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This list of museums in Monaco contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
In museum halls, visitors can see everyday objects of Monegasques, the uniforms and weapons of Monaco militaries, historical documents, and letters of the king of France, dated September 1644. [4] The museum brings together objects from Monaco's heritage that tell the history of the country and its traditions. [3]
The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer Prince Albert I, [2] who invited to the celebrations not just high officials and celebrities but also the world-leading oceanographers of the day to develop the concept of a future Mediterranean Commission dedicated to oceanography, now called Mediterranean Science Commission.
The Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology (French: Musée d'anthropologie préhistorique de Monaco; Monegasque: Müseu d’Antrupulugia Preisto̍rica de Mu̍negu) is located within the Jardin Exotique de Monaco.
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 . [ 1 ]
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Monaco establish autonomy from France, by ceding Mentone and Roccabruna for 4 million France. [ 14 ] (these became the French towns of Menton and Roquebrune Cap Martin) The principality was re-established in 1814, only to be designated a protectorate of the Kingdom of Sardinia by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the Treaty of Stupinigi in 1817.
Monaco's automobile museum, the Monaco Top Cars Collection, is located on the Terrasses de Fontvieille. [12] The Museum of Stamps and Coins displays Monegasque money dating to 1640, and illustrates the postal history of the principality. Columbus Hotel Monaco, which was owned by former racing driver David Coulthard, is located in Fontvieille.