For history fans, this museum is for you. Presentation style a bit dated but the content appeals to me a lot more. Along a didactic route and on the very site of the discovery of the prehistoric site laid out by our "ancestors" 400,000 years ago. The moldings on the ground, the cut stones, the bone remains of the fauna, the hut, everything leads us from excavations to reconstructions. Wonderful.

Great to visit if only to see where humans actually existed 380000 years ago. Has a small collection of other objects and some quite good reenactments of what shelters would have been like. Spent about 15min there but we liked it. Has the bus stop to Monaco around corner for some contrast.. Revisited 2022 and still a great little museum..who knew rhinos were in Nice 400000 years ago

Although every thing was in French I could get the story of the event and found the historical significance very enlightening. There is one photo that you’ll see “nailed it.” Not sure how the nail got into the display. 😄

Very impressed by this museum. It's two floors but not too big, yet all of the interesting and important human archeological findings and moments of evolution are explained in great detail there from the creation of various tools to how we know where they used fire. Would be great if they had English translations too but you have cell signal so you can translate.

Wonderful small museum, very thoughtfully laid out, tells a fantastic story beginning to end. 5 euros entry and takes approx 45 mins to 1hr to walk round. All the explanatory cards are in French, so you need to be able to read reasonably well. Hugely interesting, loved it.

This museum is so unique in that almost all the museum is based on excavations that happened at the exact site of the museum. The findings are of peoples who lived 400,000 and 380,000 years ago. The geological perspective regatding what the land looked like over the period of habitation are older and very effective. Plan to spend an hour to thoroughly enjoy the museum. The language is mostly French (very little English) and the displays are such that without knowing much French, they were easy to understand. We certainly saw the oldest stone tools we've seen so far in Europe at 400k years old. Note that this is an older museum and both my husband and I were delighted with our experience.

It is quite small museum but it was very interesting for me to see how the homoerectus were using different type of rocks as a tool,how archaeologists worked in the area and find the paths to find out an animal,tool or homoerectus skull,footprint etc . It can not be interesting for everybody. there were people visited in 5 mins as well.

(Translated by Google) A wonderful museum all these details of the past time make you live fabulous moments to visit (Original) Un musée magnifique tous ces détails du temps passé te font vivre des moments fabuleux à visiter

(Translated by Google) A small museum Nice very interesting. (Original) Un petit musée niçois très intéressant.

I would probably not go out of my way to see this museum but if you have time and it is on your way, it is worth a peek. And if you have a city museum pass, then it is included in the ticket and you won't have to pay extra.It will probably take you well less than an hour. It depicts the palaeontology of the region with various exhibits. I really wished they had a audio assistance, but this is a very small museum and definitely not crowded.

Interesting museum with the oldest recorded human fire location (380,000 years ago) contained within it. Small mueseum but interesting.

(Translated by Google) A bit small but very interesting (Original) Un peu petit mais très intéressant

A somewhat interesting but disappointing museum. There is no help for English speakers unfortunately- if you go, make sure you have Google translate on your phone, we had to use the camera app to translate the whole museum. Overall, it was amazing to see the history of nice, but it was just presented in a bland way.

Interesting place. Install the application to get the English version. Can be done within 45 min. Need to be an archeologisch lover for going to that place

(Translated by Google) Beautiful museum (Original) Superbe musee

(Translated by Google) Small museum, especially because of the fact that 400,000 years ago the first settlement was set up there. The entire project has tried with limited resources and some technology to evoke an image of that period. It's a shame that this is not included in a more ambitious project. And that no effort is made to attract non-French visitors either. (Original) Klein museum, vooral speciaal wegens het feit dat op die plaats 400.000 jaar geleden de eerste bewoning werd opgezet. Het hele project heeft met beperkte middelen en wat technologie geprobeerd om een beeld van die periode op te roepen. Zonde dat dit niet in een meer ambitieus project is ondergebracht. En dat er niet moeite wordt gedaan om ook niet Franse bezoekers aan te trekken.

Underrated museum, very interesting. My girlfriend loved it.

There isn’t really much to see. All the text is in French and not particularly interesting written. The good part: The kids got a sheet with tasks and at the end a diploma for having finished the museum.

(Translated by Google) No air conditioning for a museum recently redone Damage (Original) Pas de climatisation pour un musée refait depuis peu Dommage

(Translated by Google) Austere place with a lot of reading, sometimes difficult scientific vocabulary. Fortunately the children had the game of "track" otherwise they would be bored. Bcp of pebbles, air conditioning down and no archaeologist diploma promised to children. 10 € too expensive for the place. (Original) Lieu assez austère avec bcp de lecture, du vocabulaire scientique parfois ardu. Heureusement que les enfants avaient le jeu de "piste" sinon ils se seraient ennuyés. Bcp de cailloux, climatisation en panne et pas de diplôme d'archéologue promis aux enfants. 10 € trop cher pour le lieu.

(Translated by Google) To have. (Original) A voir.

(Translated by Google) A very interesting museum allowing us to learn more about the first Niçois. (Original) Un musée très intéressan nous permettant d'en apprendre plus sur les premiers Niçois.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum about the stone age and hunting / sanker community. Relatively small and informative. Some small, nice dioramas. Suitable for children. Well worth a visit! (Original) Fint museum om steinalderen og jeger-/sankersamfunn. Relativt lite og passe informativt. Noen små, fine dioramaer. Passer fint med barn. Vel verdt et besøk!

(Translated by Google) Very good visit with two children of 7 and 4 years old. The reconstructed scenes are interesting. The film on the production of fire at the end of the visit is instructive. The children hung. The tour is a bit short but worth it. (Original) Très bonne visite avec deux enfants de 7 et 4 ans. Les scènes reconstituées sont intéressantes. Le film sur la production du feu en fin de visite est instructif. Les enfants ont accrochés. La visite est un peu courte mais vaut vraiment la peine.

Very Very small. Worth the money

(Translated by Google) Special (Original) Especial

(Translated by Google) The museum is very well documented by the many videos on offer. The information is concise and interesting. Moreover this museum has a particular history which makes it unique and exciting. Nevertheless, the videos and the various documents do not offer alternative languages. (Original) Le musée est très bien documenté par les nombreuses vidéos proposées. Les informations sont concises et interessantes. De plus ce musée a une histoire particulière ce qui le rends unique et passionnant. Néanmoins les vidéos et les divers documents ne proposent pas de langues alternatives.

(Translated by Google) Very short but informative visit for children of MS, interesting because first contact with prehistory and first discovery of the first men: what they looked like, their habitat, how they discovered fire and the little ones can touch fossils of animals, teeth , defenses, etc. They enjoyed the quiz given before the visit too. (Original) Visite très courte mais instructive pour des enfants de MS, intéressante car premier contact avec la préhistoire et première découverte des 1ers hommes : à quoi ils ressemblaient, leur habitat, comment ils ont découvert le feu et les petits peuvent toucher des fossiles d animaux , dents, défenses, etc. Ils ont bien aimé le petit quizz donné avt la visite aussi.

(Translated by Google) Nice exhibition unfortunately everything in French (Original) Mooie tentoonstelling g helaas alles in het Frans

Interesting museum. But like many French museums lacking explanatory texts in English

Very small but really interesting. 400,000 hearth... homo erectus. Possibly the oldest hearth in the world.

Very interesting. A little small and probably an hour would be more than enough to thoroughly see everything on exhibition.

Great museum, though there are no English translations.

This is a very good little museum in the heart of Nice. At this site, Neandethal people lived and hunted here 400,000 years ago. The exhibits are fascinating. Take an hour or so and visit. You will learn the fascinating prehistory of southern France. Highly recommended.

Interesting. Professionaly organized. Very small. The Maire from Nice was cheap.

Best visited using the Nice Museum pass. Not a huge venue and not well geared to English-only tourists.

(Translated by Google) Enriching. (Original) Enrichissant.

It could be much better for sure. As there is no much potential for improvement a fair ticket price should be between EUR2 for kids and EUR5 for adults. Overall, Nice city's new (2015) pricing policy for all of its museums is not fair and it has to be reviewed. There might be a significant loss from EU's subsidies, but each museum should be evaluated separately. The cost of EUR10 doesn't correspond to 1 min walk throughout the Terra Amata museum. I did visit it because of its significance, but for that price I really should have visited any other museums instead. I hope to see some development in the city's pricing policy, as its really a pity.

Small but well constructed museum offering a unique insight into an early temporary settlement on the shores of nice.

Its the real deal if you're into paleontology / archaeology. I enjoyed the visit. Tickets are free to Nice residents. To see some more of the prehistory of Nice you might also want to visit the Grotto de Lazaret, located near Plage de Coco Beach.

Very good, well done museum

No English descriptions...

This place sucks

Was good

(Translated by Google) Small museum 2 steps from the old port, interesting because built on the very place of discovery, the explanations are clear and there are models reconstructing prehistoric scenes that can speak to the youngest, who do not pay the entrance fee. elsewhere (free for children under 18). Only downside, there are few dates to locate the exhibited pieces, it's a shame (Original) Petit musée à 2 pas du vieux port, intéressant car construit sur le lieu même de la découverte, les explications sont claires et on y trouve des maquettes reconstituant des scènes préhistoriques qui peuvent parler aux plus jeunes, qui ne paient pas l'entrée d'ailleurs (gratuit pour les moins de 18ans). Seul bémol peu de dates pour situer les pièces exposées, c'est dommage

(Translated by Google) Museum having made great efforts of presentation for its collections of more it is a place of human habitation dating back 400000 years certainly one of the oldest known (Original) Musée ayant fait de gros efforts de présentation pour ses collections de plus c'est un lieu d habitat humain datant de 400000 ans certainement un des plus anciens connus

(Translated by Google) Quick but interesting visit (Original) Visite rapide mais intéressante

(Translated by Google) I love that's all (Original) J'adore c'est tout

(Translated by Google) Time for a little gourmet break 🤤 (Original) Le temps de une petite pause gourmande 🤤

(Translated by Google) Very good museum I live close by, how lucky (Original) Très bon musée j’habite à deux pas quelle chance

(Translated by Google) Not much to see (Original) Pas grand chose à voir

(Translated by Google) Interesting and rich in discoveries but a building that needs a good refreshing. (Original) Intéressant et riche en découvertes mais un bâtiment qui a besoin d'un bon rafraîchissement.

(Translated by Google) We quickly go around, 30 minutes. For the amateurs warned because Otherwise it is small pebbles, bones and some odds and ends. A few paleontological stories .... (Original) On fait vite le tours, 30mn. Pour les amateurs averti car Sinon c'est des petits cailloux, des os et quelques bricoles. Un peu d'histoires paléontologiques....

(Translated by Google) A very nice little museum (Original) Un petit musée très sympa

(Translated by Google) I would have loved to visit it but when I showed up at the reception at 4.45pm I was told that the museum closes at 5.00pm. It would therefore be good to correct the information on the website! (Original) J’aurais adoré le visiter mais quand je me suis présentée à l’accueil à 16h45 on m’ a indiqué que le musée ferme à 17h. Il serait donc bon de corriger les infos figurant sur le site internet !

(Translated by Google) Interesting (Original) Intéressant

(Translated by Google) Not to be considered as an archeology museum but as the museum for safeguarding the remains found on the site. Don't expect village or body reconstructions but rather bone fragments and lots of explanations. (Original) A ne pas considérer comme un musée de l'archéologie mais comme le musée de sauvegarde des vestiges trouvés sur le site. Ne pas s'attendre à des reconstitutions de village ou de corps mais plutôt des fragments d'os et beaucoup d'explications.

(Translated by Google) Nothing to park (Original) Pas de quoi stationner

(Translated by Google) Museum explanations well the prehistory of the Nice region. Beware very few parking spaces nearby, you will have to walk a minimum to get there. (Original) Musée explications bien la préhistoire de la région niçoise. Attention très peu de places de parking à proximité, vous devrez marcher un minimum pour vous y rendre.

(Translated by Google) Super museum! School visit this morning the students left very happy! The explanation was clear and appropriate. We learned a lot! (Original) Super musée! Visite scolaire ce matin les élèves sont repartis très contents! Les explication étaient claires et adaptées. Nous avons appris beaucoup de choses!

(Translated by Google) The Terra Amata Museum has been renovated, so much the better. I just regret the long temporal frieze that allowed us to locate more easily in time. It has become a family tree. A better overview of the reconstruction of the site. A leaflet is offered to children to do research in the museum. A guided tour is recommended to really enjoy the site. Most: Being on a place where there was life 400000 years ago (Original) Le musée Terra Amata a été rénové, tant mieux. Je regrette juste la longue frise temporelle qui permettait de nous situer plus facilement dans le temps. Elle s'est transformé en arbre généalogique. Une meilleur vue générale sur la reconstitution du site. Un feuillet est proposé aux enfants pour faire des recherches dans le musée. Une visite guidé est recommandé pour vraiment profiter du site. Le plus: Etre sur un lieu où il y a avait de la vie il y a 400000 ans

(Translated by Google) Museum to do with your children and the guide, my 9 year old daughter loved (Original) Musée à faire avec vos enfants et le guide, ma fille de 9ans a adoré

(Translated by Google) Interesting and well designed museum! A must-see in the region: terra amata (Original) Musée Intéressant et bien conçu ! Un site incontournable de la région : terra amata

Interesting & compact museum, friendly staff. It was a bit hot inside

(Translated by Google) A very interesting museum and a pleasant attendant. Small. (Original) Очень интересный музей и приятный служитель. Небольшой.