Musée Villa Montebello

The Villa Montebello is a brick-and-stone Second Empire seaside villa on the slope above the boardwalk. It houses Trouville's small municipal museum, with a permanent collection on the town's history as a fishing village and resort, plus rotating exhibitions of paintings — many by 19th-century artists who worked here, including Eugène Boudin and members of the early Impressionist circle.

The garden has a fine view over the boardwalk and the Channel. Allow about an hour. Closed on Tuesdays and during a long winter break.

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A story
The villa was built in 1865 by the Duke of Morny, a half-brother of Napoleon III and the man most responsible for inventing Deauville as a resort. He never finished it; later it passed to the town and became the small municipal museum it is today.

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