Museum Guide for Marrakech

 

Marrakech has a sweet scattering of little museums, and more are popping up all the time. They do not demand a full afternoon or morning of your time, but are rather locations to pop up into while touring the Medina or the downtown Ville Nouvelle. At most of them, friendly staff are on hand to reply questions and even show you around. Few take more than an hour or so to visit, and some of the top ones are housed in a charming old mansions that are value viewing for themselves. So find and book your cheap Marrakech tour package now and visit this beautiful Moroccan city.

Things to do in Marrakech

The Dar Si Said Museum

In housed in rich palace that is a joy to explore. The ground floor offers the best starting place and it is here that visitors can get excellent acquainted with splendid items from the past that are still extremely much in use today. Beautifully decorated weapons are presented side by side with amazingly decorative clothing and beaten copper articles while old Berber jewelry enchants and captivates. After examining this lovely collection you can make your way up the initial floor where you are greeted by strong Hispano-Moorish decorations and remarkable cedar wood complete with intricate carvings.

The Riad Kniza collection

This is a beautiful museum of art, costume and jewellery, collected over many years by Haj Mohamed Bouskri, one of Marrakech most well-known antique dealers. Haj Mohamed runs the Riad Kniza, a 5 star riad placed directly opposite the museum. As a tour guide to the popular and rich, he is shown US presidents and Holly movies stars around town, among others. He also ran the city top very old store. Glassware, Brassware, weaponry, and jewels are all wonderful displayed, and the collection of eighteen and nineteen century ceramics from Fez is stunning.

Musée de Marrakech

Placed next door to the Ben Youssef Medersa, the Musee de Marrakech is not actually a museum about Marrakech, but a little collection of diverse exhibits housed in a sweet nineteen century palace. As with the Musee des Confluences, the Musee de Marrakech is less of interest for its shows than for the building which houses them. Commissioned by Morocco defense minister, Mehdi Mnebhi, it was a constructed around an important central patio with a big brass chandelier. Other important parts of the building contain its private hammam and kitchen. The collection contains coins, antiques, ceramics, musical instruments, and jewellery, and there is a little collection of contemporary sculptures and paintings.

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