The idea of creating a museum in the city was for Demaeght (who is interested in antiques and inscriptions), which in 1882 gathered various objects divided into three sections: coins (13 pieces), Roman and African motifs (16 rooms) and natural history [3] The museum is an impressive Roman mosaic of Portus Magnus of the site of Old Arzew, the municipality of Saint-Louis (today Batti): a large mosaic of four tables and a small which represents the departure of Bacchus in India. Other sections were added later, a section of prehistory, ethnography, drawing, sculpture, painting and original inscriptions.
The need for a suitable building was obvious: the present building, located at 19, Zabana Street in 1933, was inaugurated on November 11, 1935 in the building of the Palace of Fine Arts. Download the beginning of the “Demaeght Museum” label. The palace houses a museum, a library and a school of fine arts. After independence, the museum remained under the tutelage of the Ministry of Culture and was renamed Zabana National Museum in honor of the famous martyr Ahmed Zabana.
