The Museum of Arts of the State of Tunisia Dar Ben Abdallah is housed in a palace built in 1796 and decorated with wood panel paintings, colourful ceramic and marble tiles.
It used to be the home of one of the city's wealthy residents. But in 1941, the mansion was bought by the Tunisian government and housed the "Bureau of Arts". And some time later - in 1978, in the palace opened the State Museum of Art.
The rooms of the museum, in which exhibitions are held, are located on the first and partly on the first floor of the palace around the courtyard, which is closed from prying eyes by high walls, because once it was the territory of the harem, here walked the wives of the owner of the palace. In order to get into the courtyard, you need to go through a winding and winding narrow corridor.
In the museum you can learn about the traditional arts and customs of the inhabitants of the city of Tunisia. The life of people of 18-19th centuries is recreated here. The exposition of each room reveals to visitors one of the aspects of daily life of the family of a rich nobleman: the birth of a child, his growing up and education, engagement, wedding. In other halls of the museum you can examine traditional men's costumes, women's dresses and children's clothes.
