The Bardo National Museum (in French

French language

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: Musée national du Bardo; in Arabic

Arabic language

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: المتحف الوطني بباردو) is a museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 located in Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

, Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

.

Location

The museum's building was originally a 13th-century Hafsid palace, located in the the-suburbs of Tunis.

Collections

It contains a major collection of Roman mosaics and other antiquities of interest from Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

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, Tunisia, and from the Islamic period.

The museum displays objects ranging from pre-historical artefacts to modern jewellery.

Reconstruction

As of 11 December 2010, the museum was under reconstruction so most of the collection was packed away. There were a large number of mosaics and a few statues and busts to see, but no pre-historic artefacts or jewellery were on display.

See also

• Culture of Tunisia
  Culture of Tunisia
  The culture of Tunisia is a product of more than three thousand years of history and an important multi-ethnic influx. Ancient Tunisia was a major civilization crossing through history; different cultures, civilizations and multiple successive dynasties contributed to the culture of the country...
  
  
• List of museums in Tunisia

External links

• http://www.museedebardo-tunisie.tn/test/presentation.php (in French
  French language
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