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Lyon, France

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

The largest art collection in France after the Louvre, around a Benedictine cloister.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Photo: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon - Photo Corentin Mossière / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Antiquities, old masters, Impressionists and modern art in a former abbey. The cloister garden in the middle is one of the quietest spots in Lyon and costs nothing to sit in.

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Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.

Do not miss

  • Cloister garden
  • Egyptian antiquities
  • Impressionist collection

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