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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is an art museum in Caen. Top of the 159 other places within 15 km is Château de Caen, 100 m off. It has articles in 7 Wikipedias.

Photo: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Own work (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Where
In Caen
inside the commune
How well known
Top 3%
#1,019 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 17–23°C
In brief

Museum in Caen

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#1,019 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Caen

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is in the commune of Caen, with 62 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Weather, month by month

May to September are the warmest in Caen, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°63 mm
Feb9° / 3°53 mm
Mar12° / 4°50 mm
Apr14° / 6°53 mm
May17° / 9°59 mm
Jun21° / 11°58 mm
Jul23° / 13°51 mm
Aug23° / 13°60 mm
Sep20° / 11°54 mm
Oct16° / 9°79 mm
Nov12° / 6°79 mm
Dec9° / 3°81 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Caen, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Caen-Carpiquet station, 6.3 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Caen’s full climate →
About

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen

Art museum in Caen, France.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is in Caen, Calvados.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Museum
Covered in
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Caen, Calvados
Official site
mba.caen.fr
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
Plan your visit

Practical information

HoursSep–Jun Tue–Fri 09:30–12:30, 13:30–18:00 · Sep–Jun, Jul–Aug Sat, Sun 11:00–18:00 · Jul–Aug Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 13:30–18:00 · Easter monday 11:00–18:00 · Whit monday 11:00–18:00 · Jan01 Off, May01 Off, Ascension Day Off, Nov01 Off, Dec25 Off
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Around Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, mapped

Numbered points are the places near Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, which is in orange.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Caen. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Towns around Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, by distance

Caen is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (109,400 people). The commune it is in, then the towns of 2,500+ within 25 km.

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  1. 1Caen
  2. 2Hérouville-Saint-Clair
  3. 3Mondeville
  4. 4Cormelles-le-Royal
  5. 5Fleury-sur-Orne
  6. 6Louvigny
  7. 7Bretteville-sur-Odon
  8. 8Ifs
1 · It’s in this commune

Caen

109,400 people

2 · 2.8 km northeast of it

Hérouville-Saint-Clair

23,470 people

3 · 3.5 km southeast of it

Mondeville

10,331 people

4 · 3.8 km southeast of it

Cormelles-le-Royal

5,377 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen isPeople
CaenIt’s in this commune109,400
Hérouville-Saint-Clair2.8 km northeast of it23,470
Mondeville3.5 km southeast of it10,331
Cormelles-le-Royal3.8 km southeast of it5,377
Fleury-sur-Orne4.1 km south of it5,941
Louvigny4.2 km southwest of it2,612
Bretteville-sur-Odon4.4 km southwest of it4,494
Ifs4.4 km south of it11,937

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

A visit can add 3 museums, a château and a monastery, from 159 places within 15 km.

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

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, answered

Where is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen?

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is in Caen, in Calvados (Normandy).

What is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen?

Art museum in Caen, France.

How well known is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen?

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen has 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #1,019 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen?

May to September are the warmest months in Caen, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen?

Within 15 km: Château de Caen (100 m), Abbaye Royale aux Hommes (1 km), Abbaye aux Dames de Caen (600 m) and Mémorial de Caen (2.1 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 (4)

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.