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 Museeums and Galleries
After Paris, Nice is the french city with the largest number of museums and galleries.
 ASIAN ARTS MUSEUM
Designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, in the heart of Parc Phoenix, in a subtle architecture of glass and steel, this museum offers classical works and contemporary creations. The tea pavilion evokes the aestheticism of the Zen ceremony.
Internet : www.arts-asiatiques.com MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN ARTThis 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.
 MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY (Palais Masséna)
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...
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FINE ARTS MUSEUM
Permanent exhibition. In a beautiful private home built in 1876, vastes collections of paintings from the 17th (Italian in particular), 18th (Van Loo, Hubert Robert, Fragonard) and 19th (Romanticism, Realism, Orientalism, Symbolism and Impressionnism: Degas, Boudin, Dufy, Sisley, etc.) centuries. Major works by Chéret, Ziem and Van Dongen as well as sculptures by Carpeaux and Rodin. Temporary exhibitions
Internet : www.musee-beaux-arts-nice.org
 FRANCISCAN MUSEUM, CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF CIMIEZAn 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...
ANATOLE JAKOVSKY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Inaugurated on 5 March 1982 in the former residence of the perfumer François Coty, this Museum owed its existence to the large donation by Anatole and Renée Jakovsky: 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.
 MATISSE MUSEUM
This completely renovated 17th-century Genoan-style villa in the heart of the olive grove in the Gardens of Cimiez houses the personal collection of the great Fauvist painter who lived in Nice from 1917 until his death in 1954.
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
Internet : www.musee-matisse-nice.org
MARC CHAGALL NATIONAL BIBLICAL 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.
Internet : www.musee-chagall.fr
ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM OF NICE–CIMIEZ
Founded by Augustus in 14 BC, Cemenelum was, from the Ist 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...
TERRA AMATA HUMAN PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
Reconstruction of a prehistoric (Acheulean) occupation site, plaster casts, documents on the site of an elephant hunters’ camp in Nice 400,000 years ago.
 PALAIS LASCARIS
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.
CENTRE du PATRIMOINE (Prieuré du Vieux-Logis)
A late mediaeval interior reconstructed in a 16th-century home with collections of 14th, 15th and 16th-century objects.
VILLA ARSON
Splendid 18th-century villa, perfectly surrounded by contemporary architecture of concrete and pebbles. This privileged site covers 20,000 m_ of terraces and gardens housing the National Art School and a Contemporary Art Centre and residence for artists.
Internet : www.cnap-villa-arson.fr
 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.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Collection : a million objects in every area of the natural sciences.
Internet : www.mhnnice.org
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