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Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography

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About Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography

A national museum of prehistory and ethnography on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, in Sidi M'Hamed, set in a former palace from the 18th century. Visitors admire the rock art from the Tassili n'Ajjer, the embroidered traditional clothing and the palace's tiles and carved wooden ceilings. Information is given mostly in Arabic and French.

The Musée national du Bardo, the national museum of prehistory and ethnography, occupies an Ottoman villa of the late 18th century. The villa keeps its courtyards, fountains and gardens on avenue Franklin Roosevelt. Its collections cover Algerian prehistory, with fossils, Neolithic pottery and rock carvings, and ethnography.

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