Histoire & Patrimoine Museums in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Musée National de la Marine

The National Maritime Museum is a heritage institution present at several sites in France including Toulon, Paris, Brest, Port-Louis and Rochefort. The Toulon museum, located at Pl…

Place Monsenergue, Quai de Norfolk

Musée de la préhistoire des gorges du Verdon

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

Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Marseille

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

Muséoscope du Lac

The Muséoscope du Lac is a museum dedicated to the history of the Serre-Ponçon dam and the evolution of the upper Alpine territory. Located in Rousset-Serre-Ponçon in the Hautes-Al…

Belvédère du, Barrage de Serre-Ponçon, 65 Rte de Sainte-Catherine

Musée de la Légion Etrangère

The Museum of the Foreign Legion, located in Aubagne in Bouches-du-Rhône, is a military museum. Completely renovated in 2013, it occupies more than 2,000 m² and holds a collection…

Chem. de la Thuilière

Musée des Gueules Rouges

The Red Faces Museum, located in Tourves in the Var, is dedicated to the history of bauxite mining exploitation in Provence. The visit route combines a self-guided exhibition with…

Av. de la Libération

MHAB-Musée d'Histoire et d'Art de Bormes

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

Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne de la Ville de Marseille

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

Artemisia museum

The Artemisia Museum is a museum located in Forcalquier, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, housed in the Convent of the Cordeliers. It offers an enriched visitor experience with temp…

Couvent des Cordeliers

Mémorial des déportations de la ville de Marseille

The Memorial of Deportations is housed in a blockhouse built by the German army in 1943, located at the foot of Fort Saint-Jean in Marseille, facing the old neighborhoods destroyed…

1 Quai du Port

Crypte archéologique Notre-Dame du Bourg

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

Maison du Patrimoine d'Ollioules

The Heritage House is a heritage interpretation center for the metropolitan area located in Ollioules, in the Var. Dedicated to the discovery and promotion of the heritage of the T…

20 Rue Gambetta

Musée gallo-romain de Tauroentum

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

Musée d'Histoire Locale de Fréjus

The Fréjus Local History Museum is located in a bourgeois residence in the heart of the historic city. Its collections document different aspects of the intimate and collective lif…

153 Rue Jean Jaurès

Galerie de l'histoire de Martigues

The Gallery of the History of Martigues is a museum located in Martigues, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. It is part of a local heritage initiative by offer…

Rond point de l'Hotel de Ville

Musée de Notre-Dame de la Garde

The Notre-Dame de la Garde Museum, located in the Marseille basilica, occupies more than 350 m² and traces eight centuries of history of this emblematic sanctuary. Its collections…

Rue Fort du Sanctuaire

Musée des Amis de Castrum Vetus

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

Musée de La Mine de Saint-Maime

The Mine Museum is a site museum located on the grounds of a former mine in Saint-Maime, in the Hautes-Alpes region. Labeled as a "Museum of France" since 2003 under the Heritage C…

La Tuilière

Petit Musée de Carro

The Petit Musée de Carro is a local history museum located in Martigues, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. It is dedicated to the preservation and…

15, place Joseph Fasciola, Carro

Musée de l'École Publique

The Museum of Public School is a historical museum located in Ollioules, in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. It is part of the local cultural heritage,…

1 Av. Anatole France

Maison de l’Eau et de la Vallée

The House of Water and the Valley is a museum located in Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Created through a partnership between the town hall and the Culture, Le…

Musée archéologique et de pays

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

Musée ciotaden

The Ciotat Museum is established in La Ciotat, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It has held the label since September 17, 2003, by virtue of the French Heritage Code. The museum is r…

1 Quai Ganteaume, 13600 La Ciotat, France

Musée d'archéologie

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

Musée de l'Emperi

The Musée de l'Empéri is housed in the Château de l'Empéri, an emblematic monument of Salon-de-Provence, since 1967. It welcomes the Raoul and Jean Brunon collection, acquired by t…

Mnt du Puech, 13300 Salon-de-Provence, France

Musée des troupes de marine

The Museum of Marine Troops, located in Fréjus in the Var, is a repository dedicated to the military history and traditions of the Marine Troops of the Army. Labeled, it traces fou…

240 Av. du Musée des Troupes de Marine, 83600 Fréjus, France

Musée du pays brignolais

The Museum of Pays Brignolais is located in Brignoles in the Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is situated in the heart of the city, on Place Carami. As a museum, i…

1 Pl. Comtes de Provence, 83170 Brignoles, France

Musée du vieil Aix

The Museum of Old Aix, established in Aix-en-Provence, is an institution dedicated to presenting the local heritage and history of the city. The museum notably houses the staircase…

17 Rue Gaston de Saporta, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France

Musée d'archéologie gallo-romaine du Var

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

Musée des docks romains

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

Musée de l'Arles antique

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

Musée des merveilles

The Departmental Museum of Wonders is a site museum located in Tende, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in a rural area context. It falls into the category of site museums. The institution o…

Av. du 16 Septembre 1947, 06430 Tende, France

Musée archéologique Théo Desplans

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

Musée de l'Église

The Church Museum is housed in the sacristy of the Saint-Pierre Church in Puy-Saint-Pierre, a municipality in the Hautes-Alpes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its collect…

190 Rte de Puy Saint-Pierre

Musée du vieux logis

The Priory of Vieux Logis is a museum located in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in a former mill that became a farm and then a priory. Developed from 1922 by the Reverend Dominican…

59 Av. de Saint-Barthélémy, 06100 Nice, France

Musée des Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

The Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer museum is located in the municipality of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Bouches-du-Rhône. Situated in a rural area of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, it i…

6 Av. Théodore Aubanel, 13460 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

Musée gallo-romain Sisteron

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

Écomusée de la Roudoule

The Roudoule Ecomuseum is a museum established in Puget-Rostang, in the Alpes-Maritimes, since 1986. Located in the rural territory of the Roudoule valley, it operates as an ecomus…

Placette de I Europe, 06260 Puget-Rostang, France

Musée Suffren et du vieux Saint-Cannat

The Suffren and Old Saint-Cannat Museum is a museum located in the village of Saint-Cannat, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Established in a rural setting, it is part of an approach…

3 Av. Pasteur, 13760 Saint-Cannat, France

Musée du vieux Saint-Chamas

The Museum of Old Saint-Chamas is recognized under the Heritage Code. Located in Saint-Chamas, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, it is dedicated to local memo…

20 Mnt des Pénitents, 13250 Saint-Chamas, France

Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal

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

Musée de préhistoire régionale

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

Musée Jean Garcin 39-45 : l'appel de la liberté

The Jean Garcin Museum 39-45: The Call of Freedom is a museum located in a rural area in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse. Labeled as a "museum of France" under the Heritage C…

D25, 84800 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France

Musée de l'artillerie

The Artillery Museum is located in Draguignan, in the Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is managed by the Association of Friends of the Artillery Museum in Draguign…

1580 Av. de la Grande Armée, 83300 Draguignan, France

Musée archéologique de Cimiez

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