Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
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| Location | Algiers, Algeria |
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| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | Displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes |
The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is an art museum located in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Its displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.[1] The museum is housed in a former 16th-century Ottoman era palace.[1] The former Turkish residence was formerly known as Dar Bakri.[2]
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[edit]- ^ a b Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S. (2009), "Algeria", The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, p. 51, ISBN 019530991X,
the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in a fine, 16th-century Ottoman palace with good displays of rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.
- ^ Myers, Bernard Samuel (1959), "Africa, North", Encyclopedia of World Art, Volume 1, McGraw-Hill, p. lxxxvi,
The Palace of Dar Bakri is a fine Turkish residence now given over to a permanent exposition of Algerian art...
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