National Museum of Bardo (Algeria)

Pardo National Museum in Algiers is located in the suburbs of Algiers Mustafa Pasha, built in the late eighteenth century by a Tunisian rich exile in Algeria, “Ben El Hadj Omar” to serve as a summer residence that receives the notables of the city.

In 1879, French Gourette added. Attached to the palace to be used as a stable and a barn for animals. In 1930, when the building was opened as a museum of prehistory and ethnography of the centenary of colonization in Algeria. The Bardo Museum exhibits ethnographic works, while the prehistoric annex is dedicated. Since then, he has been invited to the Bardo Museum, then named Bardo National Museum in 1985.

Its content
The museum has several collections not only from Algeria but also from abroad. Overall and detailed, Pardo, like all the islands houses built Mezerana, expresses a closed civilization in front of the eyes of intruders from the outside: blue mosaic entry staircase with a large door, allowing access to the basin decorated with marble courtyard, fountain and water jet. As it is: Diwan, a large living room was the owner of the remaining house concerts and banquets. The Pavillon Deion Suite offers more comfort and tranquility.

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