Mahdia Museum
The Mahdia Museum is a museum in Tunisia specialising in Tunisian archaeology and heritage. It is located in the city of Mahdia.[1]
The museum collections includes Punic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic elements and concentrates on popular traditions of central Tunisia.
The museum has extensive collections Punic, Roman and Byzantine culture of North Africa. The Mahdia Museum also has a section dedicated to underwater archaeology including the Mahdia shipwreck. The wreck is a Hellenistic period Greek merchant vessel sunk during a storm in the 1st century BC. It contained a rich cargo of works of art and architectural elements including many columns, as well as many sculptures of marble and bronze. The museum maintains strong ties to the Bardo National Museum.
The Islamic collections include works back to the 10th century, when the area was ruled by the Fatimids. The artifacts include woodworks, mosaics, stucco work, ceramics, pottery, fabrics and traditional costumes.
Gallery
- Antiquity collection
- Coffre
- Métier à tisser (Manual loom)
See also
References
- ^ Hudson, Kenneth; Nicholls, Ann (1985-06-18). The Directory of Museums & Living Displays. Springer. p. 783. ISBN 978-1-349-07014-5.
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- Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics)
- Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum)
- Morocco (Dar Batha Museum, Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum)
- Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)
- Denmark (David Collection)
- France (Arab World Institute, Louvre)
- Germany (Museum of Islamic Art)
- Greece (Benaki Museum)
- United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, Victoria and Albert Museum)
America
- Canada (Aga Khan Museum)
- United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))
- Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)
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