Marrakech Museum

Marrakech Museum
	Main courtyard of the Marrakech Museum
Established	1997
Location	Marrakesh, Morocco
Coordinates
Type	art museum
Key holdings	numismatics, ceramics
Collections	Moorish art

The Museum of Marrakech is an art museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco.

History

The museum is housed in the Dar Mnebhi Palace, constructed at the end of the 19th century by Mehdi Mnebhi. The palace was carefully renovated by the Omar Benjelloun Foundation and converted into a museum in 1997.[1]

Architecture

The courtyard of the palace

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.

Museum collection

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.

References

"Musée de Marrakech | Marrakesh, Morocco Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

External links

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[1] "Musée de Marrakech | Marrakesh, Morocco Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

Major collections of Islam-related materials
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, The Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, 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 Islamic Civilisation 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)
Africa	Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics) Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum) Morocco (Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum) Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)
Europe	Denmark (David Collection) France (Arab World Institute, Louvre) Germany (Islamic Art Museum) Greece (Benaki Museum) United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum)
Americas	Canada (Aga Khan Museum) United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))
Oceania	Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)
Others	Online (Museum with No Frontiers)
Part of Islamic arts