Palais Lascaris
Palais Lascaris
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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- JJJC_Family808 contributionsWas told by hotel employee this was excellent – ok more like itThe reality is this is a pretty small palace with mediocre frescoes on walls & ceilings, at best. Exhibits of musical instruments are limited, but okay. They had musicians playing, due to Mars de Musees festival and it was all free. Still, we enjoyed it. Just set your expectations low and then you may be pleasantly surprised. Ditto for most tourist places in Nice. Nonetheless, overall, it is a wonderful place to visit. In fact, if you want to have a nice relaxing place to vacation, Nice and the Cote D’Azur are hard to beat. It’s probably a great place to retire to, as well. Try it. You will like it.Visited March 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten June 21, 2023
- TubaKoseogluOkcuIstanbul, Türkiye5,782 contributionsMusical Instruments MuseumNamed after the family which owned it back in 17th century (until 1802), this palace located in the old town part of Nice serves today as a musical instruments museum. There are also temporary art exhibitions from time to time. It's a nice attraction both for musical instrument enthusiasts and old building fans. It takes around 2 hours to visit it. As it is located in the old town (meaning in a narrow street), there is no way to access it by car, beware of that.Visited May 2023Written August 6, 2023
- WPLandryFairfax, Virginia537 contributionsInteresting museumThis museum has a lot to offer and is likely overlooked by people passing by. We were lucky to stumble upon it. The home is magnificent on its own. When we were there, we were able to see a musical instruments exhibit and an art exhibit, both of which were interesting and enjoyable to learn about. The staff are very friendly and talkative, which helps to make the experience enjoyable as well.Visited July 2023Traveled with familyWritten September 25, 2023
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TubaKoseogluOkcu
Istanbul, Türkiye5,782 contributions
May 2023
Named after the family which owned it back in 17th century (until 1802), this palace located in the old town part of Nice serves today as a musical instruments museum. There are also temporary art exhibitions from time to time. It's a nice attraction both for musical instrument enthusiasts and old building fans. It takes around 2 hours to visit it. As it is located in the old town (meaning in a narrow street), there is no way to access it by car, beware of that.
Written August 6, 2023
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Susanne E
Bouches-du-Rhone, France40 contributions
Jun 2023
What a beautiful building! A nice place to cool off and enjoy this little palace. It is even better to take the time to see this with a guide to hear the story of how they lived in the old times. There was a show on by Odon, amazing how the colors of his art worked with the furniture and paintings. Loved it!
Written July 8, 2023
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OZS_ATW
Budapest, Hungary3,125 contributions
Mar 2022
Visiting the Palais Lascaris was kind of interesting. There were not so many people around so we had chance to see the historical instruments properly.
The collection of items was superb but the whole atmosphere of the building was little depressing, but this was baroque style.
The collection of items was superb but the whole atmosphere of the building was little depressing, but this was baroque style.
Written April 14, 2022
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JJJC_Family
Virginia808 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
The reality is this is a pretty small palace with mediocre frescoes on walls & ceilings, at best. Exhibits of musical instruments are limited, but okay. They had musicians playing, due to Mars de Musees festival and it was all free. Still, we enjoyed it. Just set your expectations low and then you may be pleasantly surprised. Ditto for most tourist places in Nice. Nonetheless, overall, it is a wonderful place to visit. In fact, if you want to have a nice relaxing place to vacation, Nice and the Cote D’Azur are hard to beat. It’s probably a great place to retire to, as well. Try it. You will like it.
Written June 21, 2023
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WPLandry
Fairfax, VA537 contributions
Jul 2023 • Family
This museum has a lot to offer and is likely overlooked by people passing by. We were lucky to stumble upon it. The home is magnificent on its own. When we were there, we were able to see a musical instruments exhibit and an art exhibit, both of which were interesting and enjoyable to learn about. The staff are very friendly and talkative, which helps to make the experience enjoyable as well.
Written September 25, 2023
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jbg74
Saint Paul, MN1,052 contributions
May 2023 • Friends
This isn't a large museum. but the frescoes on the ceilings were amazing. There was a large collection of musical instruments here too. It was 5 Euro per person which was well worth the price just to see the amazing ceilings in the residence.
Written May 5, 2023
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245hant
1 contribution
Feb 2019 • Couples
English version：
This museum tucked away at a quite alleyway in Vieux Nice boasts one of the most interesting collections and the building itself is a marvel. However as a East Asian traveler who had visited various Western European countries and was visiting France for the first time, something bewildering happened at the ticket counter which put my prospects in revisiting the country in doubt.
As we approached the lady at the counter with our Nice Museum Pass she gave almost no heed to us, swiping the tickets while chatting with a Frenchman enthusiastically. Less than a minute later as we were about to enter the adjacent room of exhibits we were promptly greeted with the exclamation “not free! Not free!” by the lady who came to us gesturing for the tickets. We were mystified but show her the tickets nonetheless.
What truly infuriated us was that less than ten minutes later as we were ascending the staircases she came to us again exclaiming “not free” and asked for the tickets again, apparently oblivious to the earlier encounters. She would not barge under our explanation in English until our Museum pass was shown to her for the THIRD time.
We ended up spending around an hour in the museum while none of the other visitors were actively approached in such a way that left us feeling harassed and borderline criminalized. We’ve spent countless hours in the museums of other countries and never had that happening.
As a heads up for future visitors: the museum itself is well worth a visit provided that you look “right” for the place. We were still wondering if a East Asian face is that difficult to pick up or are we still haunted by the apparition of White Supremacy in 2019.
中文版：
藏在安靜小巷裡，這座古雅的展覽館，收藏和建築本身都很有趣。然而，身為造訪過一些歐洲國家、而第一次到訪法國的亞洲旅客，第一次碰到在其他歐洲國家沒有發生的狀況，讓我感到十分遺憾，甚至，懷疑起我之後來訪法國的可能性。即便這是風景和文化都很迷人的地方，但這狀況實在讓人忍無可忍。
事情如下：我們買了博物館的pass，依照指示，向前檯的女士打招呼，遞票給她刷條碼，然後我們離開櫃檯，往大門右手邊的展廳正要進門，突然我們聽到身後傳來的喝止聲「那不是免費的」，我們轉頭，發覺是剛剛那位女士——離我們跟她驗票不到一分鐘。的確是同一位，我們有些疑惑，但還是拿出票，笑笑地跟她說：剛才驗過了噢。她也表示她搞錯了，跟我們道歉。
這時我想，大概是一開始驗票的時候她一邊忙著跟旁人說話，所以忘記了吧，沒關係。
但沒想到事情還沒結束。
在我們逛完第一個展廳，準備往二樓走，又聽到喝止我們的聲音，我們轉頭——同一位女士，面對面看著我們，依然要求驗票......
這天下午我們待一個小時多，只有我們這組客人是亞洲面孔客人，其他看上去都是白人——而就我觀察他們都沒有遭受這種待遇。我們遭受了整整兩次。兩次。我在歐洲旅遊喜愛去各種博物館美術館消磨時光，但從來沒有遭受類似待遇。
所以提醒前來的遊客，這是個不錯的遊覽處，但前提是你的外表要「對」，不然可能會經歷類似羞辱。
不知道是亞洲面孔真的那麼難以辨認呢？還是貴寶地種族中心主義日常的一環？
This museum tucked away at a quite alleyway in Vieux Nice boasts one of the most interesting collections and the building itself is a marvel. However as a East Asian traveler who had visited various Western European countries and was visiting France for the first time, something bewildering happened at the ticket counter which put my prospects in revisiting the country in doubt.
As we approached the lady at the counter with our Nice Museum Pass she gave almost no heed to us, swiping the tickets while chatting with a Frenchman enthusiastically. Less than a minute later as we were about to enter the adjacent room of exhibits we were promptly greeted with the exclamation “not free! Not free!” by the lady who came to us gesturing for the tickets. We were mystified but show her the tickets nonetheless.
What truly infuriated us was that less than ten minutes later as we were ascending the staircases she came to us again exclaiming “not free” and asked for the tickets again, apparently oblivious to the earlier encounters. She would not barge under our explanation in English until our Museum pass was shown to her for the THIRD time.
We ended up spending around an hour in the museum while none of the other visitors were actively approached in such a way that left us feeling harassed and borderline criminalized. We’ve spent countless hours in the museums of other countries and never had that happening.
As a heads up for future visitors: the museum itself is well worth a visit provided that you look “right” for the place. We were still wondering if a East Asian face is that difficult to pick up or are we still haunted by the apparition of White Supremacy in 2019.
中文版：
藏在安靜小巷裡，這座古雅的展覽館，收藏和建築本身都很有趣。然而，身為造訪過一些歐洲國家、而第一次到訪法國的亞洲旅客，第一次碰到在其他歐洲國家沒有發生的狀況，讓我感到十分遺憾，甚至，懷疑起我之後來訪法國的可能性。即便這是風景和文化都很迷人的地方，但這狀況實在讓人忍無可忍。
事情如下：我們買了博物館的pass，依照指示，向前檯的女士打招呼，遞票給她刷條碼，然後我們離開櫃檯，往大門右手邊的展廳正要進門，突然我們聽到身後傳來的喝止聲「那不是免費的」，我們轉頭，發覺是剛剛那位女士——離我們跟她驗票不到一分鐘。的確是同一位，我們有些疑惑，但還是拿出票，笑笑地跟她說：剛才驗過了噢。她也表示她搞錯了，跟我們道歉。
這時我想，大概是一開始驗票的時候她一邊忙著跟旁人說話，所以忘記了吧，沒關係。
但沒想到事情還沒結束。
在我們逛完第一個展廳，準備往二樓走，又聽到喝止我們的聲音，我們轉頭——同一位女士，面對面看著我們，依然要求驗票......
這天下午我們待一個小時多，只有我們這組客人是亞洲面孔客人，其他看上去都是白人——而就我觀察他們都沒有遭受這種待遇。我們遭受了整整兩次。兩次。我在歐洲旅遊喜愛去各種博物館美術館消磨時光，但從來沒有遭受類似待遇。
所以提醒前來的遊客，這是個不錯的遊覽處，但前提是你的外表要「對」，不然可能會經歷類似羞辱。
不知道是亞洲面孔真的那麼難以辨認呢？還是貴寶地種族中心主義日常的一環？
Written February 6, 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
pdxhej
Portland, OR119 contributions
May 2012 • Couples
Some fascinating antique musical intruments and preserved architectural detail, but a pretty limited scope of interest here. An interesting half hour or so during a casual walking tour of the area.
Written July 4, 2012
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Fidofelix
London UK3 contributions
This is a real 17th century town house, and simply beautiful. A magnificent staircase takes you up to intimate rooms, some with their original wood panelling and stucco work. On the ground floor near the entrance is a meticulously preserved apothecary's shop dating form the seventeenth century.
Written April 23, 2009
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HudsonS16
Nice, France440 contributions
Jul 2013 • Couples
Now a museum, open daily, apart from Tuesdays, this wonderful aristocratic palace (or large mansion house) is worth making a detour to. Situated at 15 Rue Droite, entrance is free. You step back in time and at will be amazed at all the luxurious decor which includes panels, tapestries, paintings, ornaments and musical instruments. 1/2 an hour should be sufficient as it is not huge, although sometimes they have special exhibitions within the palace which, if you are interested in, may take a bit longer. The staircase and 18thC pharmacy, both on the ground floor, should be viewed even if you have no desire to go in any further.
Written July 15, 2013
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Patricia G
Mexico City, Mexico720 contributions
Hola oye yo si estoy iunteresada en que me enviaras copia del documento que tienes de la casa antigua de niza, y que mas me recomedarias ver allí?? gracias
MonicaBuenosAires
Ciudad Evita, Argentina428 contributions
Ok. Te loe voy a enviar, sólo que estoy de vacaciones y no tengo a mano el resumen del Palacio. Dime en qué fecha vas a viajar y cual es tu tipo de viaje o qué te gusta conocer para poder decirte qué más puedes visitar.
Saludos
MONICA
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