Jerash Museum

Jerash Museum is a museum in Jerash Governorate, Jordan. Jerash Museum is situated nearby to Oval Forum, as well as near the ruins Mosque.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oval Forum and Temple of Zeus.

Oval Forum

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oval Forum is situated 100 metres southwest of Jerash Museum.

Temple of Zeus

Ruins

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.

Temple of Zeus is a ruins, which is situated 180 metres southwest of Jerash Museum.

The Temple of Artemis at Gerasa is a Roman peripteral temple in Jerash, Jordan. The temple was built in the middle of the highest of the two terraces of the sanctuary, in the core of the ancient city. The Temple of Artemis is situated 440 metres north of Jerash Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jerash and Jerash camp.

Jerash

Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jerash, a city in northern Jordan, is famous for its Roman ruins. The archaeological site is popular for tourists, second only to Petra.

Jerash camp

Village

Jerash camp, known locally as Gaza camp, is one of the ten officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located five kilometres from the Roman ruins of Jerash. Jerash camp is situated 3 km southwest of Jerash Museum.

Souf camp

Village

Souf Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp situated nearby the town of Souf and the city of Jerash in Jordan. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, there was 21,900 people living in the camp in 2005, of which 20,530 were registered refugees. Souf camp is situated 3½ km north of Jerash Museum.

Jerash Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Jerash Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.27797° or 32° 16′ 41″ north

Longitude

35.89163° or 35° 53′ 30″ east

Open location code

8G4Q7VHR+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7101035475

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

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