Algiers Province
Bab El Oued
Casbah

Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions

The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is an art museum located in , the capital of . Its displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.
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  • 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.

Mosque
Photo: LeilaBouras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a in the city of , the capital of . Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways. is situated 180 metres south of Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.

Mosque
The is a Sunni in , . It's named after Ali Bitchin, who ordered its construction in 1622 CE. It is situated inside the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the crosspoint between and the lower area of the Casbah.

Mosque
Photo: Habib kaki, CC0.
The or Great Mosque of Algiers, is a located in the city of , Algeria. Built in 1097, it is one of the few remaining examples of Almoravid architecture. is situated 320 metres southeast of Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bāb al-Wādī and Alger Centre.

Suburb
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Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in , the capital of , along the coast north of the . As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.

Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in , . 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.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of in northern .

Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions

Latitude
36.78671° or 36° 47′ 12″ north
Longitude
3.06094° or 3° 3′ 39″ east
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8F85Q3P6+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4593419689
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11549153
Wiki­data ID
Q3330178
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions”. Photo: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0.