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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.
This is both an archaeological museum, a museum of popular traditions and a fine arts museum.
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.
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.
The area devoted to local archaeology features pottery and a skeleton under a batière grave, a rudimentary burial under flat tiles forming two slopes.
Visitors can enter the museum's small garden. It's a very pleasant place to stop.
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Provence2 rue Mirabeau06130 Grasse
OpeningSeptember 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.
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