Bardo National Museum (Algiers)

For the museum in Tunisia, see Bardo National Museum (Tunis).
Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
المتحف الوطني باردو
Musée national du Bardo
The museum's court
Former name
Bardo Museum
Established1927
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
TypeNational museum
Collection sizeTin Hinan Tomb miniature

The Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography (Arabic: المتحف الوطني باردو), is a national museum located in Algiers, Algeria. It was originally a palace built by the Algerian admiral Raïs Hamidou in the late 18th century.[1]

The edifice is a former Moorish villa.[2] It was opened as a museum in 1927.[3]

Nothing specific is known about this residence, formerly in the countryside and now encompassed in the modern city. H. Klein tells us that the palace was built in the eighteenth century and that it would have been the property of Prince Omar before the French conquest. A document, in the form of a drawing signed by Captain Longuemare, specifies that it was Mustapha ben Omar who was a very rich Tunisian. In 1879, an extension was built by a Frenchman named Joret.[4] In 1926, the Bardo Palace was ceded to the Domains by Mrs Frémont, sister and heiress of Pierre Joret.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jilali, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad (1994). General History of Algeria (Tarikh al-Jaza'ir al-'Amm). Vol. 3. Algiers: OPU. p. 525.
  2. ^ Nabila Oulebsir (2004). Les Usages du patrimoine: Monuments, musées et politique coloniale en Algérie, 1830-1930. Les Editions de la MSH. p. 263. ISBN 978-2-7351-1006-3.
  3. ^ Jean-Jacques Jordi; Jean-Louis Planche (1999). Alger, 1860-1939: le modèle ambigu du triomphe colonial. Éds. Autrement. p. 79. ISBN 978-2-86260-887-7.
  4. ^ "Bardo National Museum - Direction of Tourism and Handicrafts Algiers". People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts. 2026-03-18. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  5. ^ Lucien Golvin (1988). Palais et demeures d'Alger à la période ottomane. Édisud. p. 99. ISBN 9782857443070.
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