Moroccan museums: high art
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Our culture is our identity, our history. In every town you can visit these places charged with memories. And discover a heritage of universal interest.
Palaces and riads
Admire the ancient palaces, the riads which have been transformed into our museums. Their magnificent, richly decorated, exhibition rooms are often real works of art in themselves. As is the case in Marrakech with the Dar Si Saïd museum of Moroccan arts! You will be overcome by the exceptional wealth of the collections exhibited there.
Art and memory
At the Dar Batha in Fez, in the surroundings of a sumptuous palace, don't miss the rooms dedicated to arts and traditions, providing a real overview of knowledge. In Rabat, the Museum of Moroccan Art (formerly the Oudaïa Museum) presents unique pieces from pre-history up to the Islamic period. In Marrakech, in the Mnebhi palace at the heart of the medina, magnificent examples of the Koran reflect the richness of Arabic calligraphy. As for Meknès, its Dar Jamaï regional ethnographic museum is an Arabo-Andalusian architectural marvel which houses the essence of Moroccan craftsmanship in all its excellence and refinement.
Culture for everyone
In Morocco, going to the museum is a way of discovering our history and our origins. Every region is proud of its particular characteristics. Embroidered fabrics, ceramics, jewelry, wooden sculptures and leather objects are the pinnacle of our craftsmanship. You can also discover the museums devoted to contemporary art, like the one in Tangier housed in the former British consulate, or to ceramics in Safi, where the national museum has been established in an old citadel erected by the Portuguese.
