The city of sports in the heart of Nice

La cité du sport, aka the National Sports Museum, is a must-see for sports fans!!!! A real paradise for ball addicts, climbing enthusiasts and adventure fans!
Relive sporting moments from different angles! Visit its museum, its current exhibition and its Allianz stadium!
You'll discover little-known sports, key events, feats forgotten in your memory or engraved ... those great moments when man has surpassed himself. A modern, fun, interactive museum, with organized events and activities throughout the year.

Guided Tour

First of all, what is the city of sport?

Actually known as the National Sports Museum, it boasts a collection spanning 500 years of history, all brought together in one place:
+ over 45,000 objects clothing, mascots, trophies
400,000 documents, films and photographs...
20,000 posters:
If you wish, here's a link to its entire poster collection: the Musée du sport's poster collection.

How is the visit to the Sports Museum?

The Museum's concept is to make the visit fun, with sound effects and film projections, in the midst of thousands of objects:
from Yannick Noah's racket to the ball from the 98 World Cup final ...
You can also take part in interactive challenges! Driving a Formula 1 car, doing a drive (golf of course lol), fencing ...
The tour will allow you to feel the emotion of effort, defeat and victory!
And for some of you, it's a thrill, because certain events are part of your life!

Erlich Race Car Exhibition, Formula 1

Don't forget the animations and activities!

Throughout the year, the Museum also offers temporary exhibitions and special events:
- Animated Thursday-night events to discover the museum in a fun and festive way (May to September).
- Educational workshops for children
- behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum's storerooms
- film screenings
- signing sessions with OGC Nice players
- New travelling exhibition : OLYMPIC GAMES - ON THE ROAD TO 2024
- Escape Game "Olympic Journey" for 2 to 6 players, duration 1h
Evening events on Fridays and Saturdays.

Many other animations, I invite you to follow their news feed on facebook on our page National Museum of Sport.

OGC Nice fan or coffee break !

On site, you'll find the Café des Aiglons, as its name suggests, a place entirely dedicated to OGC Nice, where you can see admission tickets, match sheets, posters, photos, legendary Aiglons shirts (with Hugo Lloris or Alexis Bosetti), supporters' scarves and trophies from major victories.
Entirely decked out in the club's colors, the Café des Aiglons is also equipped with a table soccer table, a Jukebox featuring the club's many songs, interactive tables and screens, all of which will delight our biggest supporters.

Café des Aiglons OGC Nice - Cité du sport

Self-guided tour, guided tour, or stadium tour, the choice is yours!

The National Sports Museum is located in the Allianz Riviera stadium, so you can choose between :
A self-guided tour of the museum and its exhibitions. Exhibitions are free every 1st Sunday of the month, from October to April.
A guided tour, which we feel makes for a more immersive, livelier experience, with anecdotes and stories quoted by the guides.

Guided tour coupled with visit to the Allianz Riviera stadium Allow between 1h30 and 2h for the duration of the tour
OR just the stadium tour

A must read for those curious about the history of the Sports Museum!

Founded in 1963, the Musée National du Sport is one of the largest sports collections in the world.
Located in the heart of the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, its innovative, immersive tour takes you on a journey through the great history of French sport, with exceptional objects, original stories and interactive sports displays.
Combined tours with the Allianz Riviera stadium are also available all year round. Agenda and online booking at www.museedusport.fr
Rediscover the greatest feats of each generation and feel the emotion of effort, sharing and victory to experience the sporting spirit and its values from the inside.
The MNS is currently in possession of 43,000 objects, listed in the inventory and collected. The poster collection is the museum's largest collection (almost 20,000). Jean Durry, the museum's first director, initiated the collection very early on.
As with the Fine Arts collection (paintings, sculptures, drawings, etc.).
This approach testifies to the historical and artistic dimension of the first acquisitions.
This summer, you can also visit the temporary exhibition "Media & Sport", and take advantage of our coupled stadium + museum tour offers to discover the Allianz Riviera behind the scenes!