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Museums
Whereas there are many museums
located within Aleppo the
most important of them is the
“National Museum of Aleppo"
near Al-Kuttap. Other important
museums are
The Museum of Popular
Art and Traditions
which consists
of a traditional
Ottoman house;
The Museum
of History of Science
in which
examples knitting,
textile, glass works,
paint and medical instruments
are been exhibited and; The
Rehabilitation Project for the Old
City of Aleppo.
The National Museum of
Aleppo
The National Museum of Aleppo
is one of the unique museums that
contains artefacts dated B.C. This
museum has been established in
order to present the finding discovered
in Tel Halef, near Ra’s
Al-Ayn in 1931. The entrance
of the museum is
decorated with the façade
sculptures of
the Castle of the
King which belongs
to 9th century
B.C. in Tel
Halef.
In the Ground Section
of the museum in
a hall of pre-historic times
there are artefacts of
old and new Stone Age and also
the ruins of the oldest human house
which is dated 8500 B.C., discovered
in Muraybit and also other
historical artefacts are located.
Also in the Halls of Tilal Al-
Jazira and Hama artefacts dated
2000 B.C. are
being presented.
The oldest alphabet
of the
world dated
back to 14th
century B.C. is
also opened for
exhibition in the
Ancient Ogarit
Hall within this
museum.
Also within the
museum there
are halls that
contain the findings
of the
Obnhaim team
which are as follows:
Tel Halef
Hall, Hall of Lion
Stone, Hall
of Tel Ahmer
and Hall of Munavaat.
In the
last hall there is
a cabinet which
contains numerous
figures da-
ted back to third and second
millenniums B.C.
With in the museum which
also has a section called
Tel Ayn Dara which is the
home of the sculptures of
the God of Al-Cebel (Mountain)
and God of Ashtar
that are belong to 1000
B.C there is also a Hall of
Kingdom of Ebla.
In the Upper floor there is
a section in which the findings
of the Euphrates excavation
which are dated back to fourth,
third and second millenniums
B.C, ancient ages and various
Arabian eras are being presented.
On the Ancient Artefacts section
works of Hellens which are mainly
ceramic and crockery and
Romans can be seen.
The Section of Arabic-Islamic
Works; together with the various
Arabic-Islamic coins that belong
to various Arabic-Islamic eras
this section contains writings,
examples of pottery and glass
works and various similar works.
In addition there are many important
sculpture and plate works of
many artists.
In the courtyard the following artefacts
can be seen: Sculptures of
God Hadad and Teshub, Hittite
Epigraphs, Sculptures of Roman
Era and mosaic works of third
century B.C. The outer courtyard
of the museum is decorated with
various works of Assyria, Byzantine
and Arabic-Islamic Empires.
The Museum of Popular
Art and Traditions
The Museum of Popular Art and
Traditions consists of an Ottoman
House (Dar Aç›kbafl) and was built
in 1757. The museum is decorated
with carved wood and famous
ceiling ornamentations of Aleppo.
Within this museum there are
many examples of traditional handiworks
such as clothing, ornamentations,
carpet and etc…
Museum of History of
Science
In the Arabian Museum of History
of Science which was established
and organized by the University
Of Aleppo Institute Of Science
of Arabian Traditions there
are many example works of knitting,
glass works, textile, medicine
and relevant instruments.