Museum, National museum

Art Museum

Toulon

Completely renovated in 2021, the museum, which has been awarded the "Musée de France" label, boasts a collection of ancient and modern art, contemporary art, a cabinet of curiosities and a graphic arts cabinet. It regularly organizes temporary exhibitions.

The collection of ancient and modern art, most of which was built up during the 19th century, presents a diversity of genres and movements, notably around the theme of landscape. Particular emphasis is placed on 19th-century painters from Marseille and Toulon (Loubon, Guigou, Courdouan, Nardi...).
Another highlight of the collection is the Orient and Mediterranean travel, with a particular focus on painters from Provence (Ziem, Tournemine, Montenard...).

From the 1980s onwards, acquisitions turned towards contemporary art. The collection includes works representative of various major movements, such as New Realism (Arman, César, Niki de Saint Phalle, Martial Raysse...), Minimalism (Donald Judd, Sol Lewitt) and Supports/Surface (Daniel Deneuze, Claude Viallat...), as well as major international artists (Daniel Buren, Gerhard Richter, Pat Steir...).

At the heart of the historic library is a curiosity cabinet featuring ethnographic and archaeological objects. Works from the library's holdings are available alongside the cabinet, enabling visitors to deepen their understanding and discovery of the collection.

A graphic arts cabinet allows fragile works to be displayed in rotation, such as the photographs (over 500) and drawings (over 600) that make up the MAT collection.

References

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Theme

  • Modern/contemporary art
  • Fine Arts
  • Photography and cinema
  • Art and culture
  • Painting

Spoken languages

  • French

Visits

Individual

  • Free visit

Equipment / Services

  • Reception of people with reduced mobility

Prices

Free entry.

Opening

Open every day between 12 pm and 6 pm. Except on Monday. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, Easter Monday, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th, August 15th, November 1st, November 11th and December 25th.
Museum, National museum
Art Museum
113 boulevard Leclerc 83000 Toulon
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