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Musee de l'Arles et de la Provence antique


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 17 attractions in Arles
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Attraction type: Art gallery, History museum
Address: Presqu'ile du Cirque Romain 13635 Arles
France
Tel: 04 90 18 88 88
Fax: 04 90 18 88 93

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5 of 5 stars
Burke, Virginia
10 Nov 2009

The museum is a perfect introduction to understanding the Roman way of life, which makes a visit to preserved Roman sites even more enjoyable. The scale models gave me a much better sense of how Roman cities were laid out and why, how buildings were constructed, how they functioned, and how large some were. The sculpture, art, jewelry, and artifacts... more

26 Nov 2008

This is a stunning modern building on the outskirts of Arles, with a display of antiquities that more than lives up to its setting. A section was closed off to allow a special exhibition to be set up whe I was there, but the contents have been distributed in the other galleries. There are some earlier exhibits, but the bulk... more

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4 of 5 stars
Traverse City, Michigan
2 Jun 2005
1
person found this review helpful

I could have given this museum five stars if they'd done a better job controlling the noise in their facility. There were three different school groups there at the time we visited, and the kids were being obnoxiously loud and impolite to other visitors... the museum staff did or said nothing about it. It was so bad that unfortunately, I... more

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5 of 5 stars
Princeton, New Jersey
5 Dec 2003
4
people found this review helpful

Having heard almost nothing about this museum, we were wonderfully surprised at the rich collections and user-friendly exhibits. The building is almost ideal for the displays - lots of space and light. The collections are arranged by themes: transportation, money, etc. so that the items displayed could be understood in context. All in all we spent several hours there. It... more

13 Dec 2009

J'attendais avec impatience de voir l'exposition "le Rhône pour mémoire" et j'ai été enchantée,le plan du musée est très intelligent,... more

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Musee de l'Arles et de la Provence antique Address

Presqu'ile du Cirque Romain, 13635 Arles, France
Tel: 04 90 18 88 88 Fax: 04 90 18 88 93