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Terra Amata Museum

Located on the very site of the search of the site of the same name which has delivered among the oldest homes in the history of humanity, dating from 400,000 years old, the museum proposes to discover the life of the first niçois. The climate was warmer than today. In the beautiful season, they installed their cabin on the beach, at the bottom of a creek, near a source. They hunted elephants, rhinoceros, deer, aurochs and wild boars. Their tools, choppers, axes or bifaces were mainly made from the pebbles collected on the beach.

Location

Terra Amata Museum, 25 Boulevard Carnot

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Opening hours

Museum open every day except Tuesday

  • De10:00 to 17:00erNovember to 30 April.
  • De10 am to 6 pm from 2 May to 31 October.

Closed on 1erJanuary – Easter Sunday – 1erMay – 25 December.

Closure of ticketing 30 minutes before.

Prices

Access ticket – 5€
Reduced price group from 10 people : 4€

→Museums Pass 4 days – 15€
Reduced price group from 10 people : 10€
Access to all museums and municipal galleries for 72 hours

→Guided tours(from 7 years):

Individual fee: 7 € (per person, in addition to the entrance ticket)
Group rate between 14 and 30 people: 85€

Metropolis school group rate (entrance and visit): free
School group rate excluding metropolis : 21€

→Workshops:

Individual fee: 9 € (per person)

Metropolis school group rate (entrance and workshop): free
School group rate excluding metropolis : 21€

Attention, due to temporary exhibitions, the workshop room is not available during the summer period.

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Method of payment accepted

Cash, CB, checks, vacation checks.

Online ticketing

Free admission upon presentation of a supporting document:

  • Children under 18 and students
  • Child under 13 for guided tours
  • Jobseekers (monthly certificate)
  • Beneficiaries of Solidarity (RSA) income, the specific Solidarity (ASS) allocation, the solidarity allocation for the elderly (ASPA)
  • Card holders
  • ICOM and ICOMOS maps
  • Journalists
  • Teachers on presentation of the Education Pass issued by the Ministry of National Education
  • Guide-conferencing
  • Employees of the City of Nice, the Metropolis NCA and the CCAS
  • Members of the associations of friends of the museums of Nice

NCA Metropolis

Museums of Niceoffered to all the Niçois and inhabitants of the municipalities of the Metropolis Nice Côte d’Azur giving free access to all museums and municipal galleries.

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Contact

Telephone: 04 93 55 59 93
E-mail:musee.terra.amata@ville-nice.fr

Website

Visit

Space 01 and 02 - A good in time
Space 3 - Nice, 400,000 years ago
Space 5 - He had a good life in Terra Amata
Space 6 - We need to make tools
Space 7 - The first niçois, a 7-year-old
Space 8 - The men of Terra Amata
Space 9 - Cabins to protect themselves
Space 10 - The domestication of fire
Space 11 - Terra Amata Museum

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