Musée d’Archéologie Méditerranéenne — Attraction in Marseille

I have never felt so unwelcome at any museum. Gangs of staff guarding the exhibition rooms with some of them thinking it’s okay to yell at visitors. Very unpleasant. Much better off visiting the Marseille History Museum, especially as you are not expected to carry a wriggly baby in your arms there and allowed to use a stroller (in contrast to this museum where it’s considered a danger to the exhibitions...

Small but fairly comprehensive archeology department, with nice exhibits from iron age Italy, Etruria, Greece and Cyprus, as well as some Near Eastern pieces from Susa and Khorsabad. Impressive photo exhibition on Syria, with images from before the destruction. Sadly the Egypt exhibition as well as the ethnographical sections of the museum were closed at the time of my visit, without further...

It's worth the visit for the beautiful Architecture alone but here you have at least 4 exciting collections. All free entry! Egyptology. Small is beautiful. The votive objects here are as lovely as I ever saw in London or Paris. Amerindian. African. Oceanian(Particularly Vanuatu). Folk art from Mexico. Sunday morning is...