The Chagall Museum, the Biblical Message in the rooms the painter helped to plan.

What it is

It is one of the few French national museums created during the lifetime of the artist to whom they are dedicated. Marc Chagall donated to the State the great cycle of the Biblical Message, the large-format canvases he painted on Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs, and the museum was built on the Cimiez hillside for them. Besides the paintings, there are drawings, engravings, sculptures, ceramics, stained glass, a tapestry and a mosaic that can be seen from the garden reflected in a pond. It is a small, bright museum, surrounded by a Mediterranean garden, which can be seen in an hour and a half.

For those coming from Spain it works very well as a second stop of the day in Cimiez, next to the Matisse Museum: both painters lived on the Côte d'Azur and both museums are on the same hill, one on the lower part and one at the top.

Opening hours and price

Open every day except Tuesday, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. From 2 May to 31 October, from 10:00 to 18:00; from 1 November to 30 April, from 10:00 to 17:00. In November and December 2026 it closes at midday, from 13:00 to 14:30. On 24 and 31 December it closes at 16:00. The ticket office stops selling half an hour before closing.

During temporary exhibitions, entry costs €12 (€10 reduced); outside them, €10 (€8 reduced). The price may drop if rooms are closed. It is free for everyone on the first Sunday of each month and, always, for under-26s from the European Union, with ID. There is a joint ticket with the Fernand Léger Museum in Biot, valid for 30 days. The Nice city museum pass is not valid here.

Getting there

It is on avenue du Docteur Ménard. From Nice-Ville station it is about fifteen minutes on foot, and as many from the Gare Thiers stop on tram 1. Bus 5 stops in front, at the Musée Chagall stop. If you go by car, the museum has free parking. At the entrance they check all bags.