In a vast space of vaulted stone arches, it has a permanent exhibition of about 1300 words by 190 artists and covers European and American modern art trends of the 1960s and 1970s including Land Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera.
Those on display include Robert Combas, Annette Messager, Mario Merz and Richard Long.
There are also regular temporary exhibitions.
The building itself is very much part of the experience. Previously Entrepôt Laîné, a warehouse used for the storage of sugar, coffee, cotton and other products brought into the port, it was designed by Claude Deschamps who designed Pont de Pierre. In the 1970s, the warehouse, now disused, faced demolition but it was saved thanks to a public campaign, and was granted listed status. It became a museum in 1983.