Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
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 Souk El-Djemaâ of the Basse-Casbah district and welcomes around 47,000 visitors every year.Photo: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Algerian museum
- Also known as: “Musee national des arts et traditions populaires” and “دار خداوج العمياء”
- Address: الجزائر
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ketchaoua Mosque and Ali Bitchin Mosque.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Rachid Hamatou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ketchaoua Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways. Ketchaoua Mosque is situated 180 metres south of Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.
Ali Bitchin Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Dziri16, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ali Bitchin Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It's named after Ali Bitchin, who ordered its construction in 1622 CE. It is situated inside the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the crosspoint between Bab El Oued and the lower area of the Casbah.
Martyrs‘ Square
Square
Photo: غريب صلاح الدين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martyrs‘ Square is situated 250 metres southeast of Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casbah of Algiers and Bāb al-Wādī.
Casbah of Algiers
Suburb
The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah, corresponds to the old town or medina of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.
Bāb al-Wādī
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
Alger Centre
Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alger Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.
Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Casbah, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.78671° or 36° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
3.06094° or 3° 3′ 39″ eastElevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
8F85Q3P6+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4593419689OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Twi—“Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفنون والتقاليد الشعبية”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ھونەری میلی و دابونەریت”
- French: “musée des arts et traditions populaires d’Alger”
- French: “Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires”
- French: “Musée national des arts et traditions populaires”
- French: “Musée national des Arts et Traditions populaires”
- Igbo: “Ebe Ngosi Ihe Mgbe Ochie na Omenala Ndị A Ma Ama”
- Igbo: “Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions”
- Turkish: “Popüler Sanatlar ve Gelenekler Müzesi”
- Twi: “Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions”
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