Niel Museum in Giens

Name: Niel Museum in Giens
Address: 6 route du port du NielGiens, Hyères, 83400, FRANCE

Museum
Fine Arts
Modern/contemporary art
Private museum

6 route du port du Niel, Giens, 83400 Hyères

Entrance to the Niel Museum — ©Laurent Parienti - Provence Méditerranée

Museum and scented garden — ©Laurent Parienti - Provence Méditerranée

Temporary exhibition — ©Laurent Parienti - Provence Méditerranée

From the museum terrace — ©Laurent Parienti - Provence Méditerranée

In the heart of a landscaped garden in the port du Niel, a 1962 villa houses part of Jean-Noël Drouin's painting collection, after two years of renovation.

In the natural site of the port of Niel on the peninsula of Giens, the museum opened this summer 2023. Dedicated to non-figuration and abstraction in France, nearly 80 artists are represented, including Hans Hartung, Henri Michaux, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Soulages and Claude Viallat. A villa built in 1962 was chosen to show this private collection to the public, which is welcome from June to September. The layout of the exterior spaces offers exceptional views of the sea, facing the island of Porquerolles.