Sightseeing Marseille, France

Marseille architect and sculptor Pierre Puget (1620–94) was born in the house opposite 10 rue du Petit Puits, and designed the arcaded courtyard of the Centre de la Vieille Charité, initially built as a charity shelter for the town’s poor, the stunning arched pink-stone courtyard now houses Marseille’s beautiful Musée d’Archéologie Méditerranéenne ...»

Initially built as a charity shelter for the town's poor, the stunning arched pink-stone courtyard of the Centre de la Vieille Charité now houses Marseille's beautiful Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne and Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens & Amérindiens . The latter houses a diverse and often striking collection, including masks from the Americas ...»

Recessed behind grand gates inside a 17th-century hôtel particulier (private mansion), the Musée Cantini has collections including 17th- and 18th-century Provençal ceramics and landscapes of the surrounding region including André Derain's Pinède, Cassis (1907) and Raoul Dufy's Paysage de l'Estaque (1908).

The colonnaded Chamber of Commerce (also known as the Palais de la Bourse), built between 1854 and 1860, houses a Musée de la Marine et de l'Économie. The museum highlights Marseille's economic ties to the sea through a series of paintings, engravings, models and other exhibits.

Initially built as a charity shelter for the town's poor, the stunning arched pink-stone courtyard of the Centre de la Vieille Charité now houses Marseille's beautiful Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne and Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens & Amérindiens.

Contemplate contemporary fashion trends at the Musée de la Mode . This stylish space has over 2000 garments and accessories in its permanent collection. Unfortunately, it regularly closes for two or three months at a time to switch exhibitions.

At the Musée des Docks Romains, displays include 1st-century Roman structures; with vast jars that held up to 2000L of wine or oil.