Visiting

The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation offers tours to members of the public by appointment only.

The Foundation is located on the ground floor of the Villa Élise, a Belle Époque house built in 1897. Guided tours take visitors on a journey through Francis Bacon’s art, life and creative process.

The moment they step inside, visitors are gripped by the intense atmosphere of an interior entirely filled with shards of Bacon’s life and art. As they move from room to room, they encounter paintings, prints, photographs, furniture, objects from the artist’s studios, letters and source material.

The tour is an immersion in Bacon’s world in which the viewer is brought face to face with the process of gestation of his compositions, his complex web of references and the very essence of his work. This journey into the entrails of a body of work whose blatant emotion leaves no one indifferent.

Free guided tours lasting about an hour and a half are offered for groups of up to six people. They take place every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of each month.

To book your visit, contact the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Email: info@mbartfoundation.com
Tel: +377 93 30 30 33

Getting to the Foundation

Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
21 boulevard d’Italie
98000 Monaco

By bus
Take a number 1 or 4 bus heading towards Saint Roman and get off at the Pont La Rousse stop.

Take a number 600 (Nice‒Menton) bus and get off at the Place des Moulins stop.

By car
The nearest car park is the Parking des Moulins in the Place des Moulins.

Sat nav coordinates
Latitude: 43.74783
Longitude: 7.4318637

MB Art Foundation, Monaco

Visitors' comments:

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A wonderful experience in such a unique land-mark!
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Un moment magique où la passion, le raffinement et les connaissances étaient conjugués.!
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We had an enlightening experience. We were moved and thrilled to see how beautifully Francis Bacon is honoured.
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Un moment d’enchantement! C’est une chance pour Monaco d’avoir une fondation de cette qualité.
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A long lasting legacy for scholarship about Bacon.
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Toutes mes félicitations pour la création de cette fondation qui remplit sa mission d’ouverture à la culture et à la recherche.
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Visiting the Bacon Foundation is a real treat.
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On en ressort abasourdi. Un grand moment!
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The tour of the Foundation was the best I have seen for a retrospective analysis of Francis Bacon.
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Une visite guidée extraordinaire.