Art Museum

The Art Museum, in Toulon

The Art Museum of Toulon is an imposing U-shaped building, refuge of the Toulon works since 1888, rich in thousands of pieces. The Toulon audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this historic museum, which gathers fine arts, archaeology and contemporary art.

The refuge of the Toulon works

This imposing building, built in the shape of a U, is the Art Museum of Toulon, a true refuge of the Toulon works since its construction in 1888. No less than three thousand pieces can be discovered there, testifying to the richness and the diversity of the collections accumulated over time. The museum presents a varied panorama, ranging from archaeological objects to fine arts, with paintings and sculptures of diverse schools, from the Provençal landscape to the old masters, without forgetting a fine place made for modern and contemporary art. The building itself, of eclectic style proper to the end of the nineteenth century, is a witness of the cultural ambition of Toulon at that time, when the town wanted to endow itself with institutions worthy of the great cities. Renovated and modernised, the museum remains one of the main cultural places of the town, a setting where the eras and the styles dialogue. It is a stop of choice for the lovers of art and history. A historic museum and a setting of the collections, the Art Museum is a fine stop of the discovery of Toulon.

What to see

Here you discover the imposing U-shaped building constructed in 1888, refuge of the Toulon works, which gathers no less than three thousand pieces, from archaeological objects to fine arts, paintings and sculptures from the Provençal landscape to the old masters, as well as modern and contemporary art, in an eclectic building witness of the cultural ambition of the town. The Art Museum is a setting of the collections of Toulon. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Art Museum lies in the centre of Toulon, reachable on foot. The visit follows its own hours and conditions, which vary; the entry of the collections is often free. It is best to check them before coming.

What does the Art Museum of Toulon present?

No less than three thousand pieces, refuge of the Toulon works since its construction in 1888: from archaeological objects to fine arts, paintings and sculptures from the Provençal landscape to the old masters, as well as modern and contemporary art, in an imposing U-shaped building of eclectic style.

Where is the Art Museum of Toulon?

In the centre of Toulon, in France.