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Museums in Marseille
Edit ThisMusée des Beaux Arts
Edit ThisPalais Longchamp (4e) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 14 59 30 Housed since 1869 in the left wing of the Palais Longchamp, the Museum of Fine Arts comprises two levels showing the major works of the French, Italian and Flemish schools ; Pérugin, Carrache, Rubens, Vouet David, Courbet and others, together with an exhibition of sculptures. The Provençal School from the 17th to the 19th century provided a wealth of collections of the works of Puget, Serre, Mignard, Loubon, Monticelliand Guigou among others. There is an impressive exhibition room of drawings more..
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Musée de la Mode
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11, La Canebière (1er) – Tel : 04 91 56 59 57 – Fax : 04 91 90 76 33 Open every day except Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. The Musée de la Mode incorporated the Espace Mode Méditerranée in 1993. Its representation of fashion in the thirties is regularly displayed to the public. In addition, the museum holds monographic, thematic and graphic exhibitions highlighting all the phenomena of contemporary fashion.
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Musée d’Arts Africain, Océanien et Amérindien
Edit ThisThe M.A.A.O.A. offers an exceptional collection of objects from three continents. The museum is indebted to J.P. Guerre for his donation of sculptures and masks as well as to Professor Gastaut for his donation of rare set of skulls whose beauty transcends the concept of simple physical death.
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Musée de la Marine et de l’ Economie
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Palais de la Bourse, La Canebière (1er) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 39 33 33 Open every day except Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Engravings, paintings and models all recapture the economic history of the Port of Marseille since 16th century.
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Musée de la Faïence
Edit ThisChâteau Pastré – 157 avenue de Montredon (8e) – Tel : 04 91 72 43 47 Situated between the sea and the hills in the parc de Montredon, the Château Pastré (19th century) contains over 1200 marseillais, regional , french and european ceramic objects, from the Neolithic period to the present day.
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Musée des Docks Romains
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Place Vivaux (2e) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 91 24 62 The museum houses the in situ remains of one of the rare Roman " dolium " (earthenware jars for oil, wine, etc.) warehouses known to the world. It also contains a number of archeological items illustrating Marseille’s trading history from the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires du Terroir Marseillais
Edit ThisChâteau Gombert – 5 place des Héros (13e) – Tel : 04 91 68 14 38 Open every afternoon except Tuesday from 2.30 to 6.30 Founded in 1928 at Château-Gombert by Julien Pignol, one of the Félibres (members of a Provençal literary brotherhood), the museum offers a graphic and very applealing display of life in the Marseille regionfrom the 17th to the 19th century.
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Musée boutique de l’OM
Edit ThisThe OM’s Museum and Boutique under the Stade Vélodrome football recounts the history of the legendary Olympique de Marseille team through varied temporary exhibits.
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Musée Grobet-Labadié
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140, bd Longchamp (1er) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 62 21 82 The museum recreates the intimist ambience of a 19th century private mansion containing the collections of two art lovers, the musician Louis Grobet and Marie Louise Labadié : sculptures, paintings and drawings, furniture, tapestries and earthenware from the 13th to the 18th century.
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Musée de la Moto
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Traverse St-Paul, Le Merlan (13e) – Tel : 04 91 02 29 55 – Buses 32, 33 The museum is housed in an old flour-mill, a fine example of industrial architecture at the end of the 19th century, and shows how engineering methods and attitudes to engineering have changed from 1898 to the present.
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Mémorial / Musée des Camps de la Mort
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Quai de la Tourette – Tel : 04 91 14 58 80 Open all year round except Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in summer). Presentation of texts engraved on glass : the destruction of the old quarters of Marseille, European literary extracts and eye-witness accounts of deportation and genocide. Works regarding these questions are made available by comprehensive documentary resources. In surroundings reminiscent of the huts in the camps, there are photos showing just how the extermination camps looked, especially Auschwitz. On the more..
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Musée d’Histoire de Marseille et jardin des vestiges
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Centre Bourse (1er) – Metro : Vieux Port – Tel : 04 91 90 42 22 Open every day except Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.. Renovation of remains of the port and the old ramparts included a museum devoted to the city’s history. Bringing to life the foundation of Marseille and the city’s first few centuries starts with the spectacular wreck of a ship dating from the 3rd century BC. The story of Marseille up to the 19th century is recaptured through a new presentation of the results of the latest archeological excavations and the original collection of coats of arms more..
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Le Préau des Accoules
Edit This29, montée des Accoules (2e) – Tel : 04 91 91 52 06 Opening times : summer 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., winter 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Previously a Jesuit College in the 18th century and then the seat of the Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts, today the Préau des Accoules hosts exhibitions intended specially for young persons and is the Museum for the City’s Children.
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Musée Cantini
Edit This19, rue Grignan (6e) – Metro : Estrangin-Préfecture – Tel : 04 91 54 77 75 In a private mansion dating from the 17th century (1694) from the sixties on the Musée Cantini saw the accumulation of major Fauvist and Surrealist collections together with important post-war works and as a result has one of the finest collections available to the French public, including works by Bacon, Dufy, Ernst, Le Corbusier, Léger, Matisse, Masson, Miro, Picabia, Derain, Giacometti, Dubuffet, Tapies among others.
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Exposition permanente
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Port Autonome Forme 7, Bd des Bassins de Radoub (2e) – Phone +33 (0)4 91 98 81 67 to schedule group tours (call Tuesday afternoon or leave a message). It is open every Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. and admission is free. The exhibit, " A Look at Naval Shipyards, Past and Present, " depict different trades and crfts through photographs, tools, animated models, machine components, etc.
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Museum d’Histoire Naturelle
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Palais Longchamp (4e) – Metro : Longchamp-Cinq Avenues – Tel : 04 91 14 59 50 In the right wing of the Palais Longchamp, the Museum of Natural History includes a hall devoted to worldwide zoology and 400 million years of Provençal history. A scientific library for both children and adults is also availible to visitors.
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La Galerie des Transports
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Place du Marché des Capusins (1er) – Metro : Noailles - Tel : 04 91 54 15 15 Open Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Galerie des Transports, wich is housed in the old Gare de l’Est, retraces the story of public transport in Marseille from the earliest horse-drawn buses today’s Metro. The Galerie des Transports is where the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
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Musée d’Art Contemporain
Edit This69, bd de Haïfa (8e) – Tel : 04 91 25 01 07 Some 4000 square metres for both permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. The museum also contains numerous collections devoted to the New Realists, " Supports-surface ", Arte Povera, " individual mythologies " and the leading figures of contemporary creative art.
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Centre de la Vieille Charité
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2 rue de la charité (2e) – Metro : Joliette – Tel : 04 91 14 58 80 Houses several cultural organizations. Most of the building is given over to the Museum of Mediterranean Archeology, the Museum of African, Oceanic and Amerindian Art, the exhibition galleries and the Governing Board of the Museums of Marseille.
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Musée d’Archéologie Méditerrenéenne
Edit ThisAn exceptionally rich Egyptian collection providing a vast panorama from the beginnings of the Old Empire to the Coptic era. The way in wich the objects are displayed tends to recreate their monumental surroundings. The proto-historic collections are grouped around the remains of Roquepertuse, the high point of Celtic-Ligurian civilisation and indeed a unique collection in Southern Gaul of paintings and sculptures dating from the 3rd century BC. The Classical Antiquity section reflects the major trends in ancient history around the Mediterranean, the Near East, Cyprus, Greece, more..
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