Located at the edge of Menton's old town, opposite the covered market and on the seafront, the musée Jean Cocteau collection Séverin Wunderman opened its doors in novembre 2011. Covering an area of 2,700 sq.m, the museum presents the many facets of Cocteau career as poet, artist and film-maker, spanning the period from the 1910s to the 1950s. A main exhibition space on two levels is devoted to the museum's permanent collections. The musée Jean Cocteau collection Séverin Wunderman also offers its visitors a gallery for temporary exhibitions, an educational studio, a print room, a documentation centre, a café, and a bookstrore and gift shop.

Museum visitors may extend their itinary by having a look at the Bastion, redesigned by Cocteau between 1958 and 1963 to exhibit his own artworks. Presented here are the celebrated studies for the Innamorati, parts of the decorations of the town hall's wedding room, as well as the original ceramics objects created by the artist himself at the studio Madeline-Jolly.