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Musée de l'Arles antique

Musée de l'Arles antique is a departmental museum of Ancient Arles: museum on the Gallo-Roman period of Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). A short trip away is Terrasse du café le soir, 1 km off, the first of 108 within 15 km. Its story is told in 8 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Musée de l'Arles antique, Finoskov (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Arles

inside the commune

How well known

Top 3%

#878 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 19–30°C

In brief

Museum in Arles

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#878 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Arles

Musée de l'Arles antique is in the commune of Arles, with 61 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Month by month in Arles

Warmest in Arles are April to October, at 19–30°C.

Jan11° / 3°54 mm

Feb13° / 3°33 mm

Mar16° / 6°34 mm

Apr19° / 9°57 mm

May23° / 12°40 mm

Jun27° / 16°27 mm

Jul30° / 18°13 mm

Aug30° / 18°27 mm

Sep25° / 14°84 mm

Oct21° / 12°81 mm

Nov15° / 7°77 mm

Dec12° / 4°44 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Arles, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Arles station, 17 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Arles’ full climate →

About

Musée de l'Arles antique

Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles : museum on the Gallo-Roman period of Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, France).

Musée de l'Arles antique is in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône.

Musée de l'Arles antique on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône
Official site: arles-antique.cg13.fr/mdaa_cg13/root/index.htm

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

Useful details

Hours09:30–18:00 · Tue closed · Jan 01, May 01, Nov 01, Dec 25 closed

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Musée de l'Arles antique and what surrounds it

The map centres on Musée de l'Arles antique, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Musée de l'Arles antique

Among the 8, Arles is the biggest, home to 51,811 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Arles

51,811 people

2 · 3 km northwest of it

Fourques

2,680 people

3 · 9.3 km northeast of it

Fontvieille

3,571 people

4 · 12 km northwest of it

Bellegarde

8,035 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Musée de l'Arles antique is	People
Arles	It’s in this commune	51,811
Fourques	3 km northwest of it	2,680
Fontvieille	9.3 km northeast of it	3,571
Bellegarde	12 km northwest of it	8,035
Beaucaire	15 km north of it	15,692
Saint-Gilles	15 km west of it	14,734
Tarascon	15 km north of it	15,396
Saint-Martin-de-Crau	16 km east of it	14,145

Make a day of it

Also near Musée de l'Arles antique

Also close at hand are 6 attractions, an archaeological site and a museum, among 108 within 15 km.

AttractionTerrasse du café le soir1 km northeast, in Arles 2AttractionAttractionLa Nuit étoilée1.5 km northeast, in Arles 3AttractionAttractionAncienne cathédrale Saint-Trophime à Arles1 km northeast, in Arles 4

Archaeological siteArènes d'Arles1.3 km northeast, in Arles 5AttractionAttractionLes Alyscamps1.5 km east, in Arles 6

AttractionThéâtre antique d'Arles1.2 km east, in Arles 7

MuseumMuseon Arlaten800 m northeast, in Arles 8AttractionAttractionObélisque d'Arles1 km northeast, in Arles

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Musée de l'Arles antique

Where is Musée de l'Arles antique?

Musée de l'Arles antique is in Arles, in Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).

What is Musée de l'Arles antique?

Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles : museum on the Gallo-Roman period of Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, France).

How well known is Musée de l'Arles antique?

Musée de l'Arles antique has 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #878 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Musée de l'Arles antique?

April to October are the warmest months in Arles, with afternoon highs of 19–30°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée de l'Arles antique?

Within 15 km: Terrasse du café le soir (1 km), La Nuit étoilée (1.5 km), Ancienne cathédrale Saint-Trophime à Arles (1 km) and Arènes d'Arles (1.3 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Musée de l'Arles antique: Finoskov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Terrasse du café le soir: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Arènes d'Arles: PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Théâtre antique d'Arles: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museon Arlaten: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.