The Musée Massena has an excellent collection of paintings, furniture, decorations, weapons, uniforms and other artifacts that give a good feeling for the history of the Nice-Piémont region.

Italian 17th-century and French 18th-century paintings, and 19th-century paintings and sculptures are represented here. The museum also contains an excellent collection of paintings, engravings, water colours, ceramics and tapestries by Raoul Dufy.

Situated in a 17th-century convent, still an active monastery. The museum shows the Franciscan way of life from the 18th century. The 15th-17th century church contains documents and artwork, including three paintings by Louis Brea. The park and flower gardens are beautiful and peaceful, and have a nice view of the Paillon valley.

A wonderful collection of naive art in an old manor house on park-like grounds. The collection, donated to the city in 1982 by Mr. and Mrs. Anatole Jakovsky, shows the progression of naive art from the 18th century.

The museum has a permanent exhibition of Chagall's outstanding paintings, his stained-glass windows which decorate the concert hall and a mosaic that Chagall created especially for the building. Also presented are a mixture of Chagall's gouaches, preparatory sketches, engravings, lithographs, art books, as well as, major works acquired or donated to the museum's collection after Chagall's death in 1985.

At the site of Roman Cemenelum at Cimiez, this museum presents the tools, sculptures, pottery, engravings, jewelry and coins found here, and includes the outside excavations of the ancient baths and other buildings.

Includes examples of the work of Henri Matisse from 1890 to the Blue Nude painted two years before his death in 1954. It is a treasure trove of paintings, drawings and sculptures as well as furniture, personal souvenirs, his private art collection and sketches and models from the Chappelle du Rosaire in Vence.

Architecturally speaking, Nice's Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC) is the city's top gallery. Four huge marble towers are connected by glass walkways, topped by a roof garden with spectacular views of Nice. The museum, which opened in 1990, specialises in European and American avant-garde works from the 1960s to the present. New realists figure highly, with many pieces by Romanian Caniel Spoerri and Arman. There's a gallery reserved for works by Nice-born Yves Klein (1928-62), and the ground and first floors are taken up with temporary exhibitions.