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Musee Matisse

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 30 attractions in Nice
Traveller Description: Surrounded by an olive garden, this museum has a collection of paintings spanning the length of Henri Matisse's career.
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Attraction type: Art gallery
Address: 164 ave des Arenes de Cimiez Nice 06000
France
Tel: 33 4 93 81 08 08
Fax: 33 4 93 53 00 22

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4 of 5 stars
Edinburgh, Scotland
5 Jan 2008

This is a lovely way to spend a couple of hours. The Museum is set in a beautiful and well planned Italian style villa surrounded by park. Very spacious and not at all busy when we visited (admittedly out of season). As another reviewer mentioned the collection is "a bit thin" as it contains none of his great works. That... more

24 Mar 2007
4/5 found this review helpful

We walked up to the museum (over 2 miles from the centre) only to be met by signs saying "Closed undergoing renovation.Open again in June 07". I'm sure we missed a great attraction but it was rather anoying as it well out of the centre and we had no indication it would not be open. Still the walk did us... more

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4 of 5 stars
bloomington, ind.
15 Nov 2004
26/30 found this review helpful

The collection may seem a bit on the thin side to some museum goers. However, one can indulge in not only the museum collection while visiting, but also in the fact that the museum is located within the gorgeous gardens of Cimiez, very near the Regina (the apartments where Matisse spent the last years of his life), as well as... more

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Musee Matisse Address

164 ave des Arenes de Cimiez, Nice 06000, France
Tel: 33 4 93 81 08 08 Fax: 33 4 93 53 00 22