10 Art Museums in Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region That You Shouldn't Miss

Following its successful inauguration on the 12th of February 2016, the Farid Belkahia Foundation is proud to announce that the Museum Mathaf Farid Belkahia has officially opened its doors since the 16th of April 2016. The Foundation will now be open everyday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Our visitors will have the pleasure to discover Farid Belkahia’s workshop and art as well as its family property where he spent the last forty years of his life. The first permanent collection called « Parcours » recounts Farid Belkahia’s most important period of its works from 1950 to 2014.

The Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) is designed with the purpose of sharing with the public a collection built with passion. MACAAL is a museum dedicated to contemporary African art and promoting the African creativity.

Ex-Consulate of Italy, this riad has unique architectural features for the medina of Essaouira. A visit is required! Real Mogador offers exhibitions of both Moroccan and foreign artists. Said Ouarzaz, an artist of recognized talent (twice exhibited in Arab World Institut (Paris), King museum of Antwerp,... until Singapore & China), is there permanently: a retrospective of more than 100 paintings is in progress; this is THE EXHIBITION TO SEE in Essaouira. Regular performances are announced on Facebook (Francois.j.Real). Music is part of concept & place! Others artists (musicians, actors, writers,...) are often invited. Soon it will be possible to drink coffee, tea,... or eat home mad fresh salads, cakes,...

The Photography Museum has opened its doors in the heart of Marrakesh since May 2009.A private collection of 8000 photographs was gathered, this collection is only about Morocco and covers the period 1870 to 1950.The exposition contains hundreds of old photographs and shows the first film recorded in the High-Atlas in color, in 1957 by Daniel Chicault « Landscapes and Faces of the High-Atlas ».

The Macma is a private museum created by a passionate collector. It presents in ten thematic rooms an exclusive and permanent collection of photographies that covers one century of views on Marocco : landscapes, tribes, architecture, ... from de first reporters to the first roadies. The pictures are illustrated by art pieces that are an integral part of the Moroccan culture. Macma also presents temporary exhibitions dedicated to the artistic creation in painting and posters from the years 1920 to contemporary trends, from the country, but also from the international scene.

The Orientalist Museum of Marrakech has been created recently by the same owner as the Macma Museum in Gueliz. That new place in the Medina offers a wide view on the cultural history in Morocco through an exclusive collection of Orientalist paintings (from Delacroix to Majorelle), and precious antique artpieces of moroccan artcrafters. The building is a typical Saadian Riad from the end of 17th century. From the terrace, the visitor can admire an exclusive panorama of the city and the Atlas Mountains.