Culture — The Guide — Monaco Editorial

Places

Attractions

Accademia Fine Art

Monaco's auction house on Boulevard des Moulins, holding public sales of fine art, antiques, jewellery and collectors' pieces since 1999. Viewing days are open to the curious — an unsung way to handle museum-grade objects up close.

3.6

Attractions

Art Gallery Show Monaco

Carefully lit gallery of contemporary and classic works that distills Monaco's sophisticated visual taste. Emerging artists share walls with established names in a hushed space that offers genuine respite from the principality's relentless glitter.

4.8

Attractions

Auditorium Rainier III

Founded in 1856, L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo plays a leading role in the interpretation of symphonic works. It is under the presidency of H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover and since the 2016-2017 season, Kazuki Yamada has been its Artistic and Musical Director.

4.7

Attractions

Billionaire at Sporting Monte-Carlo

This summer 2024, the multi-award-winning dinner-and-a-show experience, Billionaire, is returning to the stunning Salle des Étoiles at Sporting Monte Carlo.

5.0

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Carrefour Spectacles

Where Monaco's hunger for spectacle finds cool, assured expression—intimate performances and visual art in a city that prizes restraint above bombast. The stage and gallery work in hushed conversation. A place that rewards those who know to look.

1.5

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Espace Léo Ferré

Espace Léo Ferré is an establishment administered by the Mairie de Monaco. Thanks to its modularity, this multipurpose space can accommodate a wide variety of events, whether in genre or configuration. A team of passionate professionals works there daily, having earned a strong reputation among professionals in all disciplines of the performing arts.

4.4

Attractions

G & M Design Gallery

Contemporary art gallery and luxury homewear store in Monaco. Unique artworks, refined design, and elegant decorative pieces.

5.0

Attractions

Galerie 41

An antiquaire on Boulevard des Moulins specialising in Chinese antiques — porcelain, jade and works of art chosen with a connoisseur's eye. A quiet, scholarly counterpoint to Monte-Carlo's contemporary galleries.

5.0

Attractions

Galerie Adriano Ribolzi

The gallery's identity has always been Art in all its forms, attentive to the evolution of artistic movements and concepts.

4.6

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Galeries Bartoux

The international gallery group's Monaco outpost fills a polished space inside the Metropole shopping centre, steps from Casino Square. Contemporary art and collectible design share the walls — emerging international names hung alongside modern masters, in a house style that runs from Paris to New York.

4.3

Attractions

Kamil Interior Design and Art Gallery

Kamil is an Iranian architect, interior decorator and artist. Kamil Interior Design was originally launched in Cannes in and then transferred to Monaco in 1984. Kamil \\\

4.5

Attractions

Monalisa Motorsport Gallery

A shrine to Formula 1 assembled since 1988: race-worn helmets, vintage parts, posters, scale models and motorsport art gathered over decades by a devoted specialist. One of the Principality's most idiosyncratic stops — call ahead before visiting.

3.9

Attractions

Monte-Carlo Festivals

Monte-Carlo hosts a refined roster of cultural moments—ballet, classical music, cinema, contemporary art—across venues that blend Belle Époque grandeur with modern design. The district's festival calendar attracts audiences seeking evenings where tradition and artistic ambition meet with quiet sophistication.

4.6

Attractions

Moretti Fine Art

Deliberate light and silence comprise the curation. Collectors find intimacy in carefully scaled rooms, designed for the slow recognition of a work—no crowds, no performance, just the conviction of knowing what merits wall space.

5.0

Attractions

Musée d'Anthropologie Préhistorique

Prehistoric stone tools and fossils fill galleries carved into the cliff beneath the Jardin Exotique—cool chambers that compress deep time into material witness. No grand narrative, just evidence: settlement, migration, survival across millennia. The collection breathes the weight of the Mediterranean's human prehistory without ceremony.

4.4

Attractions

Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation

Slip into the cool silence of this chapel tucked deep in Monaco's old quarter, where votive light and centuries-old stone beckon unhurried contemplation. The modest museum preserves the quiet faith that roots the city's most timeworn neighborhoods.

4.6

Attractions

Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies

A quiet temple to tiny masterworks—the painstaking craft of stamps and coins spanning centuries. Fontvieille's minimalist setting lets you linger over provenance and metalwork, the sort of refuge where collectors and the curious alike find themselves lost in miniature detail.

3.9

Attractions

Musée naval

Scaled ships crowd glass cases in reverent rows, their rigging frozen in time. This quiet archive traces Monaco's maritime threads—from merchant routes to naval prestige—unspooling the story of how a harbor town became a principality, told through wood, canvas, and brass.

4.3

Attractions

Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

The principality's historical spine—a quietly authoritative collection of portraits, manuscripts, and objects that trace Monaco's arc from feudal rock to sovereign state. The building itself embodies restraint, the kind that whispers power rather than announces it. Come to understand the place beyond the yacht clubs.

4.4

Attractions

Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Historic opera house within the Casino de Monte-Carlo building, designed by Charles Garnier in 1879. Hosts world-class opera, ballet, and orchestral performances in a gilded 524-seat hall.

4.7€€€

Attractions

Opera Gallery

Contemporary works inhabit white walls and measured light, suspended in the kind of silence only Monaco affords. A gallery that doesn't announce itself but waits for the right eye—art addressed to collectors who understand that discretion and vision are not opposed.

4.5

Attractions

Salle d'Exposition

The exhibition hall on Quai Antoine 1er, where Monaco's cultural services stage rotating art shows portside — check what's on when you're walking Port Hercule.

4.6

Attractions

Stars Club

Stars Club commands a particular niche in Monaco's nocturnal landscape—a room where the evening's social choreography unfolds with the studied ease that the Côte d'Azur does best, among those who know the unspoken codes.

4.6

Attractions

TEOS.GALLERY

Contemporary works inhabit this space with the quiet assurance of Monaco's most discerning collectors. TEOS.GALLERY doesn't perform—it holds its ground, edited and unhurried, confident in what belongs between its walls.

3.7

Attractions

Théâtre des Muses

Where chamber orchestras and classical drama gather in Fontvieille's quietly refined quarter—an intimate space that trades grandeur for acoustic presence, each performance a study in scaled restraint and studied detail.

4.8

Attractions

Théâtre des Variétés

Théâtre des Variétés stages chamber music and theatrical performances in the hushed heart of Monaco's cultural quarter. An intimate space where refined audiences gather for carefully curated evenings—the sort of venue that guards its secrets well.

4.5

Attractions

Théâtre du Fort Antoine

Magical open-air amphitheatre inside an 18th-century fortress on the Rock. Summer programme of theatre, music, and dance under the stars.

4.6

Attractions

Théâtre Michel Daner

An intimate stage in the old town's cultural spine, where Franco-centric programming draws audiences close enough to catch the breath of performers. Evenings here carry the particular refinement Monaco reserves for its theater venues—full houses, intelligent repertoire, the kind of concentrated attention that fills a small room with genuine presence.

4.8

Attractions

Théâtre Princesse Grace

Inside Théâtre Princesse Grace, velvet slopes toward a stage where ballet, opera, and theatre unfold with the grace of its namesake. Monte-Carlo's cultural devotion lives here—a space where the palace's patronage meets the city's appetite for classical beauty.

4.5

Attractions

Grimaldi Forum Monaco

Monaco's premier conference and cultural centre on the waterfront. Hosts major exhibitions, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Top Marques supercar show, fashion weeks, and performing arts. 35,000m² of modular event space.

4.5

Attractions

Pavillon Bosio

Monaco's public school of fine arts and stage design, housed in a historic villa. Hosts student exhibitions, art workshops, and seasonal cultural events open to the public.

4.6

Events

Culture

The Marlow brunch experience

1 January 2026 → 31 December 2026

Culture

Chamber Music - Pablo Ferrández & guests

16 January 2026 → 16 November 2026

Culture

[RE]Découvrir le Jardin Exotique de Monaco

30 March 2026 → 31 December 2026

Art

Monaco and the Automobile: 1893 to Today

1 July 2026 → 6 September 2026

Culture

Space exploration today and tomorrow

11 September 2026

Culture

MONACO CARD SHOW

11 September 2026 → 12 September 2026

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Soirée jeux - Initiation au Scrabble Duplicate avec le Monaco Scrabble Club

19 September 2026

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Stella Almondo — Piano Recital

20 September 2026

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Café littéraire Sélection de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco Venez échanger sur vos lectures

22 September 2026

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Conférence Ludo Mémo : Lorsque le jeu aide à stimuler notre cerveau, en collaboration avec le Centre Mémoire du CHPG

23 September 2026

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LUXE PACK MONACO

28 September 2026 → 30 September 2026

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Picnic Music Live - Stray Picks - Duo acoustique Folk, pop et reprises

29 September 2026

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Disney

24 October 2026

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Joyce Moreno

4 November 2026

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OURS, Jimmy Gnecco

5 November 2026

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Lucas Debargue

25 November 2026

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Marine

13 February 2027

Past events

Culture

THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR OF MONACO

4 September 2026 → 5 September 2026

Family

Garden Comedy

28 August 2026

Culture

Alec Monopoly

22 August 2026

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Laura Pausini

15 August 2026

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BLOND:ISH

15 August 2026

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Lisa Stansfield

11 August 2026

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Vintage Culture

6 August 2026

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Ciné d'été - A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg (2025)

6 August 2026

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Concert at the Prince's Palace

6 August 2026

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JVNO (UK)

1 August 2026

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Monolink

31 July 2026

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Summer Cinema - Les Musiciens de Grégory Magne (2025)

30 July 2026

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John Legend

26 July 2026

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Carlita

24 July 2026

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Juanes

23 July 2026

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Aya Nakamura

22 July 2026

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Stephan Eicher and Osomo

21 July 2026

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MONACO DANCE FORUM - BALLET DE L'OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS

17 July 2026 → 19 July 2026

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Concert au Palais Princier

12 July 2026

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MONACO MÉDITERRANÉE

11 July 2026 → 12 July 2026

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Jason Derulo

8 July 2026

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Jon Batiste

7 July 2026

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Dominique Fils-Aimé

7 July 2026

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials

4 July 2026

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LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO - SURPRISE SHOW

3 July 2026 → 4 July 2026

Family

Summer with Family in Monaco

3 July 2026 → 16 August 2026

Culture

THE MONTE-CARLO BALLETS - SURPRISE SHOW

2 July 2026 → 3 July 2026

Sports

20th International Jumping of Monte-Carlo 2026

1 July 2026 → 3 July 2026

Culture

Au Cœur de Monaco, Visites patrimoniales

1 July 2026 → 19 August 2026

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In the heart of Monaco - Heritage tour

1 July 2026 → 19 August 2026

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Fort Antoine 2026 Edition

30 June 2026 → 28 July 2026

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Alex Wann

26 June 2026

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Morning: Desire and Disappointment

26 June 2026

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PhiloMonaco Week 2026

24 June 2026 → 28 June 2026

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FUND FORUM

22 June 2026 → 24 June 2026

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adam trigger

19 June 2026

Family

Reopening of the Condamine Market

17 June 2026

Culture

World Environment Day

13 June 2026

Culture

The Unique Show: Luxury Monte-Carlo 2026

11 June 2026 → 13 June 2026

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Happy Hour Musical

10 June 2026

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John Summit

7 June 2026

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TURBO MONACO

5 June 2026 → 7 June 2026

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Miss Monique, Worakls, Garrison

30 May 2026

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Jérémy Frerot

8 May 2026

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Nathalie Duchêne, Feder

2 May 2026

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THEATRE PRINCESSE GRACE - LA VEUVE RUSÉE

29 April 2026

Culture

Presentation of the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival

28 April 2026

Art

Monaco Art Week

27 April 2026 → 1 May 2026

Festivals

Monaco Art Week 2026

27 April 2026 → 30 April 2026

Culture

RM SOTHEBY'S

24 April 2026 → 25 April 2026

Music

Music, Maestro!

18 April 2026

Culture

Miniatures

16 April 2026

Culture

2026 Edition of Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

11 March 2026 → 19 April 2026

Culture

103rd Conference Season

19 January 2026 → 12 June 2026

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103rd Season of Lectures

19 January 2026 → 12 June 2026

Culture

UEFA Champions League Live at Blue Gin

5 October 2025 → 31 May 2026

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