Musée Cantini (art museum)

  • Museum
  • Fine Arts
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Museum of France
19 Rue Grignan, 13006 Marseille 6ème
This private mansion built in 1694 by the 'compagnie du Cap Nègre' had been bought in 1709 by the family de Montgrand. They own it until 1801.
Many owners succeeded one another ' le cercle des phocéens' remains more than half a century installed in 1836. Before being acquired by Jules Cantini, important marble worker who was involved in construction of differents kind of many civil and religious buildings in Marseille during the Second Empire.
Great armateur of Art , Jules Cantini donated it to the city in 1916 to be used as a museum for the art of our time.

This amazing cultural establishment in Marseille is is devoted to a 'modern' period 20 th century from 1900 to 1960's.

The collection includes some of the important individuals of the twentieth century such as Henri Matisse, oskar Kokoschka, Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Balthus, Antonin Artaud and Francis Bacon.

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Many owners succeeded one another ' le cercle des phocéens' remains more than half a century installed in 1836. Before being acquired by Jules Cantini, important marble worker who was involved in construction of differents kind of many civil and religious buildings in Marseille during the Second Empire.
Great armateur of Art , Jules Cantini donated it to the city in 1916 to be used as a museum for the art of our time.

This amazing cultural establishment in Marseille is is devoted to a...

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Tuesday
09:00 - 18:00

Wednesday
09:00 - 18:00

Thursday
09:00 - 18:00

Friday
09:00 - 18:00

Saturday
09:00 - 18:00

Sunday
09:00 - 18:00

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Musée Cantini (art museum)
19 Rue Grignan, 13006 Marseille 6ème
Spoken languages
  • French
Environment
  • In centre of town
  • Town location
  • Close to a public transportation
  • Bus stop < 500 m
  • Subway station < 500 m
Updated on 24 January 2025 at 15:27
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(Offer identifier : 5539538)
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