The Picasso museum has been installed in the hôtel Salé constructed in 1656. The museum has been able to constitute itself in 1985 thanks to the new law on the endowment in payment of the inheritances taxes : the State inherited of 203 paintings, 158 sculptures, more than 3000 drawings. Wanted by Jacqueline Picasso, a second endowment enriched the museum in 1990. The museum also shows about a hundred works from contemporary artists, once owned by Picasso. Diego Giacometti has drawn the furniture of the museum. The brother of the sculptor, Alberto, created between others, the seats, the chairs and the tables in bronze, the center lights in white resin. Organized in a chronological way, the museum succeeds, in some ways, to the museum of Barcelona. It starts with the blue and pink period, continues with the cubist paintings but especially shows the works done after the 20s.

5 rue Thorigny
Marseille

Telephone: 01 42 71 25 21
Cost: 0 USD per person
Hours: 9.30-18.00, 9.30-17.30 in winter, except on Tuesdays

General Directions:

In the elegant Hotel Sale building. Metro – go to Saint-Sébastien Froissart, Saint-Paul

Type: Sights & Activities
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