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seum. On any bus, get off at the Arènes-Matisse bus stop (look for the crumbling Roman
wall).
Leaving the Museum:
When leaving the museum, find the stop for buses #15 and
#22 (frequent service to downtown, stops en route at the Chagall Museum): Turn left from
the Matisse Museum into the park and keep straight on Allée Barney Wilen, exiting the
parkattheArchaeologicalMuseum,thenturnright.Passthebusstopacrossthestreet(#17
goes to the city center but not the Chagall Museum, and #20 goes to the port), and walk to
the small roundabout. Cross the roundabout to find the shelter (facing downhill) for buses
#15 and #22.
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Modern and Contemporary Art Museum (Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art
This ultramodern museum features an explosively colorful, far-out, yet manageable col-
lection focused on American and European-American artists from the 1960s and 1970s
(Pop Art and New Realism styles are highlighted). The exhibits cover three floors and in-
clude a few works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jean Tinguely, and small mod-
els of Christo's famous wrappings. You'll find rooms dedicated to Robert Indiana, Yves
Klein, and Niki de Saint Phalle (my favorite). The temporary exhibits can be as appealing
to modern-art lovers as the permanent collection: Check the museum website for what's
playing. Don't leave without exploring the rooftop terrace.
Cost and Hours:
Free, Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, closed Mon, about a 15-minute walk
from Place Masséna, near Vieux Nice on Promenade des Arts, tel. 04 93 62 61 62,
Housed in a sumptuous Riviera villa with lovely gardens, this museum holds 6,000 art-
works from the 17th to 20th centuries. Start on the first floor and work your way up to
experience an appealing array of paintings by Monet, Sisley, Bonnard, and Raoul Dufy, as
well as a few sculptures by Rodin and Carpeaux.
Cost and Hours:
Free, Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00, closed Mon; inconveniently located at
the western end of Nice, take bus #12 or #23 from the train station to the Rosa Bonheur
stop and walk to 3 Avenue des Baumettes; tel. 04 92 15 28 28,
www.musee-beaux-arts-
The Molinard family has been making perfume in Grasse (about an hour's drive from
Nice) since 1849. Their Nice store has a small museum in the rear that illustrates the story
of their industry. Back when people believed water spread the plague (Louis XIV sup-
