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One
of
the
museums
in
Makkah
Al-Mukarramah
region
Work
began
on
the
construction
of
this
palace
of
the
Museum
of
Mecca
in
1365
AH
1946
by
order
of
King
Abdulaziz,
and
it
took
seven
years
to
build
the
palace,
where
work
was
completed
in
1372
AH
1952,
and
he
used
a
period
of
time
as
a
guesthouse
and
then
granted
in
1378
AH
to
the
Ministry
of
Education
At
that
time,
which
transformed
it
to
be
the
headquarters
of
Al-Zahir
Intermediate
School,
and
it
re-employed
its
rooms
and
halls
to
classrooms,
and
its
use
continued
until
the
year
1398
AH,
then
the
building
was
handed
over
to
the
Antiquities
and
Museums
Agency,
where
the
agency
undertook
a
comprehensive
restoration
and
return
it
to
the
architectural
condition
it
was
in.
The
area
of
the
palace
is
3425
square
meters
Spread
over
a
front
yard
with
an
area
of
1200
square
meters
and
the
main
building
of
the
palace
with
an
area
of
1000
square
meters,
and
a
back
attachment
of
425
square
meters
and
the
rest
of
the
spaces
occupied
by
roads
and
corridors
around
the
palace,
the
agency
has
employed
the
palace
as
a
museum
of
antiquities
and
heritage
in
Makkah
to
serve
the
heritage
of
Saudi
Arabia
and
its
history
and
civilization
in
general
and
Mecca
on
Degree
of
specialization.
