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Damascus National Museum in Duma

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Damascus National Museum in Duma
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Shoukry Al-Qouwatly, Damascus, Syria, Duma

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Museum featuring exhibits on the history of the region, plus contemporary works of Syrian art.

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Damascus National Museum
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Franck Meyer
10.23.2022
5

an exceptional place that you must absolutely visit if you come to damascus. The most important museum in Syria, this museum is full of history, artifacts and exceptional objects. the welcome is warm and the garden a unique place to relax in the heart of our history

Damascus National Museum
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Isak Mylva
10.19.2022
5

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

Damascus National Museum
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Wassim Abou Fady
10.04.2022
5

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

Damascus National Museum
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Rayan Ham
08.10.2022
5

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 .

Damascus National Museum
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Manal Jarmoukly
05.20.2022
4

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.

Damascus National Museum
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Ahmed Mhmoud
04.14.2022
4

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.[

Damascus National Museum
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Pavol Floch
03.31.2022
5

Place where start history.

Damascus National Museum
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Ruben Arnal
11.15.2021
4

Still many things closed. Pictures not allowed inside

Damascus National Museum
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joe mama mama
11.02.2021
1

got mugged

Damascus National Museum
frog
10.13.2021
5

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

Damascus National Museum
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bishwo lama
08.07.2021
3

Awesome place to be

Damascus National Museum
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Osama Ibrahim Tarabin
03.23.2021
5

worth to visit.

Damascus National Museum
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Mohammed Alzeer (MoJo)
12.28.2020
4

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

Damascus National Museum
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Usman Qazi
11.28.2020
5

Lovely place with a wealth of artefacts

Damascus National Museum
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Hussein Moussa
09.18.2020
3

It deserves a lot of care.

Damascus National Museum
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Falah ALghazi
02.27.2020
5

its a great place to visit ❤

Damascus National Museum
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Hisham Andalusi
10.21.2019
5

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

Damascus National Museum
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Robyn Huang
09.03.2019
5

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.

Damascus National Museum
Andrew
08.13.2019
5

Very welcoming as a Tourist from London!!

Damascus National Museum
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Salua Kamerow
07.31.2019
3

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.

Damascus National Museum
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T Foz
06.14.2019
5

Where the history starts

Damascus National Museum
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Zaina Sibai
06.11.2019
4

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

Damascus National Museum
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luis coitiño
04.21.2019
5

It is magic,people from SA feels very small jajaja

Damascus National Museum
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Ghadeer Issa
03.12.2019
5

Takes back to the glorious history of Syria

Damascus National Museum
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Iyad Alkhayat
03.12.2019
4

Back 4000 years very interesting place to visit

Damascus National Museum
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Gunasegeran Sellappan
02.13.2019
5

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.

Damascus National Museum
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MH Mazen
12.16.2018
4

Nice place to visit

Damascus National Museum
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Momo B
12.15.2018
5

I like syria. :)

Damascus National Museum
MK
Maya Kanakry
12.04.2018
5

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

Damascus National Museum
AK
Ali Khaddour
11.14.2018
5

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.

Damascus National Museum
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Dina AlBadawi
09.14.2018
5

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.

Damascus National Museum
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Neringa Daučytė
09.05.2018
5

Loved it.

Damascus National Museum
MA
Maher Asaad Baker
08.16.2018
5

Hidden treasures inside, Visit and enjoy a journey through history

Damascus National Museum
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Abdulrahman Nashed
06.28.2018
4

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.

Damascus National Museum
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Khaldoun Khouli
05.10.2018
5

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.

Damascus National Museum
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Returns Department
04.15.2018
5

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

Damascus National Museum
اقای mr 100 rupee
03.24.2018
5

5 star

Damascus National Museum
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Amer al zibak
02.27.2018
3

Nice

Damascus National Museum
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Amro Abbas
02.15.2018
4

Very nice place

Damascus National Museum
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Hesham Sleem
11.28.2017
5

Very Good

Damascus National Museum
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Muaaz Odah Bashi
09.13.2017
4

Old treasures of Syria, you should visit

Damascus National Museum
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Tareq Nasser
08.18.2017
5

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

Damascus National Museum
HZ
H Zak
06.15.2017
5

Fantastic museum. Some pieces are 7000 Years old.

Damascus National Museum
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Modar Ali
04.24.2017
5

A lot of history and beauty in one charming place

Damascus National Museum
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Ibra shq
03.29.2017
5

good

Damascus National Museum
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Wiso Ha
10.18.2016
4

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

Damascus National Museum
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Jamous, Mohammad Aljamous
09.11.2016
5

😍

Damascus National Museum
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Malek Abbara
06.04.2016
4

Good

Damascus National Museum
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Am Bhut
04.21.2016
5

Looking very beautiful

Damascus National Museum
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Carol Joseph
09.16.2015
5

Great museum. . beautiful place

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Damascus National Museum in Duma

Shoukry Al-Qouwatly, Damascus, Syria, Duma

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