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Museum / Gallery Sights in Provence

Discover and book the top Provence sights

La Scourtinerie, Nyons

La Scourtinerie, Nyons

Originally founded in 1882, this family run business making traditional Scourtins survives to this day.

Musee Nationale de Fernand Leger, near Biot

Musee Nationale de Fernand Leger, near Biot

Location
Biot

A few months before his death in 1955, artist Fernand Léger acquired a farmhouse at the foot of the village of Biot. It was here that his widow Nadia Leger, decided to create a museum to honour him and showcase his life's work.

Carre d'Art Museum, Nimes

Carre d'Art Museum, Nimes

Not only is this modern building home to the museum of contemporary art, but it also houses Nimes central library.

Musee de Faykod (De Faykod Museum), Aups

Musee de Faykod (De Faykod Museum), Aups

Some 50 white marble sculptures by Maria de Faykod, renowned sculptor with numerous existing works. She had the original idea to open a garden which exhibit some of her work to the public.

Wildlife Art Gallery, Aix en Provence

Wildlife Art Gallery, Aix en Provence

Location
Aix-en-Provence

Aurélien Raynaud displays his unique gift in capturing the wonderful wildlife kingdom in a range of artforms.

L'Occitane Museum Manosque

Occitane Museum, Manosque

Guided tours of the facilities via the stages of fabrication and an walk through the history of the brand.

Theatre Antique, Orange

Theatre Antique, Orange

Orange boasts the best preserved Roman Amphitheatre in the western world.

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Musee des tapisseries Tapestry

Location
Aix-en-Provence

The Musee des Tapisseries houses a rich collection of 17th and 18th Century tapestries, including a collection called 'Grotesques' - theatrical taspestrie made in Beauvais cir. 1689, and also 'L'histoire de Don Quichotte' of 1735 unique in the world.

Commanderie de Peyrassol, Le Cannet

Commanderie de Peyrassol, Flassans sur Issole

Acquired in 2001 the Commanderie de Peyrassol, an old Knights Templar staging post, is now one of the outstanding vineyards of Provence. Its reds, whites and rosés are to be found in the finest dining establishments in France and throughout the world.

Musee Reattu, Arles

Musee Reattu

The Musee Reattu presents collections of ancient and contemporary paintings, sculptures, tapestry, photography and sounds. Amongst these is a collection of some fifty seven drawings by Picasso.

Fort St Roch, Sospel

Fort St Roch, Sospel

This remnant of the second world war is a huge engineering feat made from lots of concrete and once housed machine guns and barracks.

Musee de la Lavande, near Gordes

Musee de la Lavande

This a popular museum to visit for anyone following the Lavender routes around Provence, attracting around 50,000 visitors per year. 

colourful painting of a village with trees

Musee Yves Brayer paintings, Les Baux de Provence

Location
Les Baux-de-Provence

Opened in 1991, the Yves Brayer Museum displays a hundred or so canvas paintings, watercolours and drawings representative of the artist's work.

Musee du Vin Brotte, Chateauneuf du Pape

Musee du Vin Brotte, Chateauneuf du Pape

Created in 1972 by Jeanne Brotte, this wine museum is unique in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. First a modest museum displaying an impressing collection of old tools it has been renovated in 2002 and 2014 now presenting you with a museography called “In the footstep of the winegrower”.

the exterior of an old mansion

Campredon Centre d'Art, Isle sur la Sorgue

The building itself has been protected as a historic monument since 1979 and is worth the journey just for that, let alone the art works inside.

Musee Departemental de l'Arles Antiques, Arles

Musee Departemental de l'Arles Antiques

Immerse yourself in the history of Provence by visiting this collection of archaeological remains.

Angladon Museum, Avignon

Angladon Museum

Location
Avignon

Located in a gorgeous 18th century building int eh centre of Avignon, this museum's mission is to share with the public the wonderful collection of paintings and furniture inherited from the couturier Jacques Doucet (1853-1929).

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Musee Granet

Location
Aix-en-Provence

This is Aix's fine art gallery, housed in the 17th century Palais de Malte. The collections includes works by a variety of European painters, including two by Rubens and a small selection of Paul Cezanne.