Historic Old Salt Museum
Historic Old Salt Museum is a museum in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. Historic Old Salt Museum is situated nearby to the protected area As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality, as well as near Saint George Orthodox Church.Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Salt in Jordan
- Also known as: “Abu Jaber House”, “Abu Jaber Museum”, and “Beit Abu Jaber”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque of Salt and Salt Archaeological Museum.
Salt Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salt Archaeological Museum is situated 300 metres east of Historic Old Salt Museum.
Wadi Shuʿeib
Peak
Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0.
Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly Wadi Shuʿeib but with many variant romanisations, is a wadi in Jordan. The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the Jordan River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salt.
Salt
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
Historic Old Salt Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.03865° or 32° 2′ 19″ northLongitude
35.72617° or 35° 43′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q2PQG+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 696170481OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q107689821
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Historic Old Salt Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت أبو جابر”
- Arabic: “متحف السلط التاريخي”
- French: “Maison Abou Jaber”
- French: “musée historique d’Al Salt”
- French: “Musée historique d’Al Salt”
- French: “musée historique du vieux Salt”
- French: “palais Abu Jaber”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality and Saint George Orthodox Church.
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