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Africain, Oceanic and American-Indians Art
Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens
Location: (Arrond. 02) Located inside the Old Charity Cultural Center; 2, rue de la Charité
Marseilles and Paris are the only two French towns with museums dedicated to these areas. the art presented here is principally primitive: from a people without a written language, generally animalistic religions and non-western.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 145 838; Fax: 04.91.14.58.82
Email: cmizrahi@mairie-marseille.fr
Jules Cantini Museum
Musée Cantini
Location: [Canebière] 19 Rue Grignan (about 6 blocks south of La Canebiére, near Rue Breteuil).
Transportation: Metro: Estrangin / Préfecture
The museum is housed in the 17th-century Hôtel de Montgrand, which sculptor Jules Cantine donated to the city along with his collection of art. A tremendous collection, of sculptures, paintings, collages and faïence, by just about everybody.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: About 2€; temporary exhibits about 3€
Tel: 0491 547 775; Fax: 04 91 55 03 01
Château Borély
Closed for renovation until 2006. It's being renovated to be the Museum of Decorative Arts, and will start with the theme "the art of living in Provence in the 18th and 19th centuries".
Location: (Arrond. 08) South of the center, near the beach "Plage du Prado" (the lower edge of our map).
134, avenue Clot Bey
Transportation: Bus: 19, 20.
Château Borély is in the 40-hectare Parc Borély, the largest in Marseilles. The Borely family built the chateau in 1766 on what was then the rural domain of Bonneveine. The building was an archeological museum from 1863 to 1989.
Tel: 0491 252 634
Contemporary Art Museum
Musée d'Art Contemporain (MAC)
Location: (Arrond. 08) 69, avenue de Haïfa
Transportation: Bus: 23, 45; Access for the handicapped
Art from the 1960's New Realism to the present.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; guided visits Wed, Sat, Sun, 15h.; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: (0)4 912 107; Fax: (0)4 91.72.17.27
Death-Camps Memorial
Mémorial des Camps de la Mort
Location: (Arrond. 02) between the Esplanade de la Tourette and the Fort Saint-Jean, in a WW2 blockhouse.
Transportation: Métro: Vieux-Port; Bus 83; Easy access for handicapped and elderly, with elevator to the top level.
Memories of Marseilles under the Occupation. Roundup of Jews. Evacuation and destruction of the Old Port. Resistance actions and bombings. Comments on Nazisme and the French State.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: 0491 907 315
Faïence ceramics Museum
Musée de la Faïence
Location: (Arrond. 08) 157, avenue de Montredon
Transportation: Bus: 19
Located in a 19th-century bastide, this museum has been open to the public only since 1995. The faïence ceramics displayed here, of a type originating in the 13th century, first appeared in Provence at the end of the 17th century. Its a similar type of faïence to that found in Moustiers, la Tour d'Aigues, Aubagne, Apt, Castellet, et Varages.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: 0491 724 347; Fax: 04 91 72 53 58
Fashion Museum of Marseille
Musée de la Mode de Marseille
Location: (Arrond. 01) [Old Port] 11, La Canebière
Transportation: Métro : Vieux-Port. Handicapped access.
Assembled from the patrimon of Marseilles and the Institut Mode Méditerranée, the collection includes over 6'000 costumes and accessories. The collection was moved to its new location in 2004, and an ongoing project of analysis and renovation of the articles will take another few years. The exhibits will probably vary according to availablility.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Entry: Temporary exhibits 3 €; kids 10-16, students, familles nombreuses: half price.
Tel: 0496 170 600; Fax: 04 96 17 06 01
Email: srichoux@mairie-marseille.fr
Fine Arts Museum
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Closed for renovation.
Location: (Arrond. 04) [Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp, up the steps on the left.
Transportation: Bus: 81, 41
Marseilles' Fine Arts Museum, created just after the Revolution, is one of the oldest in France. It has been located in the left wing of the Palais Longchamp since 1869. Collections include French 17th and 18th century, Provence 17th century, Italian 16th and 17th century, and French 19th century.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 145 930; Fax: 04 91 14 59 31
Grobet-Labadié Museum
Musée Grobet-Labadié
Location: (Arrond. 01) [Longchamp] Boulevard Longchamp, Place H. Dunant, in front of the Palais Longchamp.
Transportation: Metro: Longchamp/Cinq-Avenues
The museum is housed in the private 1873 town house of Louis Grobet and Marie-Louise Labadié. The collection includes 15C-19C European-school drawings, 16C-18C French and Flemish tapestries and furniture, 17C-19C paintings, and 18C faïence from Marseilles and Moustiers-Ste-Marie.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 622 182; Fax: 04 91 95 60 31
History of Marseilles Museum
Musée d'Histoire de Marseille
Location: (Arrond. 01) [Old Port] Square Belsunce, inside the "mall" of the Centre Bourse.
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
Archaeological exhibits, models and documents trace the Provencal history of Marseilles from prehistoric to Gallo-Roman times. The main exhibit is centered around a genuine 26-meter Roman merchant vessel.
This museum has a permanent exposition of the Cosquer Grotto.
Accès handicapés
Open: Mon-Sat 12h-19h. Library (Bibliothèque/ Vidéothèque) Tue-Sat 12h-19h.; Closed: Sundays and holidays
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 904 222; Fax: 04 91 90 43 78
Email: musee-histoire@mairie-marseille.fr
Maritime and Commercial Museum of Marseilles
Musée de la Marine et de l'Economie de Marseille
Location: (Arrond. 01) [Canebière] On the ground floor of the stock exchange (Bourse). Palais de la Bourse, 9 La Canebière
Maritime history and the history of Marseilles, especially from the 17th century to the present. The model boats are outstanding.
Open: Every day 10h 18h
Entry: about 2€, kids 1€, under 12 free
Tel: 0491 393 333
Email: patrimoine@marseille-provence.cci.fr
Mediterranian Archeology Museum
Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne
Location: (Arrond. 02) Located inside the Old Charity Cultural Center; 2 rue de la Charité
A panorama of ancient civilizations bordering the Mediterranean basin.
The collection of Egyptian antiquities is the biggest in Provence, second in France only to the Louvre. A Celtic-Ligurian section with 3rd-century-BC artifacts discovered at Velaux, about 28 km northwest of Marseilles. A Classic Antiquity collection, including the Near-East, Greece, Cyprus and Etruria.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 145 880; Fax: 04 91 14 58 76
Motorcycle Museum
Musée de la Moto
Location: (Arrond. 13) 18 traverse St Paul, Quartier le Merlan , at the northen edge of the city.
Transportation: RTM Bus : 32, 32barré, 38; 34 bus from the Bourse, to the end of the line
The museum, opened in 1989, follows the mechanical and motorcycle evolution from 1898 until the present. The building itself, an old flour mill (minoterie) is a fine example of 19th-century industrial archecture.
The collection of 120 bikes inclues: all motorcycles Nougier of 1936-1971; Triumph T120 Bonneville; the last and only Peugeot Grand Prix 1923; the Jonghi de Monneret (inspiring Johnny Holliday and Coluche).
Open: Every day 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€; kids, reductions about 1.10€
Tel: 0491 022 955
Natural History Museum
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Location: (Arrond. 04) [Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp [sites], up the steps on the right.
Marseilles' Natural History Museum was created in 1819, by the mayor Marquis de Montgrand and Count de Villeneuve-Bargemon. The museum's Science Library (bibliothèque scientifique) was created in 1879 by Edouard Heckel.
Open: Every day 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and most holidays
Tel: 0491 145 950; Fax: 04 91 14 59 51
Old Charity Cultural Center
Centre de la Vieille Charité
Includes the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, the Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts, and Temporary Exhibits
Location: (Arrond. 02) [Quartier Panier] 2, rue de la Charité
Set in the heart of the "Panier" district is a beautiful, baroque chapel in a large courtyard surrounded by a building with three-tiered arched balconies, all made of a rose or yellow tinted Couronne stone. Entrance is free to wander around in the courtyard, and visit the book store or stop at the café. Museums located in the "Charité" building include the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology.
The Vieille Charité was built from 1671 to 1749 (and never actually finished) to house the poor and needy.
Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays, holidays
Entry: Temporary Exhibits, , about 4 €
Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, about 2 €
Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts, , about 2 €
Tel: 0491 562 838
Old-Marseilles Museum
Musée du Vieux-Marseille - Maison Diamantée
Location: (Arrond. 02) Rue de la Prison [Old Port] In the 16th-century Maison Diamantée, behind the old Hotel de Ville.
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port; Bus 83, 49B
The "Maison Diamantée" is a 16th-century house in a prestigious position at the heart of the Old-Port quarter, along with the Hotel de Ville.
This museum has a relief model of Old Marseilles from 1848, sections of 18th-century Provençal furniture and objects, and a section of 19th-century paintings and costumes. At the end of the 19th-c, a group of Marsellais, "Lou Cremascle" (la crémaillère,which is the rod for hanging the cooking pot inside the fireplace, and a symbol of the home) collected around the kitchen of fishermen rare and ancient objects, symbols of Provencal life and traditions.
There's also a very large collection of santons from 1830 to the early 1900s.
Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 552 868; Fax: 04.91.55.28.66
Popular Arts and Traditions Museum
Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires du Terroir Marseillais
Location: (Arrond. 13) Château-Gombert, 5 Place des Héros - 11 km northeast of the center; via Ave de St Just and Ave de Château-Gombert. [See also Loubière Caves.]
Transportation: last stop on Metro-1
The Château-Gombert sits across a shady square from a 17th-century church. The château houses a museum, with rooms displayed in period style, with examples of famous local faïence ceramics among the many every-day items.
Open: Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri 9h-12h-18h30; Sat-Sun 14h30-18h30 (except holidays)
; Closed: Tuesdays
Entry: 3.10 €; kids, groups (20 people) 1.60 €; guided visits: 4.60 €.
Tel: 0491 681 438
Email: museechateaugombert@free.fr
Préau des Accoules Children's Museum
Le Préau des Accoules - Espace muséal des enfants
Location: (Arrond. 02) 29, montée des Accoules
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
The Préau des Accoules is a children's museum located in the old building of the Académie de Marseille (1782/83). every year two thematic expositions are presented expressly for the young.
Open: Public: Wed, Sat afternoons 13h30-17h30; School groups: Mon-Fri by rendez-vous.
Entry: Free; events (animations) 14h-16h by inscription.
Tel: 0491 915 206
Roman Docks Museum
Musée des Docks Romains
Location: (Arrond. 02) Place Vivaux [Old Port]
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
This museum houses, in situ, exhibits and artifacts from the Roman docks and warehouses that were discovered on this site in 1947. Objects date from Greek times to the middle ages, but center on the large earthenware jars (dolia) that filled the Roman warehouses and were used for storing oil, grain and wine. Other artifacts in the museum are from underwater archeological finds in the waters around Marseilles.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; Closed: Mondays and Holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 912 462
Santon Museum
Musée du santon
Location: (Arrond. 07) 49, rue Neuve Sainte Catherine
The private collection of the famious "santonnier" Marcel Carbonel.
Open: Mon-Sat 9h30-12h30, 14h-19h; Closed: Sundays
Entry: Free
Tel: 0491 136 136
Email: infomc@santonsmarcelcarbonel.com
Web: www.santonsmarcelcarbonel.com
Transport Gallery
La Galerie des Transports
Location: (Arrond. 01) [Canebière]
Gare Noailles, Place du marché des Capucins
Transportation: Metro Noailles; easy access for the handicapped.
The museum, located in the old "Gare de l'Est" railway station where the young Marcel Pagnol departed on the tramway for the "Collines", presents the history of urban transportation of Marseilles, from the first horse-drawn obnibus to the modern metro (subway).
Open: Tue-Sun; Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: Free.
Tel: 0491 541 515
Museums & Sites
Museum
Africain, Oceanic and American-Indians Art - Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens
Location:
Located inside the Old Charity Cultural Center; 2, rue de la Charité
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 145 838; Fax: 04.91.14.58.82
Email: cmizrahi@mairie-marseille.fr
Marseilles and Paris are the only two French towns with museums dedicated to these areas. the art presented here is principally primitive: from a people without a written language, generally animalistic religions and non-western.
Jules Cantini Museum - Musée Cantini
Location:
[Canebière] 19 Rue Grignan (about 6 blocks south of La Canebiére, near Rue Breteuil).
Transportation: Metro: Estrangin / Préfecture
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: About 2€; temporary exhibits about 3€
Tel: 0491 547 775; Fax: 04 91 55 03 01
The museum is housed in the 17th-century Hôtel de Montgrand, which sculptor Jules Cantine donated to the city along with his collection of art. A tremendous collection, of sculptures, paintings, collages and faïence, by just about everybody.
Château Borély
Closed for renovation until 2006. It's being renovated to be the Museum of Decorative Arts, and will start with the theme "the art of living in Provence in the 18th and 19th centuries".
Location:
South of the center, near the beach "Plage du Prado" (the lower edge of our map).; 134, avenue Clot Bey
Transportation: Bus: 19, 20.
Tel: 0491 252 634
Château Borély is in the 40-hectare Parc Borély, the largest in Marseilles. The Borely family built the chateau in 1766 on what was then the rural domain of Bonneveine. The building was an archeological museum from 1863 to 1989.
Contemporary Art Museum - Musée d'Art Contemporain (MAC)
Location:
69, avenue de Haïfa
Transportation: Bus: 23, 45; Access for the handicapped
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h; guided visits Wed, Sat, Sun, 15h.
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: (0)4 912 107; Fax: (0)4 91.72.17.27
Art from the 1960's New Realism to the present.
Death-Camps Memorial - Mémorial des Camps de la Mort
Location:
between the Esplanade de la Tourette and the Fort Saint-Jean, in a WW2 blockhouse.
Transportation: Métro: Vieux-Port; Bus 83; Easy access for handicapped and elderly, with elevator to the top level.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: 0491 907 315
Memories of Marseilles under the Occupation. Roundup of Jews. Evacuation and destruction of the Old Port. Resistance actions and bombings. Comments on Nazisme and the French State.
Faïence ceramics Museum - Musée de la Faïence
Location:
157, avenue de Montredon
Transportation: Bus: 19
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Tel: 0491 724 347; Fax: 04 91 72 53 58
Located in a 19th-century bastide, this museum has been open to the public only since 1995. The faïence ceramics displayed here, of a type originating in the 13th century, first appeared in Provence at the end of the 17th century. Its a similar type of faïence to that found in Moustiers, la Tour d'Aigues, Aubagne, Apt, Castellet, et Varages.
Fashion Museum of Marseille - Musée de la Mode de Marseille
Location:
[Old Port] 11, La Canebière
Transportation: Métro : Vieux-Port. Handicapped access.
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Entry: Temporary exhibits 3 €; kids 10-16, students, familles nombreuses: half price.
Tel: 0496 170 600; Fax: 04 96 17 06 01
Email: srichoux@mairie-marseille.fr
Assembled from the patrimon of Marseilles and the Institut Mode Méditerranée, the collection includes over 6'000 costumes and accessories. The collection was moved to its new location in 2004, and an ongoing project of analysis and renovation of the articles will take another few years. The exhibits will probably vary according to availablility.
Fine Arts Museum - Musée des Beaux-Arts
Closed for renovation.
Location:
[Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp, up the steps on the left.
Transportation: Bus: 81, 41
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 145 930; Fax: 04 91 14 59 31
Marseilles' Fine Arts Museum, created just after the Revolution, is one of the oldest in France. It has been located in the left wing of the Palais Longchamp since 1869. Collections include French 17th and 18th century, Provence 17th century, Italian 16th and 17th century, and French 19th century.
Grobet-Labadié Museum - Musée Grobet-Labadié
Location:
[Longchamp] Boulevard Longchamp, Place H. Dunant, in front of the Palais Longchamp.
Transportation: Metro: Longchamp/Cinq-Avenues
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 622 182; Fax: 04 91 95 60 31
The museum is housed in the private 1873 town house of Louis Grobet and Marie-Louise Labadié. The collection includes 15C-19C European-school drawings, 16C-18C French and Flemish tapestries and furniture, 17C-19C paintings, and 18C faïence from Marseilles and Moustiers-Ste-Marie.
History of Marseilles Museum - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille
Location:
[Old Port] Square Belsunce, inside the "mall" of the Centre Bourse.
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
Open: Mon-Sat 12h-19h. Library (Bibliothèque/ Vidéothèque) Tue-Sat 12h-19h.
Closed: Sundays and holidays
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 904 222; Fax: 04 91 90 43 78
Email: musee-histoire@mairie-marseille.fr
Archaeological exhibits, models and documents trace the Provencal history of Marseilles from prehistoric to Gallo-Roman times. The main exhibit is centered around a genuine 26-meter Roman merchant vessel.
This museum has a permanent exposition of the Cosquer Grotto.
Accès handicapés
Maritime and Commercial Museum of Marseilles - Musée de la Marine et de l'Economie de Marseille
Location:
[Canebière] On the ground floor of the stock exchange (Bourse). Palais de la Bourse, 9 La Canebière;
Open: Every day 10h 18h
Entry: about 2€, kids 1€, under 12 free
Tel: 0491 393 333
Email: patrimoine@marseille-provence.cci.fr
Maritime history and the history of Marseilles, especially from the 17th century to the present. The model boats are outstanding.
Mediterranian Archeology Museum - Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne
Location:
Located inside the Old Charity Cultural Center; 2 rue de la Charité
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€
Tel: 0491 145 880; Fax: 04 91 14 58 76
A panorama of ancient civilizations bordering the Mediterranean basin.
The collection of Egyptian antiquities is the biggest in Provence, second in France only to the Louvre. A Celtic-Ligurian section with 3rd-century-BC artifacts discovered at Velaux, about 28 km northwest of Marseilles. A Classic Antiquity collection, including the Near-East, Greece, Cyprus and Etruria.
Motorcycle Museum - Musée de la Moto
Location:
18 traverse St Paul, Quartier le Merlan , at the northen edge of the city.
Transportation: RTM Bus : 32, 32barré, 38; 34 bus from the Bourse, to the end of the line
Open: Every day 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: about 2€; kids, reductions about 1.10€
Tel: 0491 022 955
The museum, opened in 1989, follows the mechanical and motorcycle evolution from 1898 until the present. The building itself, an old flour mill (minoterie) is a fine example of 19th-century industrial archecture.
The collection of 120 bikes inclues: all motorcycles Nougier of 1936-1971; Triumph T120 Bonneville; the last and only Peugeot Grand Prix 1923; the Jonghi de Monneret (inspiring Johnny Holliday and Coluche).
Natural History Museum - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Location:
[Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp [sites], up the steps on the right.
Open: Every day 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and most holidays
Tel: 0491 145 950; Fax: 04 91 14 59 51
Marseilles' Natural History Museum was created in 1819, by the mayor Marquis de Montgrand and Count de Villeneuve-Bargemon. The museum's Science Library (bibliothèque scientifique) was created in 1879 by Edouard Heckel.
Old Charity Cultural Center - Centre de la Vieille Charité
Includes the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, the Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts, and Temporary Exhibits
Location:
[Quartier Panier] 2, rue de la Charité
Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays, holidays
Entry: Temporary Exhibits, , about 4 €
Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, about 2 €
Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts, , about 2 €
Tel: 0491 562 838
Set in the heart of the "Panier" district is a beautiful, baroque chapel in a large courtyard surrounded by a building with three-tiered arched balconies, all made of a rose or yellow tinted Couronne stone. Entrance is free to wander around in the courtyard, and visit the book store or stop at the café. Museums located in the "Charité" building include the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology.
The Vieille Charité was built from 1671 to 1749 (and never actually finished) to house the poor and needy.
Old-Marseilles Museum - Musée du Vieux-Marseille - Maison Diamantée
Location:
Rue de la Prison [Old Port] In the 16th-century Maison Diamantée, behind the old Hôtel de Ville.
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port; Bus 83, 49B
Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 552 868; Fax: 04.91.55.28.66
The "Maison Diamantée" is a 16th-century house in a prestigious position at the heart of the Old-Port quarter, along with the Hotel de Ville.
This museum has a relief model of Old Marseilles from 1848, sections of 18th-century Provençal furniture and objects, and a section of 19th-century paintings and costumes. At the end of the 19th-c, a group of Marsellais, "Lou Cremascle" (la crémaillère,which is the rod for hanging the cooking pot inside the fireplace, and a symbol of the home) collected around the kitchen of fishermen rare and ancient objects, symbols of Provencal life and traditions.
There's also a very large collection of santons from 1830 to the early 1900s.
Popular Arts and Traditions Museum - Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires du Terroir Marseillais
Location:
Château-Gombert, 5 Place des Héros - 11 km northeast of the center; via Ave de St Just and Ave de Château-Gombert. [See also Loubière Caves.]
Transportation: last stop on Metro-1
Open: Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri 9h-12h-18h30; Sat-Sun 14h30-18h30 (except holidays)
Closed: Tuesdays
Entry: 3.10 €; kids, groups (20 people) 1.60 €; guided visits: 4.60 €.
Tel: 0491 681 438
Email: museechateaugombert@free.fr
The Chàteau-Gombert sits across a shady square from a 17th-century church. The chàteau houses a museum, with rooms displayed in period style, with examples of famous local faïence ceramics among the many every-day items.
Préau des Accoules Children's Museum - Le Préau des Accoules - Espace muséal des enfants
Location:
29, montée des Accoules
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
Open: Public: Wed, Sat afternoons 13h30-17h30; School groups: Mon-Fri by rendez-vous.
Entry: Free; events (animations) 14h-16h by inscription.
Tel: 0491 915 206
The Préau des Accoules is a children's museum located in the old building of the Académie de Marseille (1782/83). every year two thematic expositions are presented expressly for the young.
Roman Docks Museum - Musée des Docks Romains
Location:
Place Vivaux [Old Port]
Transportation: Metro: Vieux-Port
Open: June-Sept 11h-18h; Oct-May 10h-17h
Closed: Mondays and Holidays
Entry: about 2€, Sunday mornings free
Tel: 0491 912 462
This museum houses, in situ, exhibits and artifacts from the Roman docks and warehouses that were discovered on this site in 1947. Objects date from Greek times to the middle ages, but center on the large earthenware jars (dolia) that filled the Roman warehouses and were used for storing oil, grain and wine. Other artifacts in the museum are from underwater archeological finds in the waters around Marseilles.
Santon Museum - Musée du santon
Location:
49, rue Neuve Sainte Catherine
Open: Mon-Sat 9h30-12h30, 14h-19h
Closed: Sundays
Entry: Free
Tel: 0491 136 136
Email: infomc@santonsmarcelcarbonel.com
Web: www.santonsmarcelcarbonel.com
The private collection of the famious "santonnier" Marcel Carbonel.
Transport Gallery - La Galerie des Transports
Location:
[Canebière] ; Gare Noailles, Place du marché des Capucins
Transportation: Metro Noailles; easy access for the handicapped.
Open: Tue-Sun
Closed: Mondays and holidays
Entry: Free.
Tel: 0491 541 515
The museum, located in the old "Gare de l'Est" railway station where the young Marcel Pagnol departed on the tramway for the "Collines", presents the history of urban transportation of Marseilles, from the first horse-drawn obnibus to the modern metro (subway).
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