It was imagined to present the civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, but the first treasure of this museum is its architecture. Surrounded by its concrete mesh, this extraordinary black cube seems - as if by a miracle - set on the sea and this feeling grows even more as the visit progresses, with its ropes and corridors ready to be swallowed up by the waves. With the Mucem, the architect Rudy Ricciotti has completed his great work, which must be discovered both during the day and at night, because it is then another Mucem that emerges, thanks to the thousands of LEDs installed by the artist Yann de Kersalé who invites us to "a geo-poetic journey to bring the Blue Hour to life, the one where everything changes". Much more exciting than the discoveries of the permanent collections, which are very (too?) didactic, the Mucem is a visit in itself, to be extended by the discovery of one of the best restaurants in the city led by Gérald Passedat, the famous chef of Petit-Nice who has installed his second address there.
Mama / 2.8 km
Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée, 1 Esplanade J4, 13002 Marseille.
