Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur is home to 21 museums dedicated to archaeology and history. The Museum of Prehistory of the Verdon Gorges, the Museum of the History of the City of Marseille and the MHAB-Museum of History and Art of Bormes reflect the archaeological and heritage depth of this Mediterranean region. These institutions reveal unique testimonies ranging from prehistory to recent historical periods. Discover below the 21 museums referenced on The Artwork Room.
21 musées

The departmental prehistory museum is located in Quinson, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the heart of the Verdon Gorges. Established in a rural area, it is a heritage facility…
Rte de Montmeyan
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The Marseille History Museum is a site museum that was completely renovated in 2013, located near the Old Port. Built on the archaeological site of the Ancient Port in the 1st dist…
2 Rue Henri Barbusse
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The MHAB, museum of history and art of Bormes, is located in Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var. It offers an exploration of more than two millennia of local and regional history. The c…
103 Rue Carnot
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The Mediterranean Archaeology Museum (MAM) is located on the first floor of the Centre de la Vieille Charité in Marseille. It presents an important collection of Egyptian antiquiti…
2 Rue de la Charité
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The Notre-Dame du Bourg Archaeological Crypt is an archaeological site located in Digne-les-Bains, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. This place combines the functions of museum and he…
Rue du Prévôt
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The Gallo-Roman Museum of Tauroentum is located in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, in the Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. It is dedicated to the ancient history of the Tauroentum…
131 Rte de la Madrague
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Musée des Amis de Castrum Vetus
Châteauneuf-les-Martigues · Bouches-du-Rhône
The Museum of Friends of Castrum Vetus is an archaeological museum located in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. It is run by a local association dedicated to preh…
Mnt des Ruines
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The Museum of Paleontology and Archaeology of Vachères is an institution located in the village of Vachères, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. I…
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The Archaeological and Regional Museum of Valréas is dedicated to archaeology and local history of the region. Located in Valréas, a municipality in Vaucluse, it is part of the cul…
Entrée par la cour, 43 Cr Victor Hugo
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The Iron Mask and Royal Fort Museum occupies the oldest part of the Royal Fort, a Vauban-style fortification built in the 17th century on the island of Sainte-Marguerite, in the Lé…
Ile Sainte Marguerite, 1 Place Bernard Cornut-Gentille, 06400 Cannes, France
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The Menton Museum of Regional Prehistory presents evidence of European prehistory, from its origins to the Iron Age. Founded in 1878 from the private natural history collection of…
Rue Lorédan Larchey, 06500 Menton, France
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An archaeological site museum established on the territory of the former Roman city of Cemenelum, the Museum of Archaeology of Nice Cimiez presents the remains of this ancient city…
160 Av. des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice, France
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The Museum of Archaeology in Antibes is a site museum. Established in the Alpes-Maritimes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it is part of the heritage fabric of the municip…
Bastion Saint-André, 06600 Antibes, France
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The Gallo-Roman archaeology museum of the Var is located in Fréjus in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Its collections illustrate the history and ancient settlement of the Var territory…
3 Pl. Calvini, 83600 Fréjus, France
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The Marc Deydier Museum is housed in a 17th-century townhouse in the heart of the village of Cucuron, in Vaucluse. It brings together collections organized around three main themes…
Rue de l'Église, 84160 Cucuron, France
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The Museum of Roman Docks is an archaeological site museum located in Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. It is established at the heart of an archaeological site that preserves th…
28 Pl. Vivaux, 13002 Marseille, France
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The Museum of Ancient Arles is a museum located in Arles, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Recognized under the Heritage Code since 2003, it is dedicated to the collections and remai…
Presqu'île du Cirque Romain, 13200 Arles, France
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The Théo Desplans archaeological museum is a site museum located in Vaison-la-Romaine, in Vaucluse. Situated on a major archaeological site, it contributes to the promotion of the…
Site Antique de Puymin, 14 Rue Burrus, 84110 Vaison-la-Romaine, France
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The Gallo-Roman museum of Sisteron is an institution dedicated to the remains and history of Roman presence in the region. Located in Sisteron, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, in th…
8 Rue Saunerie, 04200 Sisteron, France
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The Calvet Museum has been recognized since 2002 under the Heritage Code. Located in Avignon, in Vaucluse, it is part of the cultural heritage of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur reg…
65 Rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon, France
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A site museum located in Nice, the Terra Amata Museum of Prehistory is built on the paleolithic excavation site of the same name, discovered during digs that unearthed remains dati…
25 Bd Carnot, 06000 Nice, France
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