Archaeological Museums in Morocco

Archaeological Museums in Morocco is known the world over. There are various archaeological excavations took place since time immemorial. All the specimens of memorable archaeology are preserved safely in different archaeological museums located in different parts of Morocco. There are some tourists in different parts of the world always have the desire to visit the different museums of Morocco to get a feel about different archaeological sites, socio politico and economic situation of Morocco. That is why archaeological museums in Morocco is rated as the important part of the museum tours in Morocco. Now let’s throw light to you about different Moroccan archaeological museums.

Before that you must also know what is meant by the archaeology The term ‘archaeology’is defined as the scientific study of the ancient people in relation to their culture and intermingling with the environment.

Names of various archaeological museums in Morocco:

There are various archaeological museums located all over Morocco. In each cities of Morocco there are some archaeological museums located. These are stated as follows:

• Tangier:
  
  
• Museum of Moroccan Arts, Museum of Antiquities, American Legation Museum and Forbes Museum.
  
  
• Chefchaouen: Ethnographic Museum
  
  
• Tetouan: Archaeological Museum and Ethnographic Museum.
  
  
• Larache: Archaeological Museums.
  
  
• Meknes: Dar Jamai Museum
  
  
• Rabat: Oudaias Museum, Archaeological Museum, Natural Science Museum and Postal Museum.
  
  
• Fez: Dar Batha Museum and Borj Nord Museum
  
  
• Marrakesh: Dar Si Said Museum, Majorelle Museum and Bert Flint

Role of Archaeologist:

Archaeologists have a vital role in the excavation of the ancient relics located in different places of Morocco. Archaeologists work in a team jointly with other archaeologists and the student of archaeology. Archaeologists are appointed by different universities and museums of Morocco and other countries of the world. Despite the achievements by archaeologists anyhow they have to work under strained situations to achieve the goal.

Collections of the Archaeological Museums in Morocco:

Collections of the Archaeological Museums are fabulous for their rich collections. The first archaeological museum was built way back in the year 1932. It was around the year 1986, the building of this archaeological museum has earned national acclaim and was changed to National Museum of Morocco.

There are collections of various records in the national archaeological museum takes us back to Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. All these discoveries by the archaeologists are preserved in this museum. There are also exhibits of Islamic culture and tradition in this museum. These collections date back to time immemorial. This archaeological museum is fast expanding and is an eye opener to the scholars of history and archaeology. This is possible due to the initiative due of various private bodies and government of Morocco.