Sommaire / Summary
The Provence Museum of Art and History evokes Provence from prehistory onwards, with a focus on the arts from the 17th to the early 20th century.
Provence Museum of Art and History
This is both an archaeological museum, a museum of popular traditions and a fine arts museum.
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Among the works on display are Berthe Morisot's La Cueillette des oranges à Cimiez, or numerous works by Charles Nègre, painter and photographer, who used photography to reproduce famous paintings, such as Titian's Assumption (exhibited at the Basilica of the Frari in Venice). Also of note are numerous paintings of local landscapes.
Museum of popular traditions
Presented here are numerous folk objects and furnishings: a tricycle-horse, porcelain objects, a sedan chair, various musical instruments, the interiors of a typical folk home or those of a wealthier family, etc.
.Archeological museum
The area devoted to local archaeology features pottery and a skeleton under a batière grave, a rudimentary burial under flat tiles forming two slopes.
.The garden of the Musée d’Histoire et d’Art de Grasse
Visitors can enter the museum's small garden. It's a very pleasant place to stop.
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Practical information
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Provence
2 rue Mirabeau
06130 Grasse
Opening
September 1 to June 30: 10am to 6pm.
July 1 to August 31: 10am to 7pm.
Closing: May 1, 1st Monday of January, February, March, October, November, December, December 25 and January 1.
You too can choose your activities:
Practical! A single train line connects all these towns:
Menton - Roquebrune-Cap-Martin - Monaco Monte Carlo - Cap-d'Ail - Èze (beach) - Beaulieu-sur-Mer - Villefranche-sur-Mer - Nice Riquier - Nice - Nice Saint-Augustin - Saint-Laurent-du-Var - Cros de Cagnes - Cagnes-sur-Mer - Villeneuve-Loubet Plage - Biot - Antibes - Juan les Pins - Golfe Juan Vallauris - Cannes.
Including Mouans-Sartoux and Grasse.
Informations Côte d'Azur
Jean-Marc Foulquier