Musee Matisse and Lunch at Bar des Oiseaux, Nice, Nice, France

I last went to Musee Matisse in 2006 with my daughter, and as I love Matisse鈥檚 work so much, it was definitely time for a revisit. The museum is in Cimiez, about 3km north of Nice. The hotel were very helpful about how to get there, telling me I could take a No.5 bus from a stop just round the corner and giving me a printed copy of the route with the names of stops and timetable. The buses tend to stop only if you request them to so it鈥檚 useful to know when your stop is coming up. It was about a 20-minute ride.

It turned out entrance was free today (and at all of Nice鈥檚 museums for the weekend, due to some special anniversary).

The Museum is a 17th century Genoese residence, Villa des Arene, which has housed the museum since 1963. Matisse (1869-1954) discovered Nice in 1917 and created most of his major works here. He loved the city and said he couldn鈥檛 imagine leaving it.

Matisse opened an art school in Paris in 1908 and the museum has its own 鈥楲ittle Matisse Academy鈥�. Some children were painting and the teacher in charge seemed happy for me to take a photo but first 鈥� and very responsibly 鈥� moved them out of my camera鈥檚 sight. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Musee Matisse and Lunch at Bar des Oiseaux, Nice
Guide Location: France » Nice
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kay Gale
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Musee Matisse
a cafe in the park area
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Bar des Oiseaux
Le Bistrot d鈥橝ntoine
Le Comptoir du Marche
Patisserie Chez Maitre Pierre

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