Right in the heart of the city, this sprawling temple of white marble enshrines a bold and stimulating collection of European and American modern art...

Demarcating the eastern end of cours Saleya, this splendid townhouse is where Matisse spent the second half of the 1920s and early '30s, conducting his life...

The smart, well curated museum of archaeology devotes two floors of open-plan exhibition space to a dazzling array of ceramics, coinage and assorted...

Still undergoing extensive refurbishment work at the time of writing, this museum (also known as the Musée Masséna) occupies a beautiful Italianate villa...

Constructed on the site of a prehistoric settlement… If this sounds like the beginning of a Stephen King novel, fear not, the outcome here is guaranteed to...

With a content as deliberately minimal as the architecture of the building that houses it (a wonderfully light, white marble edifice designed by Kenzo...

On a hot day, it can be an uphill struggle getting to this picturesque museum, but it's worth every step. The former residence of a Ukrainian princess, the...

A splendid pink villa houses this collection of naïve art, bequeathed to the city by the eponymous M Jakovsky. Some 600 paintings, drawings and sculptures...

Reopened in 2008 after a massive renovation, the museum occupies a sumptuous late 19th-century Italianite villa, built as a winter residence for the...

Just a few steps away from the Hotel Regina, where Matisse lived, this Genoese-style 17th-century villa keeps a significant number of the artist's...

Contained within the strict geometry of this bunker-like building (designed by Le Corbusier collaborator André Hermant) is the complete set of biblical...

If it creeps, crawls or slithers you'll find it dried out and on display in the antiquated wooden cabinets of this, Nice's oldest museum. And while junior...

Meet just around the corner, in front of Saint Barthélémy church (11 montée Claire Virenque), to join up with the guided tour that visits this quirky and...

Set in vast parkland, this 18th-century villa is now under the aegis of the French cultural ministry as a catch-all centre for contemporary art. There's an...