Musée Jean-Cocteau collection Séverin-Wunderman

Le musée Jean-Cocteau collection Séverin-Wunderman est un musée municipal consacré à l'œuvre de Jean Cocteau issu principalement de la collection de Séverin Wunderman. Il constitue la plus importante ressource publique mondiale de l’œuvre de l'artiste. Il est situé à Menton dans les Alpes-Maritimes sur la Côte d'Azur. Il a été inauguré en novembre 2011.

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Jean Cocteau Museum

The Jean Cocteau Museum/Séverin Wunderman Collection is a museum in Menton, on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes department. Dedicated to the French artist Jean Cocteau, it incorporates the collection of American businessman and Cocteau enthusiast Séverin Wunderman.

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Bastion Museum

The Bastion Museum is a museum of works by Jean Cocteau, on the harbour wall of Menton, on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. The Bastion was built in the 17th century by Honoré II, Prince of Monaco. Cocteau restored the Bastion himself, decorating the alcoves, reception hall and outer walls with mosaics made from pebbles. The Bastion Museum opened in 1966, three years after Cocteau's death. A new exhibition of Cocteau's work is installed in the Bastion every year.

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Hôtel de Ville, Menton

The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes in southeastern France, standing on Rue de la République.

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Menton

Mentonˈtã]; Italian: Mentone [menˈtoːne]; Ligurian: Menton or Mentun depending on the orthography) is a resort town and commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border. Menton has always been a frontier town. Since the end of the 14th century, it has been on the border between the County of Nice, held by the Duke of Savoy, and the Republic of Genoa. It was an exclave of the Principality of Monaco until the disputed French plebiscite of 1860 when it was added to France. It had been always a fashionable tourist centre with grand mansions and gardens. Its temperate Mediterranean climate is especially favourable to the citrus industry, with which it is strongly identified.

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Carei

The Carei is a river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It is 10 km long. Its drainage basin is 20.3 km2. Its source is near Castillon, and it flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Menton.

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Le bâtiment est l'œuvre de l'architecte Rudy Ricciotti. En octobre 2018, la tempête Adrian cause l'inondation du bâtiment et endommage une partie importante de la collection. Le musée est fermé depuis cette date. Des expositions temporaires de l'œuvre de Cocteau sont visibles au musée Jean Cocteau Le Bastion. En mai 2025, le directeur des musées de la ville déclare que le musée ne devrait pas rouvrir avant 2030.