Museum of Modern Art

Exceptionally located on the edge of the Urban Park, Villeneuve-d'Ascq's Modern Art Museum is home to an outstanding collection of works donatde by Genevière and Jean Masurel in 1979. The collection comprises works by most of the avant-garde artists who lived in France during the first half of this century, in particular Cubist masterpieces by Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and henri Laurens as well as famous works by Fernand Léger and Amadeo Modigliani. In addition to various works illustrative of movements such as Fauvism, Surrealism, and Art Naïf, the museum also boasts an interesting collection of woks by artists from the North of France.
Also Worth visiting : the museum's sculpture gardens