An eccentric millionaire Baroness spent her life collecting precious works and objects of art in her magnificent villa. On display are paintings by Fragonard, Boucher,Monet, Sisley and Renoir; tapestries by Beauvais and Aubusson, Louis XV and Louis XVI and furniture and numerous objects from the Far East. Has a 7 hectare park and 7 theme [...]
Avenue Docteur Ménard
06000, Nice
Tél: 00 33 (0)4 93 53 87 20
http://www.musee-chagall.fr
The museum building is concrete and glass, set in the middle of a garden with olives, cypresses and evergreen oaks. It houses the largest permanent collection of Chagall’s work. Paintings, sculptures, mosaics and stained glass windows.
Open from October 1st to June 30th ,10 am to [...]
33 avenue des Baumettes
Tel: (04) 92 15 28 28.
http://www.musee-beaux-arts-nice.org
Housed in a magnificent building that once belonged to a Ukranian Princess, this museum contains the major works of Van Dongen, and a splendid Dufy collection, who produced many paintings of Nice and who then donated the works painted in his studio to the town. Early Italian [...]
25 boulevard Carnot
06300 Nice, France
Tél 04 93 55 59 93
Fax : 04 93 89 91 31
http://www.musee-terra-amata.org
Reconstruction of the prehistoric habitat, and village, documents on the camp sites of elephant hunters of Nice since 400 000 years. 25 boulevard Carnot.
164 avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
Tel: (04) 93 81 08 08.
http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org
A magnificent 17th century Genoese villa with a trompe-l’oeil painted façade is devoted principally to the works of Henri Matisse (1889-1954). Architecture and the evolution in the work of this celebrate painter may be followed, from his very first practice sketches to the famous découpé [...]
Promenade des Arts
Tel: (04) 93 62 61 62.
http://www.mamac-nice.org
For its architecture alone this museum is a success, with its four marble towers, designed by Carrare, connected by transparent walkways. Inside the major movements in 60’s and 70’s Plastic Art are particularly well represented with works by César, Arman, and from Nice; Ben & Yves Klein (famous [...]
