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MUSEUMS IN DAMASCUS |
| DAMASCUS NATIONAL MUSEUM |
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Considered as the Syrian civilization museum
trough the history, the museum combines: The hypogeum of Yarhay from Palmyra, 108 A.D. The Synagogue of Dura Europos, mid 3rd century A.D. The facade of Qasr al-Hair al Gharbi, dated to 727 A.D. One of the entries of Yalbugha Mosque The Damascus reception hall of 1737 A.D. |
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The museum divided to the
following sections: |
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2- Museum of
Ancient Syrian Antiquities |
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3- Museum of classical Antiquities Conserves sculptures, mosaics, Palmyranean antiquities, frescos, jewelleries and coins… 4- Museum of Arab-Islamic Arts Conserves windows of stucco, frescos, ceramics, faiences, manuscripts, cenotaph of Khaled Ben al-Walid and of Khatoun 5- Museum of Contemporary Art 6- Open Air Museum Within the garden, exposes antiquities of stones from different periods |
| MUSEUM OF POPULAR TRADITIONS (AZEM PALACE) |
| The palace of Al Wali of Damascus, nowadays its halls transformed into museum: music hall, Bride hall, King Faisal Hall, Al Mahmal Hall contains things used to hold during Alhaj, Al Hakawati hall, Traditional arms hall |
| HISTORICAL MUSEUM DAMASCUS (KHALED AZEM HOUSE) |
| MUSEUM OF ARABIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCES (BIMARSTAN ALNOURI) |
| MUSEUM OF ARABIC CHIROGRAPHY (AlJakmakiyeh) |
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Holds manuscripts of different Arabic styles of chirographies as well as tools Arabs used to utilize for writing |
