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Other Museums: Theatre of Photography and the Image
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  • Theatre of photography and Image - Nice
    Theatre of photography and
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    Quirky and free exhibition of photographs and other images, set in a beautifully restored theatre. Many mostly black and white photos, consisting of a standing collection plus a changing special feature exhibition Open 10-18.00, six days Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday and holidays.

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  • Address: 27 boulevard Dubouchage
  • Phone: +33 (0) 4 97 13 42 20
  • Directions: Near the Nice Etoiles and Av Jean Medicin

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    Other Museums: "Tête au Carré", by Sacha Sosno, Central Library
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  • Thinking inside the box - Nice
    Thinking inside the box
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    The surreal Tete au Carre, created by sculptor and artist Sacha Sosno, resident of NIce and New York, for the Central Library of Nice. It stands 26 metres high , and inside there are what is found in most libraries - lots of books. At night you can see faintly through the canvas shroud to the three floors of library inside the "head". Cool metaphor. Behind it stands MAMAC - the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice, which traces the history of the European and American avant-garde from the sixties to the present day, whose collection includes New Realists and Pop Art creators, and follows the close association between France and America found more in modern art than in modern politics. Works to be seen from Klein, Christo, Tinguely, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and many others. Ideal for that very occasional rainy day Admission to MAMAC : 3.80 euros - free like all museums on the first and third Sundays of the month

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  • Address: Promenade des Arts

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    Other Museums: Musee des Beaux Artes
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  • Tucked away in the district of Baumettes is this sumptuous villa built in the 1870's for a Russian princess, now transformed into a museum of fine arts. Gifted to Nice by wealthy amateur artist Jules Cheret, some of whose works are displayed within (thankfully not many. You can sense the hanging committee biting its tongue, owing the founder space for his hideous frivolous choclate-box creations). Several rooms of the superb French master Raul Duffy are here, along with less well known works by other artists of the period. The museum is a short walk from the Sheraton Four Points, about a kilometre walk along the curve of the Prom, and set among many interesting villlas of the belle epoche

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  • Address: 33, avenue des Baumettes
  • Directions: Follow the Rue de la Buffa parallel to the sea front out of central Nice, and head inland near the Four Points Sheraton.

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    Other Museums: Ug and Og go clubbing
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    Chill out with Ug and Og
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    Prehistoric remains dating back 160,000 years were found in the Grotte de Lazaret at the foot of Nice's Mont Alban. The Musee de Paleontologie Humaine de Terra Amata, near the Port, displays the detritus of prehistoric life - jaw-bones, chopping tools, footprints, fosillised excrement, and, of course, discarded pizza delivery boxes. Free entry first and third Sundays (usually 4 euro), this worthy little museum holds a much bigger idea than its immediate contents suggest. No big budget theatrical special effects of dinosaurs with floor-shaking surround sound. Instead, rows of glass cases, filled with neatly labelled arrow heads and skull fragments, and little paper machie models of cavemen weilding spears and clubs. A gigantic understated story - our real history. Fragments of the origins of man. Reach back and touch life hundreds of thousands of years ago. Our ape-like ancestor homo erectus traces his lineage back two million years - the dawn of life itself. Yo! Relocation Relocation! These were the very first members of the human race to decide on a home in the South of France. I can relate to that.

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    Other Museums: Musee d'Art Moderne at d'Art Contemporain
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  • MAMAC is a wonderful modern art museum, just a block from Place Garibaldi. They have recently benefitted from a donation of over two hundred works directly from the artist Niki de Saint-Phalle. Her collection includes sculptures, paintings, and lots of photographs and letters of her time with Yves Tanguy. Her playful work has found a perfect setting on the French Riviera. The permanent collection contains some of the most influential artists of the second half of the twentieth century, including Yves Klein, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and local favorite Ben. The building itself is worth a visit. Small enough to take in everything in an hour or two, and walk up to the roof terrace for a spectacular view of the city. There are ramps and walkways, leading you around the rooftop, with a garden on one side.

  • Address: Avenue St.-Sebastien
  • Phone: 93 626162
  • Directions: Open Wednesday-Monday. Free first and third Sundays of the month.
  • Website: http://www.mamac-nice.org

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    Other Museums: Musee des Beaux-Arts
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  • This museum houses a wonderful collection of Raoul Dufy paintings amongst others and is always my main reason to come here. The museum is in the west of Nice a little bit of a walk from the centre, but not too far. The beautiful building in itself is worth a visit also! Try visiting on the 1st or 3rd Sunday of every month when the museum entry is free.

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  • Address: 33 Avenue des Baumettes
  • Phone: 33 (0)4 92 15 28 28
  • Directions: West Nice, La Baumettes
  • Website: http://www.musee-beaux-arts-nice.org/francais/index.html

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    Other Museums: Nice - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts
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    French and American avant-garde art from the 1960s until the 21st century is displayed here in a museum composed of a quartet of square towers with rooftop terraces. We strolled down to the museum on our last day in Nice and it certainly didn't disappoint. Pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg are featured. One entire section of the museum is devoted to the French artist Yves Klein (1928-92). who founded the museum. His two major works, Garden of Eden and Wall of Fire, can be seen on the rooftop terraces and he was my favourite artist shown there. I particularly liked the amazingly striking blue series of Klein work, (a photgraphic example of his work can be viewed below). The museum cost us less than €4 (free on the first Sun. of the month) The best art of all though, was at the end, when reaching the rooftop gardens, you could see a 360 degree view of the whole of Nice, absolutely stunning. I love this building. (See my photo of the kB on the rooftop). Open: Wed.-Mon. 10-6

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  • Address: Promenade des Arts
  • Phone: 04 93 62 61 62
  • Website: http://www.mamac-nice.org/

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    Other Museums: Yves Klein
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  • As the founder of museum of the Nice Museum of Modern and Contemporary art, Yves Klein has a whole section in the dedicated to him - and rightly so! See to the left, my photograph of one of his paintings. What an amazing blue!

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  • Address: Promenade des Arts, Nice
  • Website: http://www.mamac-nice.org/

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    Other Museums: For Modern Art Lovers
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  • Architecturally speaking, Nice's Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC) is the city's top dog. Four huge marble towers are connected by glass walkways, topped by a roof garden with spectacular views of Nice. There's a gallery reserved for works by Nice-born Yves Klein (1928-62), and the ground and first floors are taken up with temporary exhibitions. The auditorium regularly screens art-house films. For a breath of fresh air, the adjoining Jardin Maréchal Juin is worth a stroll.

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  • Address: Promenade des Arts 06300 Nice
  • Website: http://www.mamac-nice.org/english/index.html

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    Other Museums: Art, fun and great views!
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  • Museum of Modern Art Administrative Offices - Nice
    Museum of Modern Art
    Administrative Offices
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    Take time to visit the Museum of Modern Art in Nice. The building itself is interesting. Some of the exhibits are interactive and those are always fun, especially if you have children with you. There are gardens outside with sculptures that were displayed in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris in autumn 2003. There are other sculptures and the administrative building/biblioteque is a combination building and sculpture. It's a giant neck and chin topped by a square concrete block. Was someone trying to call administrators blockheads?! Hope not. Not to be missed is the rooftop garden. You are absolutely on top of Nice and the views are magnificent. There are little bridges from one section to another and all offer grand vistas. We were there on a very windy October day and it's a challenge in a high wind . . . but lots of fun.

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  • Address: Promenade des Arts 06300 Nice
  • Phone: + 33 (0)4 93 62 61 62
  • Directions: Bus 3, 5, 6, 16, 17 : bus stop Promenade des Arts Bus 7, 9, 10 : bus stop Defly, Garibaldi Bus 1, 2 : bus stop Promenade des Arts, Garibaldi Parking places Promenade des Arts and Marshall
  • Website: http://www.mamac-nice.org/
  • Other Contact: mamac@ville-nice.fr

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