All history museums and attractions to visit in Marseille

Marseille (France) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 9 history museums in Marseille, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Marseille? These are the ones:

  1. Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée1

    Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée

     Marseille
    The MuCEM - Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations) is a national museum in Marseille that is dedicated to European and Mediterranean civilisations. The museum is located at the entrance of the harbour, next to the 17th-centu
  2. Fort Saint-Jean2

    Fort Saint-Jean

     Marseille
  3. Musée d'histoire de Marseille3

    Musée d'histoire de Marseille

     Marseille
    The Musée d'Histoire de Marseille (Marseille History Museum) is the local historical and archaeological museum of Marseille. The museum holds a collection of archaeological finds discovered when the site it is located on was excavated and other archaeological objects related to the history of Marsei
  4. Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology4

    Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology

     Marseille
    The Musée d'archéologie méditerranéenne (Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology) is a museum in Marseille that is dedicated to the art of civilizations around the Mediterranean. The museum holds a collection of objects related to Egypt that is the largest in France after the Louvre in Paris. Besides th
  5. Musée des Beaux-arts de Marseille5

    Musée des Beaux-arts de Marseille

     Marseille
    The Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille is an art museum in Marseille that is housed in the right wing of the Palais Longchamp that was built by the architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu between 1862 and 1869. The museum holds a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 16th to the 19th
  6. Musée des Docks Romains6

    Musée des Docks Romains

     Marseille
    The Musée des Docks Romains (The museum of Roman docks) is a museum in Marseille, displays 'in situ' the remains of one of the few known Roman commercial warehouses in the world. The Museum illustrates the port activity of Marseille and features large storage vases or dolia preserved in situ that sh
  7. Musée du Terroir Marseillais7

    Musée du Terroir Marseillais

     Marseille
    The Musée du terroir marseillais (Museum of Terroir Marseillais) is a museum of arts and popular traditions located in Château Gombert in Marseille. The museum holds collections that are presented in eight renaissance-style rooms, including costumes, furniture, utensils, musical instruments, cribs a
  8. Musée de la Marine et de l’Economie8

    Musée de la Marine et de l’Economie

     Marseille
    Musée de la Marine et de l’Economie is a small museum in Marseille, housed in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille. The museum holds a collection of paintings and documents that illustrate the time when Marseille was the main port of France.
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    Memorial De La Marseillaise

     Marseille
    The Mémorial de la Marseillaise celebrates France's revolutionary national anthem called 'the Marseillaise'. It is housed in a house built in 1681, this old house is a former indoor ball court and a Turkish bath house until the mid 1970s. The exhibits of the museum are mostly related to the history