What to do and see in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur: The Best Museums

November 23, 2021 Randal Brittian

Avignon charms visitors with its ancient streets, restored medieval ramparts and the immense Gothic architecture of the Palais des Papes (Palace of Popes—the papacy was based here in the 14th century). The annual Festival d'Avignon, a major arts festival, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors for theater, dance, film and street performances.
Restaurants in Avignon

1. Atelier du Palais

5 rue de la Monnaie A proximité du Palais des Papes, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 85 59 47 http://feuillesdarbrespeintes.fr/
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Atelier du Palais

2. L'elementaire

46 rue des Fourbisseurs, 84000, Avignon France +33 9 84 55 84 98 [email protected] http://www.lelementaire.com/
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5.0 based on 6 reviews

L'elementaire

Artisans shop: pottery, art and decoration, jewels, bags, ... A selection of the best artisans from Provence.

3. Musee du Petit Palais

Place du Palais, Avignon France +33 4 90 86 44 58 [email protected] http://www.petit-palais.org
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4.5 based on 444 reviews

Musee du Petit Palais

Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom

The Petit Palais in Avignon was built during the period of the Avignon Papacy by Cardinal Berenger Fredoli the Elder in around 1318–20 and in 1335 became the Archbishop's Palace. The interior today is much as it was then and houses an impressive collection of religious art from Romanesque to Renaissance, including a Virgin and Child by Botticelli. In an interesting initiative, each year the Parcours de l'Art and the Petit Palais museum allow an artist to show works that interact with the museum's art collections. For 2019, Ernst Günther Herrmann has placed his metal sculptures in various rooms of the museum, next to sculptures and paintings of the from the 12th to the 15th centuries. A great initiative which purists will hate, but is a means of connecting across the centuries.

4. Galerie Boutique John Gormsen

2 Place Saint Pierre, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 85 00 64 [email protected] http://www.johngormsen.com
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4.5 based on 16 reviews

Galerie Boutique John Gormsen

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5. Le Grenier a sel

2 rue du Rempart Saint Lazare, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 32 74 05 31 [email protected] http://legrenierasel-avignon.fr/
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Le Grenier a sel

Lieu culturel dédié aux nouvelles formes d’expressions artistiques, le Grenier à sel propose une programmation qui relie l’art, la science et les technologies du monde contemporain : expositions, ateliers, rencontres, spectacles... Le Grenier à sel existe grâce au fonds de dotation Edis, organisme d’intérêt général dont la vocation est de soutenir les pratiques artistiques émergentes et de permettre leur accès à un public large et diversifié.

6. Musee Calvet

65 rue Joseph Vernet, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 86 33 84 [email protected] http://www.musee-calvet.org/
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4.0 based on 311 reviews

Musee Calvet

7. Musee Lapidaire

65 rue de la Republique, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 85 75 38 http://www.musee-lapidaire.org
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4.0 based on 138 reviews

Musee Lapidaire

Reviewed By RayV388

Down Rue de la Republique, the Musee Lapidaire should not be missed. It is generously free of charge and an exciting place to explore. It brings to one place the stone relics and artifacts of Avignon’s Roman past and more of that. Not only is the artisanship awesome but there are life-pictures of old Gaul engraved in the stones and sculpted in the figures. In here one may also take photos at will.

8. Musee Louis Vouland

17 rue Victor Hugo, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 86 03 79 [email protected] http://www.vouland.com/
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Musee Louis Vouland

The Louis Vouland Museum shows a Decorative Art permanent collection (furniture, tapestries, ceramics, paintings and silver smithery) located in an "hotel particulier" (private mansion) from the XIXth century which leads to a back garden. The museum is closed from January 6 to February 14, 2020.

9. Musee D'art Cotemporain

5 rue Violette, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 16 56 20
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Musee D'art Cotemporain

10. Musee Requien

61 rue Joseph Vernet, 84000, Avignon France +33 4 90 82 43 51 [email protected] http://www.museum-requien.org
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Musee Requien

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