Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille

The Marseille Museum of Fine Arts was created in 1802, following the decree of 13 Fructidor year IX (August 31, 1801) called the Chaptal decree named after the Minister of the Interior at the time Jean-Antoine Chaptal who foresaw to send paintings, sculptures and works of art to several provincial towns (including cities now abroad).

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The Museum of Fine Arts exhibits an important collection of paintings and sculptures covering the period from the 16th to the 19th centuries, made up of works seized from churches and from emigrants, in the first years of the Revolution. It was enriched throughout the 19th century by the paintings that the State regularly sent to the major provincial museums.

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This is how the museum can present a fine collection of the greatest Italian and French masters of the 16th and 17th centuries, with works by Pérugino, Guercino, Carrache, Pannini for Italy or Champaigne, Vouet, Lesueur , Greuze, Vernet, Hubert Robert or David for France.

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This museum is housed in a wing of the Palais Longchamp.

Access to the permanent collections is free.