• The Fernand Léger French National Museum
• The Biot History and Ceramics Museum
• The Bonsaï Museum
• The Glass Ecomuseum

The Fernand Léger French National Museum was inaugurated on February 4th 1969 by André Malraux, then the French Minister of Cultural Affairs. This collection enables to discover the work of an artist, that left a very strong print in the field of 20th century Art thanks to an easily identified style and to a wide open-minded attitude.

The work of Fernand Léger evokes the city, the urban landscapes, machinery and industrial devices, but also the world of work and leisure. The museum is a remarkable example of the architecture from the 60’s and displays also in its gardens monumental works made after some model scale pieces by the artist. This modern world painted by Léger contrasts with the Biot surrounding hills and the park of the museum, another world, quieter, than can be watched from the bar of the museum.

Contact

Musée national Fernand Léger
Chemin du Val de Pome - 06410 Biot
Ph. : 04 92 91 50 30 /Fax : 04 92 91 50 31
www.musee-fernandleger.fr

Opening hours :

Everyday, except on Tuesday.
From 10.00 am to 18.00 pm

Entrance Fees

Full rate : 6,50 €, reduced rate : 5 €.
Rates for a pass giving access to both the Léger Museum and the Chagall Museum, valid during 30 days from the ticket’s issue :
- 11 € pass including a temporary exhibition extra-fee in one of the two museums
- 13€ pass including two temporary exhibitions extra-fees in the two museums
Free every first Sunday of every month and for people under 18. The ticket gives access to permanent collections.
Advanced tickets sales (from 20 tickets) : Tickets bought in advance allow immediate access and can be purchased at a special fare from “Musée & Compagnie” (Phone number : 01 40 13 49 13)
Group fare (up to 30 people maximum) : 88 €

Guided Tours

Guided Tours in French, Italian, English, Spanish and German.

Information and Tours booking

Ph.: 00 33 (0)4 92 91 50 20

The Museum’s Book and Giftshop :

Ph.: 00 33 (0)4 92 91 50 22

The Museum’s Refreshment Bar in the garden

Open everyday except on Tuesdays
Ph.: 00 33 (0)4 92 91 50 22

The Biot history and ceramics Museum shows its originality by uniting in the same interest the city, owner of the building and the original association, owner of the collections.

Created in 1980 and enlarged in 1997, the museum was completely renovated in 2004. The restoration of a white penitents chapel and the improvement of a gallery have provided the centre of the village with new exhibition spaces.

The museum gathers and puts at the public’s disposal elements of the Biot heritage linked to a rich 2000 years-old history. Originally a Celto-Ligurian territory, Biot became a Gallo-roman castrum and sheltered a Templars House before being completely repopulated in the 15th by families coming from the Ligurian coast.

Thanks to its large and high quality clay and kiln stone deposits, Biot became the largest centre in the Mediterranean for the making of jars. In the middle of the 17th century, there were about 40 potteries in the village. Their large production used to be widely exported all around the Mediterranean and to America. The museum shows a big collection of these jars, the making of which extends from the 16th to the 19th century.

Little by little, the Biot pottery produced more and more varied and decorative utilitarian ceramics. The indoor fountains (18th and 19th century) on display at the museum represent perfectly this art both popular and refined.

Contact
Musée d’histoire et de céramique biotoises
9 rue Saint-Sébastien - 06410 Biot
Ph. : (33/0)4 93 65 54 54 - Fax (33/0)4 93 65 51 73
Email :
Website : www.musee-de-biot.fr

Open from Wednesday to Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00 in summer and from 14.00 to 18.00 in winter.

Entrance fees
Full rate : 2 € - Reduced rate : 1 €

Educational workshops – Guided Tours – Lecture series
Young public (school groups, individuals, groups) : educational workshops for school groups from kindergarten to 6th grade.

Grown-ups (individuals, groups) : cultural tours, lectures, visits of the museum (French, English, Spanish)

Publications for grown-ups
Biot, beau village de Provence, Joseph-Antoine Durbec, july 1992.

Monographie de Biot de Joseph-Antoine Durbec, july 1992.

A permanent museum of living sculptures in the setting of a 6000 acres Japanese garden. Come and discover an exceptional collection of worldwide bonsais taken care of by generations of the Okonek family. Tropical bonsais, conifers, deciduous bonsais and penjings (Chinese art consisting in recreating a landscapes in a pot). The museum shelters the largest bonsai forest in Europe.

Different activities are offered to the public :

• : individual and group training sessions of bonsai gardening
• sale, caring, and keeping of bonsai
• sale of pots and material
• Japanese garden design.

Contact
Musée de Bonsaï
299 chemin du val de pôme - 06410 Biot
Ph. 04 93 65 63 99 - Fax 04 93 16 84 85
Email :
Website : http://museedubonsai.free.fr/

Open everyday except on Tuesday from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 14.00 to 18.00

Rates
4 € adults.
2 € students and children.
3 € groups.