From the owner: Bibliothèque et musée d'art contemporain Ce palais de verre conçu par l'architecte Norman Foster…read morevoit le jour en 1993. Situé en face de la Maison Carrée, c'est une réelle confrontation des genres : l'art antique faisant face à l'art moderne. A l'intérieur, le musée d'art contemporain possède une collection de plus de 300 oeuvres présentant l'art européen des années 60 à nos jours, notamment l'art des pays anglo-saxons et du sud de la France. Des oeuvres de Arman, Polke, César, Viallat et d'autres font partie des pièces présentes dans l'exposition permanente. C'est aussi une médiathèque de 5300 m2, à laquelle l'inscription est gratuite pour les Nîmois.

From the owner: Nîmes au temps des dinosaures Crée en 1892, il est l'un des deux seuls museum du…read moreLanguedoc-Rousillon. Il abrite les domaines des sciences de la nature et de certains secteurs de l'homme. Actuellement en rénovation, trois sujets sont abordés: la préhistoire, l'ethnographie exotique et la zoologie.

Nice building with mediocre art. Go to enjoy the building itself and the Roman mosaic on the first…read morefloor. Entrance to the permanent collection is free.

From the owner: Art classique Riche collection de tableaux de l'école française, flamande et hollandaise ainsi que…read moredes oeuvres italiennes des 16ème et 17ème siècles. Au rez-de-chaussée, une grande mosaique romaine, le mariage d'Admete, occupe la partie centrale du vaste hall. Elle fut découverte à l'emplacement des halles.

Absolutely wonderful musée newly built last year. Many of the collections on display were from…read moreNîmes and many of them are previously owned by old Musée Archéologique de Nîmes. Musée offers lots of interactive, 3D and horographie displays and my 10-years old son enjoyed and learned a lot from them. They have special area of displays focused on epigraphy and I quite enjoyed the video explains what epigraphist has been worked on. It's only in French but it was quite interesting. (Some of the exhibit are only in French. ) Building itself is very cool modern building. They have rooftop garden for 360 degree view of the city. It's situated right next to arènes.

This arena is 20 largest in the world. It is one of the complete ancient arena I have seen. The…read morewall connected to arena was constructed with 80 towers, 10 gates, 7 feet wall thickness and 6 kilometer long to surround the city of Nimes. It is the largest in Roman Gaul. The arena now is using for special event, bull fighting, and more. The arena has museum sections that display the gladiator weapons and outfits. It also show the bull fighter outfit and famous bull fighters. The visit to arena take 1.5 hours. Parking garage below ground is near by.

Twas a magnificent dive into Roman era Nîmes. The audio guide is a bit screwy though altogether a…read morefascinating revisit into what was and what is

Maison Carree was included in the price of our ticket to the amphitheater (highly recommend and is…read morealready well-reviewed), and it's only a few minutes away, so we went to check it out. The building is beautiful (based on the temple of Apollo if we remember correctly) and has been restored well. We didn't know anything about it but we discovered the whole visit is only a 20-25 minute movie about the history of Nimes. The film is pretty B-level, almost amusing at times in its emotiveness, but does provide you with a nice history of the city. So: if you want to see a nice building, then don't pay to go in. If you want to see a bunch of Roman artifacts, then there's a separate museum for that (which we had decided to skip). If you're into cheesy historical reenactment films, then this is the place for you.

They show film on History of Nîmes. They actually seriously worked on making it. It is included…read morein the Billet Romaine, the combo ticket to access as well as to Les Arènes and Tour Magne.

From the owner: Rendez-vous avec l'Histoire Ce musée centralise les résultats des fouilles et de la région. Il…read morepossède des collections d'une grande qualité. Parmi elles, la statuaire préromaine, et les belles séries d'objets de la vie quotidienne. Une place importante est accordée à la période romaine grâce à une collection d'un millier d'inscriptions latines et à de remarquables mosaîques.