Name of Monument:

Musée de Carthage

Location:

Carthage, Tunisia

Responsible Institution (original language):

Institut National du Patrimoine

Date of Monument:

19th century

History:

The museum was founded in 1875 on the premises of the Pères Blancs seminary, on the Byrsa Hill near the Saint-Louis Cathedral in Carthage. It was called the Musée Saint-Louis until 1899, and the Musée Lavigerie until 1956. It was given its current name by the Tunisian government following independence and the signing of the Modus Vivendi with the Catholic Church in 1964, at which point they relinquished all rights to the land.

Description:

The Musée de Carthage houses some of the most beautiful items from the Roman and Punic eras discovered on the Carthage archaeological site since the 19th century. After a long period of restoration, the museum also took on the findings from the UNESCO 1972–75 international arcehological campaign. It offered a new museographic approach, with each of the building's renovated rooms looking onto the beautiful landscape of Tunis Bay. The museum is thematically organised, with rooms dedicated to sculpture, amphoras, mosaics, or rooms reserved especially for works discovered by specific archaeological campaigns on the site.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Musée de Carthage" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monuments;AWE;tn;20;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 020