also beyond.
Reviewed By SusanHowick - Prince George, Canada
My daughter in law and I visited the museum , after visiting the Matisse gallery and the Franciscan monastery in Cimiez . What a wonderful way of spending a day - the wild hyacinths were blooming , bluebird day with sun shining , and very interesting exhibits . Spectacular Roman ruins , including the circus .
5. Musee National du Sport
6. Musee Franciscain
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4.0 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Luisguiper - Bogota, Colombia
I saw this temple because I missed the way to the Matisse museum. And since I already got there, I visited it. And it was indeed a great place to see. I would say the external architecture would not be so impressive, yet interesting, but the interior is really nice. The frescoes on the walls, the ceiling, the religious art, the arches, etc, make for a charming atmosphere. A great place for spiritual relaxation. The museum is attached to the Cimiez monastery, and a beautiful garden is found next to the building. Taking pictures inside the museum is forbidden.
7. Musee Matisse
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3.5 based on 1,777 reviews
Surrounded by an olive garden, this museum has a collection of paintings spanning the length of Henri Matisse's career.
Reviewed By Rosco49 - Perth, Australia
This collection of art works, videos & written quotes are chronologically laid out in an easy to follow trip through his life, showing the different styles & interests in the different periods. He was a truely talented & generous person that shared his artistic technique with a wide range of people, from school children to budding artists. Showing them how to experiment with different colours on identical sketches to achieve very different results.
8. Terra Amata Museum
9. Musee Prieure du Vieux Logis
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3.5 based on 4 reviews
The Museum of Arts and Furniture of the late Middle Ages Le Prieuré du Vieux-Logis invites you to a journey through time and presents you with collections of medieval religious art and a set of usual objects and furniture gathered by the Reverend Dominican Father Alfred Lemerre, enamored of ancient art. The collections range from the 14th to the 17th centuries. You can visit thirteen rooms on the ground floor, a dining room decorated with ancient tins and roosters, a Gothic room, a room with renaissance furniture, and a kitchen arranged with splendid furniture of different eras, utensils. On the wall are placed some religious paintings gleaned by Father Lemerre at random of his displacements. Upstairs are the chapel, the oratory, the sacristy and a room. Here we have not only objects of art but also objects of current use making this museum a living evocation of the past.
10. Le Musee de Curiosite et de l’Insolite
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3.0 based on 22 reviews
The Museum of the Curiosity and the Unusual: a magic place in NiceParadise of the children, the Museum of the Curiosity and the Unusual was conceived to be a surprise and make its visitors dream. We suggest you entering this fantastic universe, made by curiosity, by unusual and of magic… The Museum of the Curiosity and the Unusual was created by Jean-Pierre Speidel, an enthusiast of automatons.This museum-show, which account 150 automatons of collection, invites you to dive into the world of the magic, the dream and the strange.The visit is marked out of numerous effect and optical illusions there and gets organized around three themes :The Magic of Automatons: an interactive and educational route which redraws the story of automatons through centuriesThe House of Tarzan: a luxuriant jungle populated with animals life-size automatons (tiger, crocodile, lion, toucan etc.)
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