Musée national Marc Chagall-(site officiel)

Days and hours: Every day except Tuesday, the 1st January and 25th December. From 10h to 17h November to April and from 10 to 18 May to October.

Rates subject to change: 7.50 € permanent collection, € 5.50 reduced fare € 6.50 groups (minimum 10 people). Free for less than 26 years (E.U.) and every 1st Sunday of the month. Rates are increased by 1 € to 2 € temporary exhibition period.

Audio guides for individual adults in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. Visioguide LSF and audio guides in English and French children.

free tours Reservation: [email protected] Guided tours reservation: [email protected]

history: By 1969, the Minister of Culture, André Malraux, decided to build a museum to preserve the Biblical message after his donation to the state. This began in 1970 on a large lot, offered by the City of Nice, which was built a villa of the early century in ruins.

Chagall following with interest the project: it is he who asks an auditorium is part of the planned facilities. He also wants to expand the building by adding the windows of the auditorium and a mosaic that modifies the Museum Road.

In 1973, the artist is present for the inauguration of the National Museum Biblical Message Marc Chagall, André Malraux and the Minister of Culture of the time, Maurice Druon.

Until his death in 1985, Marc Chagall accompanied the early years of the institution's life. It is present to exhibition openings and launches, thanks to its friendly relations, a prestigious concerts policy.

After the death of Chagall, the Museum enjoys the filing of an important part of the dation (procedure which allows the payment in artworks inheritance rights. The Chagall dation featured more than 300 works). New acquisitions gradually enrich the collections and, with the support of the heirs of the painter, the museum is monographic full, reflecting both the spirituality of the artist's work and its inclusion in the artistic movements of the twentieth century.

In 2005, the museum thus changes its name to Marc Chagall National Museum.