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Jordan Archaeological
Museum
Situated on Amman's
Citadel Hill, the museum
houses an excellent
collection of Jordanian
antiquities, dating from
prehistoric times to the
15th century. Special
attention serve the Dead
Sea scrolls, the copy of
the Mesha Stele, erected
by the Moabite King
Mesha in 850 BC, four
Iron-Age sarcophagi and
the Neolithic statues of
Ain Ghazal.
Opening hours:
9.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer, on
Fridays and official
holidays 10.00-18.00.
Jordan Folklore
Museum
Located at the Roman
Theater in downtown
Amman, the museum
presents the traditional
Jordanian life,
including costumes, home
furnishings, musical
instruments and
handicrafts dating back
to the 19th century.
Other notable exhibits
include a Bedouin
goat-hair tent with rug
weavings and household
equipment, and replicas
of traditional domestic
interiors.
Opening hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.30–18.30 in summer
Opening Days: daily
Jordan Museum of
Popular Tradition
Located in the eastern
section of the Roman
Theater, this museum
displays the traditional
costumes of Jordanians,
including embroidery and
antique jewelry, as well
as domestic utensils. It
also houses a collection
of mosaics from some
Byzantine churches in
Jordan.
Opening hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Martyr's Memorial at
Sports City
Located at Sport City
Amman, the monumental
building houses a
chronological display of
military memorabilia
dating from the Arab
Revolt of 1916 to the
present.
Opening Hours: 8.00-
16.00
Opening Days: daily
except Friday
Children Museum
Jordan
The innovative
Children's Museum at
King Hussein Park, the
biggest children's
museum in the Middle
East, combines hands-on
learning with scientific
knowledge. Exploring
such themes as
humankind, technology
and the natural world,
beckoning children from
toddlers to early teens
to discover, play and
learn.
Opening Hours:
10.00-18.00 Friday
-19.00
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Royal Automobile
Museum
The Royal Automobile
Museum, located in King
Hussein Park in Amman,
is the first public
automotive museum in the
Arab region. It serves
as a tribute to the late
King Hussein while
showcasing part of
Jordan's history. The
museum displays 70 of
the late King's cars and
motorcycles, some dating
as back as 1909
including a Lincoln,
Ferraris, Packards and
Rolls-Royces, Mercedes
Benz, Porsches and
Cadillac.
Opening Hours:
10.00-19.00 - Friday
until 21.00
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Jordan National
Gallery of Fine Arts
Located at Al Muntazah,
Jabal Al-Weibdeh,
visitors find here a
fine collection of over
2000 works. More than
800 artists from 59
countries, mainly in
Asia and Africa, are
exhibited including
paintings, sculptures,
installations and
ceramics by contemporary
Jordanian and Arab
artists. The National
Gallery of Fine Arts is
one of the major art
museums in the Middle
East.
Opening hours:
10.00-13.30 and
15.00-18.00
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
The Numismatics
Museum Central Bank of
Jordan
The central bank museum,
King Hussein Street,
holds a collection of
over 2200 coins
circulating in the
Jordanian territory from
the 5th century BC. It
starts with Greek,
Nabataean and Roman,
early Islamic and
Ottoman coins, then
coins and banknotes of
the Hashemite in Hejaz,
Iraq and Syria, Egyptian
and Palestinian coins
before 1949.
Opening Hours:
8.00-16.00
Opening Days: Sunday -
Thursday except national
holidays
Darat Al Funun -
Shoman Foundation
Darat Al Funun, the
"Home of the Arts", is
located at Jabal
Luweibdeh in Amman and
consists of three
buildings from the
1920s. It established as
an important meeting and
information center for
art in the Arab world
and a venue for
intercultural dialogue.
It offers concerts,
lectures, and a summer
academy, four galleries
with a total of 250 sqm,
a research and video
library, workshops and
studios as well as guest
residences for artists.
Dar Al Anda
Located in Jabal
Luweibdeh, Dar Al Anda
was created in 1998 as
an art gallery with the
intention to bring
visual and auditory arts
together through
concerts, cultural
activities and
exhibitions. Goals of
Dar Al Anda are to be a
cultural centre for
arts, support creative
activities, protect the
creative rights of the
artist and to make
contact with Arab and
international art and
culture groups.
Aqaba Archaeological
Museum
The Aqaba Museum,
located next to Aqaba
Castle, is housed in the
residence of Sherif
Hussein Bin Ali, leader
of the Great Arab
Revolt. The museum
displays an important
collection from the
Islamic site of Ayla,
with items that date to
the Rashidun, Umayyad,
Abbasid and Fatimid
periods. The collection
shows also foreign
pottery and coins left
by ancient visitors.
Opening Hours:
8.00-18.30 in summer,
8.00-16.00 in winter
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Ajloun Archaeological
Museum
This museum, established
in 1993, can be found in
Ajloun castle. It
contains exhibits from
the Neolithic to the
Islamic period like
flint tools and basalt
objects, pottery, lamps,
copper and bronze tools
and several Arabic
inscriptions.
Opening hours:
8.00-19.00 in summer,
8.00-16.00 in winter
Opening days: daily
except Tuesday
Dead Sea Museum
This museum can be found
in the Dead Sea
Panoramic Complex, with
spectacular views over
the area. The museum
highlights the origin,
the geology, ecology as
well as the future
conservation of the Dead
Sea. The use of panels,
videos, documentary
films and models help to
clarify the conservation
needs of the Dead Sea.
Opening hours:
9.00-16.00 in winter,
9.00-17.00 in summer
Opening days: daily
except Tuesday
Irbid Archaeological
Museum – Dar As Saraya
In the early sixties the
Archaeological Museum
was established in Irbid,
now housed in the 19th
century Ottoman building
Dar As Saraya. The
collection composes of
various artefacts
ranging from the
Palaeolithic up to the
Islamic periods with
special topics such as
metallurgy, sculptures,
epigraphy and mosaics.
Opening Hours:
8.00-17.00 in winter,
8.00-19.00 in summer,
Friday and holidays
10.00-16.00
Museum of Jordanian
Heritage – Irbid
Located at Yarmouk
University campus, the
Museum of Jordan
Heritage is part of the
University's Institute
of Archaeology and
Anthropology. The museum
is considered as the
finest archaeological
museum in the country,
exhibiting artefacts
from the earliest
origins of agriculture,
combined with
ethnographic displays.
Opening Hours: 10.00 -
17.00
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Jerash Archaeological
Museum
The Jerash
Archaeological Museum
was already established
in 1923, and its
collections span the
archaeological periods
in the area, from the
Neolithic up to the
Mamluk period. The
museum houses large
collections of pottery,
glass, metals and coins,
in addition to precious
stones, figurines and
statues, stone and
marble alters,
sarcophagi, and mosaics.
Opening Hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer,
Friday and official days
10.00-15.00
Kerak Archaeological
Museum
The museum is located
within the west wing of
Kerak Castle, in a hall
used as living quarters
for soldiers in the
Mamluk period. It houses
remains dating from the
Neolithic, Moabite,
Nabatean up to the late
Islamic and crusader
periods. Some of the
collections are remains
of skeletons and pottery
from the Bab ad-Dhra
graves, Iron Age
artefacts from Buseirah,
Byzantine glass vessels
and inscriptions, Roman
and Nabatean artefacts
from Rabbah and Qasr as
well as articles dating
from 6000 BC to the 14th
century AD.
Opening hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer
Opening days: daily
except Tuesday
Madaba Archaeological
Museum
This museum is part of
the Archaeological Park
in Madaba and was
founded in 1974. It
holds artefacts that
have been recovered
during excavations in
many archaeological
sites in the Madaba
region. These artefacts
consist mainly of
pottery and glass
vessels, metalwork,
coins and mosaic floors.
Their dates range from
the Iron Age to the
Islamic periods.
Opening Hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Mazar Islamic Museum
This small museum in the
village of Al-Mazar,
near Kerak, wants to
highlight Islamic
civilization and
culture. It displays
sculptures, ceramics,
coins and photos of
antiquities.
Opening hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer
Opening days: daily
except Tuesday
Petra Nabataean
Museum
The museum is located in
the rock city of Petra
and consists of three
exhibition halls.
Visitors get to know
here the history of the
Nabataeans, the geology
of Petra, the trade and
the hydraulic
engineering skills of
the Nabataeans. Various
artefacts are jewellery,
coins, pottery and
statues.
Opening Hours:
8.00–19.00 in summer,
8.00–16.00 in winter
Opening Days: daily
except Tuesday
Petra Archaeological
Museum
Situated in one of the
Nabatean caves of Petra,
the museum was
established in 1963. It
contains all objects
found in Petra from the
Edomite, Nabatean, Roman
and Byzantine periods,
with a focus on stone
sculptures.
Opening Hours: 8.00 –
19.00 in summer, 8.00 –
16.00 in winter
Opening Day: daily
except Tuesday
Umm Qais
Archaeological Museum
The museum is located in
the Beit Al Russan house
within the ruins of Umm
Qays. Visitors find here
various ceramics dating
from the Hellenistic up
to the Islamic periods,
along with finds from
the tombs at Umm Qais.
Besides statuary, mostly
from the Roman period,
basalt sarcophagi,
column capitals, two
basalt gates and mosaics
are on display.
Opening hours:
8.00-16.00 in winter,
8.00-18.30 in summer
Opening days: daily
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