The Museum of Marrakech is an art museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco.
Marrakech Museum's interior.
The museum is housed in the Dar Menebhi Palace, constructed at the end of the 19th century by Mehdi Menebhi. The palace was carefully renovated by the Omar Benjelloun Foundation and converted into a museum in 1997. The house itself represents an example of classical Moorish architecture, with fountains in the central courtyard, traditional seating areas, a hammam and intricate tilework and carvings. The museum's large atrium was originally a courtyard, and is now covered in glass and fabric. It contains a huge, centrally draped chandelier-like ceiling piece consisting of metal plates decorated with fine geometric and epigraphic cuttings. Several features of the original courtyard, including the floor-set basins and mosaics have been retained. The museum holds exhibits of both modern and traditional Moroccan art together with fine examples of historical books, coins and pottery of Berber, Moroccan Jewish and Islamic cultures.
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Asia |
- Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art)
- Bahrain (Beit Al Quran)
- India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences)
- Indonesia (Bayt Al Quran & Museum Istiqlal)
- Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era)
- Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum)
- Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art)
- Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum)
- Kuwait (Tareq Rajab Museum)
- Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Melaka Al-Quran Museum, Melaka Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Museum)
- Maldives (National Museum)
- Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan)
- Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts)
- Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar, Qatar National Museum)
- Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Madinah Museum, Mecca Museum)
- Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum)
- Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum)
- Turkey (Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum)
- United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)
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- Bab Ghmat
- Arset El Baraka
- Arset Moulay Bouaza
- Djane Ben Chogra
- Arset El Houta
- Bab Aylan
- Arset Sidi Youssef
- Derb Chtouka
- Bab Hmar
- Bab Agnaou
- Quartier Jnan Laafia
- Toureg
- Kasbah
- Mellah
- Arset El Maach
- Arset Moulay Moussa
- Riad Zitoun Jdid
- Kennaria
- Rahba Kedima
- Kaat Benahid
- Zaouiat Lahdar
- El Moukef
- Riad Laarous
- Assouel
- Kechich
- Douar Fekhara
- Arset Tihiri
- Sidi Ben Slimane El Jazouli
- Diour Jdad
- Rmila
- Zaouia Sidi Rhalem
- Kbour Chou
- Ain Itti
- Bab Doukkala
- El Hara
- Arset El Bilk
- Daoudiate
- Diour El Massakine
- Yamama
- Sidi Abbad
- Sakar
- Malizia
- Sidi Youssef Ben Ali
- Massima
- Hay Annahda
- Berradi
- Douar Lahna
- Touggana
- Lagouassem
- Lahebichate
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Economy | souks |
- Souk Semmarine
- Souk Ableuh
- Souk Kchacha
- Souk Siyyaghin
- Souk Smata
- Souk Cherratine
- Souk Belaarif
- Souk Haddadine
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Landmarks | squares places |
- Jemaa el-Fnaa
- El Mashwar
- El Moussalla
- Place Bab Doukkala
- Square Charles de Foucauld
- Place de la Liberté
- Place du 16 Novembre
- Place des Ferblantiers
- Place Sidi Ahmed El Kamel
- Place Youssef Ben Tachfine
- Place Mourabiten
- Square Bir Anzaran
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places of worship |
- Koutoubia Mosque
- Ben Youssef Medrassa
- Ben Youssef Mosque
- Kasbah Mosque: Moulay Alyazid Mosque
- Mansouria Mosque
- Barrima Mosque
- Mouassine Mosque
- Zaouia of Sidi Bel Abbes
- Zaouia of Muhammad al-Jazuli
- Zaouia of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali
- Sidi Moulay el Ksour Mosque
- Synagogue Beth-El
- Synagogue Salat el Azama
- Synagogue Salat Rabi Pinhasse
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city walls gates |
- Bab Aghmat
- Bab Agnaou
- Bab Ahmar
- Bab al-Arissa
- Bab al-Arset ben Brahim
- Bab Aylen
- Bab Berrima
- Bab ech Charia
- Bab Debbagh
- Bab Doukkala
- Bab Fteuh
- Bab Hmar
- Bab Ighli
- Bab el Jédid
- Bab el Khémis
- Bab Ksiba
- Bab el Makhzen
- Bab Nkob
- Bab er Raha
- Bab al-Ra'is
- Bab er Rharaza
- Bab er Robb
- Bab Taghzout
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parks gardens | |
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People |
- See Category:People from Marrakesh
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