Exhibitions of the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice

The exhibitions of the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice are many and varied, complemented by conferences, installations, performances, and shows. Everyone is involved: the City of Nice, retailers, museums, and more, as part of the UNOC 2025 (United Nations Ocean Conference). Let’s take a closer look at the exhibitions.

Exhibitions for the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice’s museums

Nice, from the shore to the sea

From May 8 to September 21, 2025, the Massena Museum is presenting an exhibition on the relationship between Nice and the Mediterranean. The first prehistoric humans, the Greeks who founded Nikaïa, resources from the sea and trade, winter resorts, etc.
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Matisse Méditerranée(S)

From Wednesday, May 7 to Sunday, September 7, 2025, the Matisse Museum in Nice will highlight Matisse’s fascination with the Mediterranean: Corsica (1898), Nice (between 1917 and 1954), Spain, Italy, Algeria, and Morocco.
Matisse Museum
164, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
06000 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Access: Bus lines 5, 18, 16, 40, 33 – Arènes station – Matisse Museum
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Prehistoric men at the beach

From Friday, April 25, 2025, to Sunday, September 28, 2025, the Terra Amata Museum of Prehistory is offering a fascinating exhibition on the links between prehistoric man and the sea: resources, raw materials, navigation, etc.

Terra Amata Prehistory Museum
25, boulevard Carnot
06300 Nice

Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Port Lympia
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Laurent Ballesta – Seas and Mysteries

From April 5 to September 28, 2025
The sea remains an unsuspected world. The many existing photos and films are not enough to reveal it in its entirety. That is what makes this exhibition by Laurent Ballesta – Seas and Mysteries so unique, giving us more to discover at the Charles Nègre Museum of Photography in Nice.

Charles Nègre Museum of Photography
1, Place Pierre Gautier
06300 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Access: Tram line 1 – Station: Opéra – Vieille Ville
Our page on the Laurent Ballesta exhibition – Seas and Mysteries
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Les Particules, the human tale of dying water

Manon Lanjouère offers a profound reflection on ocean pollution. Each image, with its visual beauty, invites contemplation but also, with its visual power, calls for action. Charles Nègre Museum of Photography 1, Place Pierre Gautier 06300 Nice Opening hours: Open every day except Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Tram line 1 – Station: Opéra – Vieille Ville

Our page about this exhibition
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Nice Archaeology Museum – Cimiez
160, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
06000 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Bus lines 5, 18, 16, 40, 33 – Arènes station – Musée Matisse Official website

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Les reliques de l’écume (The Relics of the Foam), exhibition by Racca Vammerisse

From Saturday, May 3, 2025, to Sunday, September 28, 2025, the Museum of Fine Arts presents a beautiful exhibition by ceramic artist Racca Vammerisse. This artist creates sculptures incorporating pearls, shells, tentacles, claws, and coral.
Musée des Beaux Arts Jules Chéret
33, avenue des Baumettes – 06000 Nice
Hours: Open every day except Monday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Access: Bus 38: “Musée Chéret” stop or Tram L2: “Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen” stop (access via stairs)
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Exhibitions for the Year of the Sea 2025 at other sites and museums

The Living Ocean Exhibition

83 photographs by Greg Lecoeur and Olivier Anrigo on global marine biodiversity.
Esplanade de la Bourgada
Traverse de la Bourgada
06000 Nice

Park opening hours:
October 1 to March 31: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
April 1 to September 30: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

 

Ugo Schiavi – La Zone de Minuit

From Wednesday, May 7 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, the artist immerses us in a sprawling installation of the world of the abyss.
Grande halle des anciens abattoirs de Nice
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Becoming Ocean: a social conversation about the ocean

From Thursday, May 8 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, Villa Arson invites visitors to reflect on what we know and don’t know about the ocean and its future. Artists will provide us with an approach, knowledge, and questions about the ocean, the master of our future. Villa Arson 20 avenue Stephen Liégeard 06100 Nice Hours: Open every day except Tuesday, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 2pm-7pm in July and August. Access: Tram line 1 – Le Ray station Official website

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MOANA FA’ A’ ARO

From Friday, May 23, 2025, to Friday, June 27, 2025, artist Aurélien Mauplot will be exhibiting his multifaceted work inspired by islands and oceans.
Maison Abandonnée [Villa Cameline]
43 Av. Monplaisir
06100 Nice
Access: Bus 23, Église Jeanne d’Arc stop – Tram Line 1, Borriglione stop
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