The best museums Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur

Set in a unique hotel in the Mazarin district, the museum is the work of Paul ARBAUD. The donation of this collector, gumby and patron is rich in one of the largest and beautiful collections of Provençal tiles, adorning beautifully a beautifully decorated room of antique furniture. A gentle soft light creates a warm atmosphere in this museum, with a rich library containing wonderful scientific, agricultural, artistic and literary works, some of its manuscripts dating back to the th century.

The museum is settled in the chapel of Pénitents-Blancs of the 17th century and it can be interesting to visit it in family because it contains an incredible number of old tools, pots, archaeological relics (fossils, cut flint and coins). It's a bit of a tote in the cabinet of curiosities way but it is also where its charm lays. And do not forget to look up to admire the frescoes in the chapel.

The ecomuseum of the hinterland and transport was installed in the former locomotive depot at Breil sur Roya near the station. The museum has many railway equipment: several locomotives, steam or electric are on display as well as railcars, a locomotive trader, trams, buses and trolleybuses. A miniature railway network is also on site, reproducing several emblematic sites of the Tende line. The museum also contains a collection of some thirty road vehicles, buses and trolleybuses, some of which can be rented.