Musée d'Archéologie de Nice-Cimiez

The Musée d’Archéologie de Nice-Cimiez stands on Cimiez hill in Nice, above the remains of the Roman city of Cemenelum. The museum traces Nice’s ancient history through archaeology. Its collections bring together Mediterranean ceramics, Roman milestones, statues, coins, sarcophagi, and funerary steles from local finds. Roman milestones mark the Via Julia Augusta. A Silenus mask and bronze furniture came from the wreck of La Fourmigue, while other objects document life around Cemenelum. Antonia Minor appears in a large statue from the Northern Baths. Models show how the baths changed over time, and excavation photographs record discoveries made at Cimiez. The lower level presents temporary archaeology exhibitions. Outside, you can walk among Roman baths, the cardo, the decumanus, and an early Christian baptistery in their archaeological setting. The museum occupies a modern building designed by Wladimir Mitrofanoff. It forms part of the Musée d’Archéologie de Nice, alongside the Musée de Paléontologie Humaine de Terra-Amata. Together, museum and ruins connect objects with streets, baths, and burial places from ancient Nice.