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Museums & Sites
Museum
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Palais Carnolès
Also a garden.
Location:
3 Ave de la Madone
Entry: free
This Fine Arts museum is in the old summer residence of the Princes Grimaldi of Monaco.
L'Ecomusée de la forge
Location:
2 rue du Grenadier
Entry: free
19th century blacksmith's forge.
Galerie d'Art du Palais de l'Europe
Location:
8 Ave Boyer
Entry: free
This art gallery exhibits French and foreign contemporary artists. Located in the old casino, constructed in 1908-09 by the Danish architect Hans Georg Tersling.
Musée Jean Cocteau
Location:
Vieux Port
Open FilesAll year, 10h-12h, 14h-18h
Closed: Tue and holidays
Entry: 3 euros. Free the first Sun of the month and for under 18s.
The Bastion, a small 17th-c for was converted by Jean Cocteau into an exhibition place for his work, including drawings, paintings and tapestries.
The Mentonese Faiences
Location:
63 Bvd du Fossan
Open Filesdaily 9h-12h, 14h30-17h
Closed: Sat, Sun
Regional Prehistory Museum
Location:
Rue Lorédan Larchey
Entry: Free. Group guided visits are available for up to 25 students per group (54 euros).
Menton's Musée de préhistoire Régionale is located two blocks northeast of the town hall (Mairie), at the top of the Rue Loredan-Larchey. The interior is fairly small (by big-city standards) but the presentations are outstanding. And the prehistoric history displayed is based around local discoveries in the caves of Vallonet, Lazaret and Grimaldi – with also the Vallée de Merveilles (Mercantour) and the Terra Amata site of Nice.
The displays include several individual diaramas with life-size bronze figures in typical settings. There are different audio-visual presentations, and many informative graphical diagrams.
Salle des mariages (Wedding Hall)
Location:
Place Ardoïno
Open Filesdaily, 8h30-12h30, 14h-17h
Closed: Sat, Sun, holidays
Entry: 1.50 euros; under 18s free
Decorated with wall paintings in the 1950s by Jean Cocteau.
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