This museum was created to protect one of the most important petroglyph sites in Europe, in the Merveilles Valley (valley of Wonders).
Musee des Merveilles, Tende
Archaeology & ethnology museum, showcasing one of the most important petroglyph sites in Europe
The permanent gallery is 750 sqm, and offers a journey into three sections: natural history, archaeology, arts and popular traditions. Featuring a modern museum and audiovisual and multimedia material, this gallery features 20,000-year history of the Valley of Wonders and Haute-Roya through maps, dioramas (multimedia animation), mouldings of rocks and original objects.
There is also a gallery of temporary exhibits of 100 sqm which regularly features other archaeological, artistic or ethnographic work.
The museum shop stocks a range of products mostly made by local artisan craftspeople as well as book, jewellery, ceramics and glass.
Directions
By road from Nice, take the Nice-Ventimiglia motorway and then the 6204 county road.
When to come
In summer the museum is open from 15th June to 15th September from 10:00 to 18:00 and in winter from 16th September to 14th June from 10:00 to 15:00. The museum is closed on Tuesdays; from 13th to 25th November; December 25th, January 1st and May 1st.
How to get passes
Entrance is free unless you are coming as part of a conference or for a special event.
