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The museum can be found at 23 Rue El brihi, Rabat. It is open every day from 9:00- 4:00 except on Tuesdays when it is closed. It has a large sign which makes it easy to recognize from the street. |
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The entrance fee is only 10 dirham for adults and 2 dirham for kids under the age of 12.
There are no English speaking staff members. However, tours are available in both French and Arabic. The text about the artifacts is in both French and Arabic.
Musée Archeologique Rabat displays the history of the ancient people of Morocco, but most of its artifacts and information are about when Morocco was part of the Roman Empire. All of the artifacts in the museum were found in Morocco. They come from numerous sites all over the country. A couple of places are Sala-Challah, Volubilis and Lixus.
The museum has both reproductions and genuine artifacts. Each item is well preserved and labeled by name, era, and what material it is made out of. Some items have longer descriptions or stories.
The artifacts are separated into three categories; Prehistoric, Pre-Islamic, and Islamic. The museum is quite small but it has a large range of artifacts for its size. Some examples are statues, tools, coins, decorative items, human remains, and household objects.
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Musée Archeologique Rabat has connections to the ministry of Cultural Affairs. It is a small museum with two stories and five rooms. It was built in the style of a Roman villa, like the ones the Romans built in Morocco when it was part of the Roman Empire. The museum floor has multiple mosaics replicas. The originals can be viewed in Volubilis, which is near Meknès.
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You are not allowed to take photos, unless you have been given special permission. However, you may also take pictures to show your friends and family that you were at the museum or as a souvenir. Nevertheless, it is still a good idea to ask your guide or one of the staff members for permission beforehand.
The tour guides have lots of good and interesting information about the artifacts. It is best to take a tour even if your French or Arabic isn’t very strong and you think you won’t be able to understand much. There is not much information written down other than the very basics, and you would be missing a lot of information that is available.
There are two maps of Morocco which display the archeological sites in Morocco. The smaller one in the Pre-Islamic room shows sites that are good for people to visit. The larger one is found in the entrance hall and it exhibits all of the archeological sites in Morocco, both researched and in the process of excavation.
Some of the statue and decorative objects, from the time when Morocco was part of the Roman Empire, which are of humans or gods have been slightly destroyed; their faces and other parts of their body are missing. This is because the Muslims that came to Morocco after the Romans believed that perfection was reserved for Allah alone and it was blasphemous to try to replicate the work of Allah.
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