Displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes
The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is an art museum in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The museum is located on Rue Socgemah in the Casbah district.[1] Its displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.[2] The museum is housed in a former 16th-century Ottoman era palace.[2] The former Turkish residence was formerly known as Dar Khadaoudj El Amia.[3] The museum contains a library, department of conservation, and Animation and Documentation Department.[1]
There are two theories for the construction of the palace where the museum operates: a palace built in 1670 by a military officer Yahia Rais or a palace built in the 18th century for the princess Khédaoudj, the daughter of Hassan Khéznadji of Dey Mohamed ben Othman. In the early 19th century, the home served as a town hall after being rented out by Khédaoudj's nephews. In 1947, the government decided to turn it into a museum which later officially opened in 1961 as the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions but was not named so until 1987, where it was decreed so. [1]
12Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S. (2009), "Algeria", The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, p.51, ISBN019530991X, the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in a fine, 16th-century Ottoman palace with good displays of rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.
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