Damascus National Museum in As Suwayda'

restorers at the National Museum of Damascus to recover our iconic busts from Palmyra, which were damaged at the hands of ISIS. L

very nice place to visit with family, ticket price is cheap

A ancient history museum that contains syria treasures and collections throughout the centuries that are incredible and the staff are kind and helpfull it was a beautiful experience .

Stunning gate and very beautiful garden, but the inside is a bit disappointing, doesnt really reflect Syrian history. You can find very few pieces in poor presentation, not good lighting, even the info text doesnt explain much about the items and is in Arabic only. I imagine this place could be better only by adding some few details.

The National Museum of Damascus (Arabic: الْمَتْحَفُ الْوَطَنِيُّ بِدِمَشْقَis a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria. As the countrys national museum as well as its largest, this museum covers the entire range of Syrian history over a span of over 11 millennia.[2] It displays various important artifacts, relics and major finds most notably from Mari, Ebla and Ugarit,[2] three of Syrias most important ancient archaeological sites. Established in 1919, during King Faisals Arab Kingdom of Syria, the museum is the oldest cultural heritageThe first museum was founded in 1919 under the supervision of the Syrian Ministry of Education at Madrasa al Adiliyah and housed a smaller collection until this was moved to its current location.[8][9][10] The current building was built in 1936 next to Takiyya al-Sulaymaniya mosque. On the facade, it presents the front walls of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Heer al-Gharbi, which was removed from its location in the Syrian desert.[10]The discovery of Qasr Al-Heer Al-Gharbi adding new attention to the collection of the Islamic period, the Directorate of Antiquities decided to incorporate the fragments of the palace into the museum. The front façade of the palace was transported to Damascus, before being carefully reconstructed as the National Museums main entrance. The process took several years and the official opening was celebrated in 1950.[9] By time, new halls and wings were added to the museum as its collection grew. In 1953, a three-storey wing was added to display more exhibits of the Islamic period, as well as contemporary Syrian art.[9]In 1963, a new lecture hall and a library were added. This lecture hall was furnished as a 19th-century Ottoman-era Damascene reception hall, lavishly decorated and ornamented, as most Damascene palaces of that time.[11] Later additions were made in 1974 to house exhibits from the Paleolithic period. The most recent addition took place in 2004, when the temporary exhibition wing was reworked to display Neolithic antiquities.[

Place where start history.

Still many things closed. Pictures not allowed inside

got mugged

thats what the mask issthats what the point of the mask is

Awesome place to be

worth to visit.

It is considered as a huge encyclopedia that brings together many civilizations from those that settled in the Levant, the place is very wonderful and especially suitable for those who like to contemplate drawings, statues and mosaic paintings

Lovely place with a wealth of artefacts

It deserves a lot of care.

its a great place to visit ❤

Damascus National Museum: It was established in 1919 and opened officially in 1936 using the gate of the desert castle of Qasr al-Heir al-Gharbi, near Palmyra, as its entrance.This museum is one of the most beautiful and most complete museums in the world

This is a beautiful, contemporary and brightly lit museum with a number of antiquities reflecting the various civilizations in Syria’s timeline. It also reflects what was locked up and saved during the war, and so is still in recuperation. The exhibits are well-curated, its clean with a beautiful minimalist setting. The outside gardens are beautiful as well. No cameras allowed inside.

Very welcoming as a Tourist from London!!

Of course it’s a place with a lot of history and I spent a few hours trying to read each one of the informational pamphlets on the wall. The downside of this museum is that I was not allowed to take pictures, which is a bummer because I would love to be able to show my readers a bit more about the museum.

Where the history starts

Amazing place to visit.. Has an inside museum and an outside museum

It is magic,people from SA feels very small jajaja

Back 4000 years very interesting place to visit

Takes back to the glorious history of Syria

Amazing museum. It is too bad maybe due to the war lots of exhibits are not displayed. Maybe it will get better in the future.

Very clean

Nice place to visit

I like syria. :)

One of the nicest museum I ve never visited. Needs english translations on the walls

The museum of Damascus was established in 1919, one year before the establishment of the French mandate, and is thus oldest cultural heritage institution in Syria. It was first located in al-Madrasa al-Adiliyeh, an historical building in the old city dating to the 12th/13th centuries. A new building was constructed between 1936 and 1979, and it became what is today the National Museum of Syria. Since these years, the collections have been enriched by many new finds from numerous excavations. The objects are divided chronologically: prehistory, ancient Orient, Greek, Roman Byzantine, Islamic antiquities, and modern art.

The main exhibit is closed for the public because they stored lot of saved artifacts from all over other museums from Syria (from the war areas)The garden is open and there are plenty of things to see.Check the Cafe there, very pleasant place with beautiful fountain in front.

Loved it.

Hidden treasures inside, Visit and enjoy a journey through history

Before the end of World War I, Syria had no museums. The museum of Damascus was established in 1919, one year before the establishment of the French mandate, and is thus oldest cultural heritage institution in Syria. It was first located in al-Madrasa al-Adiliyeh, an historical building in the old city dating to the 12th/13th centuries. A new building was constructed between 1936 and 1979, and it became what is today the National Museum of Syria. Since these years, the collections have been enriched by many new finds from numerous excavations. The objects are divided chronologically: prehistory, ancient Orient, Greek, Roman Byzantine, Islamic antiquities, and modern art.The museum curates some 5,000 cuneiform tablets. These tablets are from:Tell Al-Hariri (Mari): approximately 3,000 cuneiform tablets and fragments (school tablets, literary and administrative texts, contractshave been excavated since 1998 in a private house at the north east of the royal palace. They are to be dated to the Old Babylonian period. The texts are being studied by A. Cavigneaux form the University of Geneva and will be published soon. The museum curates also some Mari tablets from the former excavations (before 1998).Tell Mardikh (Ebla): only 4 tablets (dating from the Early Dynastic III period).Ras Shamra (Ugarit): roughly 1,500 tablets from the Middle Babylonian period, of which 600 texts were recently found in the house of Urtenu and are mostly written in Akkadian language.Ras Ib Hani: 130 tablets from the Middle Babylonian time, comparable to the Ras Shamra ones.Tell Sabi Abyad: only one tablet that dates to the Middle Assyrian period.Tell Taban (Tabatum), at 20 km south of Al-Hassake. Roughly 500 tablets, mainly from the Middle Assyrian period, have been unearthed there by a Japanese team from the Institute for Cultural Studies of Ancient Iraq of Kokushikan University.

The word Ramadan comes from the Arabic root ramiḍa or ar-ramaḍ, which means scorching heat or dryness.[8] Fasting is fard (obligatoryfor adult Muslims, except those who are suffering from an illness, travelling, are elderly, pregnant, breastfeeding, diabetic, chronically ill or menstruating.[9] Fasting the month of Ramadan was made obligatory (wājibduring the month of Shaban, in the second year after the Muslims migrated from Mecca to Medina. Fatwas have been issued declaring that Muslims who live in regions with a natural phenomenon such as the midnight sun or polar night should follow the timetable of Mecca,[10] but the more commonly accepted opinion is that Muslims in those areas should follow the timetable of the closest country to them in which night can be distinguished from day.

beautiful city, i worked here as translator for tourists . love this city so much!

5 star

Nice

Very nice place

Very Good

Old treasures of Syria, you should visit

Very important and beautiful please, dont leave Damascus before visiting it

Fantastic museum. Some pieces are 7000 Years old.

A lot of history and beauty in one charming place

good

A tourist, or a local resident, you should never miss it !

😍

Good

Looking very beautiful

Great museum. . beautiful place