During your walk through the Medina, in you trip to Marrakech, right on the north side of the great conglomerate of alleys that are the Souks, you have three possible visits concentrated in the same area.
They are the three buildings, almost one opposite the other, of the Ben Youssef Madrassah, Kuba Ba Adiyn, as well as the Marrakech museum.
When specifically you go to visit the Marrakech museum, don't expect to find a large building with a wide Moroccan art exhibition.
It is actually a palace traditional style that has been converted into museum, and whose main attraction you will find in the enormous architectural beauty of its central patio, which is covered.
El Marrakech museum It has its origins in the late 90s in the purpose of a foundation to build a museum in this city of Morocco to host a sample of arabic art Muslim.
In addition, the aim was to provide the city with an ideal space for exhibitions and cultural events.
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This is the visit to the Marrakech Museum at Menbhi Palace
For this purpose, the Menbhi Palace, a 2.100th century building, which extends on a single floor with an area of XNUMX square meters.
This palace has the traditional configuration a large central patio with fountains, which has been covered and is surrounded by various rooms.
I can tell you that on the outside the building Marrakech museum It won't particularly catch your attention.
You will cross an entrance patio, where the cafeteria terrace is located, and you will enter the rooms of the Menbhi Palace to immediately reach its large central patio.
There you will surely be surprised by its very pretty architectural decoration.
With the characteristic decorative details typical of the moroccan architecture, during your visit you should pay attention to the different corners of this large patio, which offers elements of great beauty.
As for the exhibition, in the rooms that surround the central patio you can see a varied Moroccan artistic exhibition.
Thus, everything from decorated weapons, such as rifles or sabers, to manuscripts, coins, jewelry, ceramics, engravings, all of them mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries are exhibited.
It will be a brief visit, because in less than an hour you will have been able to enjoy the beauty that the Marrakech museum.
But it is worth visiting, if only to sit in one of the corners of the large central courtyard to enjoy its architectural beauty.
Visiting hours of the Marrakech museum
El Marrakech museum visiting hours It is every day of the week, from 9 a.m. to 18,30:XNUMX p.m.
El price of admission to visit the Marrakech museum, is 30 DH (2,70 euros).
Photos from the Marrakech Museum
Here you have more photos nice decoration Menbhi palace, seat of the Marrakech museum.
Hi guys!
This museum is one of my favorite places in Marrakech! I love its architecture and style. 100% recommended 🙂 🙂
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After reading the article and admiring the attached photos, I can only say that it is undoubtedly a spectacular museum that I would very much like to be able to visit one day.