Fine Arts Museum (Musee des Beaux Arts)
Art from the 16th to the 20th century in a beautiful villa
Located in the Baumettes neighbourhood, this Fine Arts museum is housed in an impressive 19th-century villa and contains an important collection of paintings and sculptures.
The villa was built in 1878 by the Ukranian princess Elisabeth Kotchoubey near the important Russian colony in Nice. Decorated with pseudo-Pompeian mural paintings and surrounded by an English garden, the villa hosted receptions, concerts and balls.
In 1925, the town of Nice bought the building to transform it into a Fine Arts Museum, which opened in 1928. The collection is the result of donations and includes paintings and sculptures by Fragonard, Rodin, Monet, Sisley, Degas, Corot, Courbet, Dufy, Chéret and many other artists.
When to come
The museum is open every day from 10:00 to 18:00 except on Mondays and January 1st, Easter Sunday, May 1st and December 25th.
How to get passes
Tickets grant admission to all municipal museums and galleries, including the Matisse Museum, the Naive Art Museum and the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum:
- 10€ for 48hr admission
- 20€ for 7 day admission
- Groups of 10 people and more, 8€ for 48hr access. Free entrance to children under 18, students, unemployed persons, disabled persons, war veterans, museum curators and journalists.
