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Musée Jean Cocteau
Musée Jean Cocteau Review
On the waterfront opposite the market, a squat medieval bastion crowned with four tiny watchtowers houses the extraordinary Musée Jean Cocteau, France's memorial to the eponymous artist-poet-filmmaker (1889-1963). Cocteau spotted the fortress, built in 1636 to defend the port, as the perfect site for a group of his works. While the museum has nearly 1,800 ouevres graphic, about 990 are original Cocteaus, a donation from the late California businessman and Holocaust survivor Severin Wunderman's personal collection.
- Address: 2 quai Monléon, Vieux Port, Menton, 06500
- Phone: 04-93-57-72-30
- Cost: €6; €8 with temporary exhibition
- Hours: July and Aug. Wed., Thurs., and Sat.--Mon. 10--6, Fri. 10--10; Sept.--June, Wed.--Mon. 10--6
- Website: museecocteaumenton.fr
- Location: Menton
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