Maison Tiskiwin Bert Flint Museum in Marrakesh
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Maison Tiskiwin- Bert Flint Museum
Maison Tiskiwin is a traditional late 19th century - early 20th century Moroccan house set up as museum by Bert Flint, a dutch anthropologist, and art historian settled in Maison Tiskiwin in 1950. Flint still lives in this house which he opens as museum. The art historian managed to collect plenty of Moroccan arts, carpets, artifacts, musical instruments, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, furniture, and traditional Moroccan decor. Items were collected from all over Morocco especially the southern region. Moroccan design and architecture can be witnessed in different rooms thought out the house; rooms are furnished with traditional carpets, clothes, Moroccan pottery and Moroccan Zellij (hand cut polychrome tiles).
Museum Hours: 10:00AM - 12:30PM; 15h30PM – 18:00PM
Museum admission fee: 15DH
Address: 8, rue de la Bahia, Riads Zitoun, Marrakech 40008, Morocco
Phone: 212-24 38 91 92
