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Musee Matisse


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 37 attractions in Nice
Traveler 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 museum
Address: 164 ave des Arenes de Cimiez 06000 Nice
France
Tel: 33 4 93 81 08 08
Fax: 33 4 93 53 00 22

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5 of 5 stars
bluewhitematisse   2 contributions
Kansas City
Aug 2, 2009

The Musee Matisse was lovely. I enjoy Rodin as well and was pleasantly surprised to see many items by this artist in the collection. I walked up once, took the bus the second time. The olive grove/park adjacent is full of picnics and children playing. more

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5 of 5 stars
SZ   67 contributions
Covington, KY
Mar 12, 2009
2/2 found this review helpful

I would agree with other reviewers that you will be disappointed if you expect to see Matisse's major paintings. But admission is free and there are a wide variety of objects of interest as well as the Villa itself. I cannot stress enough, though, the appeal of the whole general area. I came up the hill on the #22 bus... more

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4 of 5 stars
georgewalker   26 contributions
Edinburgh, Scotland
Jan 5, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

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

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2 of 5 stars
thornbury   5 contributions
bristol
Mar 24, 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
beenit9   8 contributions
bloomington, ind.
Nov 15, 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, 06000 Nice, France
Tel: 33 4 93 81 08 08 Fax: 33 4 93 53 00 22