The best museums Côte d'Azur

The Museum of Stamps and Coins opened to the public in 1996. This princely collection exhibits all the series issued since the first stamps bearing the effigy of the Principality in 1885, under the reign of Charles III. You will also find very rare stamps, as well as coins dating from before the euro, minted by Monaco. Temporary exhibitions are held regularly. The ideal place to complete a collection thanks to the philatelic and numismatic store.

Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the international heritage of scents, aromas and perfumes, this unique museum is dedicated to the perfume industry. Here, the history of fragrances, raw materials, manufacturing, industry, innovation, trade, design, uses are revealed... The visit takes place in magnificent historical buildings around a large transparent nave with gardens and terraces. Olfactory workshops are organized.

The Naval Museum was born from the passion of Professor Claude Pallanca, who, since his youth, dreamed of sailing and made models of ships. This princely collection, founded in 1993, brings together more than 250 models and objects of the navy from antiquity to the present day, some of which were built by Prince Albert ^I around 1875. Eventually, the Naval Museum should leave the Fontvieille shopping center and move to another building. Its reserves have already been moved to Ventimiglia (Italy).

The naive art museum settled in the Château Sainte-Hélène de Fabron in 1982, ancient house of the perfumer François Coty. This site owes its existence to the donation of arts critics Anatole and Renée Jakovsky who gave him their name. It shows works unique in the world tracing the history of from the 17th century to nowadays: South America, Haiti, Croatia, Central Europe, Europe… Three themes feature the permanent collections: the city in the countryside; fables and popular tales and the history of naive art. You will find the works, sculptures, posters and drawings of more or less famous artists such as Rabuzin, Bauchant, Party, Ivan and Josip Généralic, Grandma Moses, O'Brady, Haddelsey, Rimbert, Vivin, Séraphine, Lefranc, Vivancos….

In a rampart house, you will find the museum of Arts and Crafts and traditional museum of Prehistory, retrospective of 38,000 years of prehistory tourrettane exposing the heritage found in the caves of Merle and Baume Périgaud dating from the Upper Palaeolithic human remains, ornaments, tools, animal remains....

This cannon tower was built in 1634 and reinforced by Vauban, and served as protection in Toulon harbour crossing its fire with those of the Royal tower. Since 1970, the fort became a naval museum with local maritime history, with permanent exhibitions dedicated to the history of the prison in Toulon and overseas, life convicts, plus temporary exhibitions to discover (inquire by phone).