From all the museums I visited in Marrakech I enjoyed this one the least. Entrance fee is 50 dirham and it’s not worth the money. It’s very small, the art collection is mediocre unfortunately. The cleaning lady also scammed us with toilet fee although that was not officially mentioned anywhere. The building in which it is hosted is quite nice, however, with an interesting main courtyard.

The Marrakech Museum is housed in the Dar Menebhi Palace, former residence of Mehdi Mnebhi, who was the Defence Minister of Abdelaziz of Morocco. The palace dates from the end of the nineteenth century, and a great example of classical Andalusian architecture. In 1997 the Omar Benjelloun Foundation bought the building to restore it and open the Marrakech Museum in part of the palace. The same foundation also purchased the Ben Youssef Madrasa and the Almoravid Koubba. Before it was restored, the palace had been used as a residence and during the 1960s it had housed a school for girls. One of the building’s highlights is the patio (don’t miss the magnificent lamp) and the rooms around the traditional courtyard. These rooms house the museum’s collection, made up mainly of weapons, pottery and other traditional Moroccan objects. Visitors can also go to the palace’s hammam and visit one of the temporary exhibitions.

Most interesting thing about this museum is not the exhibition inside, but the palace itself. Museum is housed in Dar Menebhi, beautiful palace built in the beginning of 20st century by Minister of War under rule of Sultan Abdelaziz, Mehdi el Menebhi. During the time El Menebhi served as a ambassador in London palace was seized by family of Pacha Thami El Glaoui, and after 1956 was seizer by state and in 1965 converted to a girl’s school. After long period on neglect palace was carefully renovated by Omar Benjelloun Foundation in 1997 and open to public as a museum. The palace is an example of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Moroccan architecture, one of many such palaces built by wealthy elites during this period. The palace consists of a large central courtyard, which was originally an open riad garden planted with trees, but today is fully paved and roofed over. The courtyard is centered around several fountains and surrounded by roofed galleries and wall fountains, all decorated with colorful zellij tilework and painted and carved cedar wood. The courtyard today also contains a huge, central chandelier made up of brass pieces cut into ornate geometric and arabesque motifs. Various rooms branch off the courtyard, including chambers with more ornate wood and stucco decoration. It was also equipped with multiple facilities typical of large palaces, such as kitchens and a hammam (bathhouse) – the latter being distinguished by its characteristic domed and vaulted chambers. The museum holds a diverse collection of traditional art objects from different regions of Morocco and different parts of its population, such as, weapons, carpets, costumes, pottery from Fez, Berber jewellery, Jewish liturgical objects, and more. The museum also holds exhibits of contemporary art.

Excellent value for money and it has a lot more displays. For 50 dirhams it is a deal. Lots of picture taking opportunities and some nice displays and creative ones

A hidden gem! 50 dirhams well spent. Beautiful building, it was empty when we visited. This museum does however need some TLC and restorative work.

Located in the heart of the Old Medina, the Marrakesh Museum opens in a quiet square not far from the souk's stunning bustling streets. Since its opening in 1995, this museum has prepared only a temporary response to Moroccan cultural heritage or contemporary art. The palace that houses the Mehdi Menebhi Museum was built at the end of the nineteenth century, and was designed based on the architecture of that time to give an artistic touch to European art. It has a courtyard and four rooms per space

This was the least impressive of the many museums we visited in Marrakech (so far), the main room with the giant chandelier is impressive, but most of the building is all a modern construction and for that the Dar Bacha was much more beautifully done. The pottery mostly from the 20th century and the contemporary art is mostly very average at best.

Small but atmospheric museum worth seeking out for the blend of traditional architectural designs and modern art displays. The contrast is stark but surprisingly effective, creating a unique experience that is strangely moving. Standing in the huge main room watching the fountains and listening to the splashing water is incredibly relaxing. Finish off your visit with a mint tea in the sheltered courtyard cafe...delightful.

Personally the only place I've walked in and gone WOW, the main room is stunning and amongst that there's a few side rooms but for 50 DH, I wasn't expecting a lot. It was very quiet, nobody around. I just walked straight in and spent 30 mins tops here, it's right next to the Souks and Ben Youssef so combine the two.

A small nice museum located in the middle of the old town. Really nice place.

lovely place to visit, beautiful mosaic art and is a must see place in marrakesh, decent size and you can spend there for up to 2 hours. A guide will be good to have as is,a lot of history in this place. beautiful way to spend your day.

The central internal courtyard here, with its archways, stained-glass windows, intricate painted door panels and colourful geometric mosaic tilework, was stunning and I took lots of snaps. Beyond this, the range of exhibits on show was limited and supporting signage was mostly in Arabic or French so couldn’t make out what was going on Saw everything in under 40 minutes, a real let down considering the MAD70 admission fee and spending my life walking around in circles in the medina trying to find the place.

Small museum. Not a big time commitment: even if you go slowly, an hour is plenty of time. 50 dirham, cash only. Plaques are in French and Arabic, not English. (I google translated.) Very small exhibits with a little information about ceramics, ceramic architecture, tea, tea pots, weapons, riads, and Moroccan history since about 1600. Two contemporary art exhibits as well in the side rooms, at least one of which I liked. Main courtyard and the architecture of the building itself was also interesting.

I liked the restored building quite a lot, especially the restored main hall with ab impressive huge chandelier. Most of the exhibits are only marked in French in old unmaintained printouts and the museum is rather small. So even though they entry is rather cheap I had seen everything in a very short time.

Really disappointed. Basically 0 matherial. In 2 minutes you finish everything. But most important, 0 English descriptions, limited only to French. Basically tells you they do not care at all about tourists. I would not recommend at all

Beautiful decoration, but poor exposition. No explanation in English language, very simple examples of traditional clothes and tableware.

Nice little museum to explore in less than an hour, major highlight was this beautiful middle room with a huge chandelier. There was also a caligraphist writing your name. I’d recommend to stop by if you’re doing a visit of the museums in the area

Stunning monument inside, if you go to Marrakech you must visit this museum, worth it.

It's a palace with superb architecture, arts and collection are described in French so it is handy to have visual/ocr translator like ggle translate. Contemporary arts are also in exhibit..

a beautiful place to see the history of pots, tea and the original concept of the moroccan hammam. you can also get some self-served souvenirs or ones with your names on it in a colorful arabic calligraphy. a must see place and recommend going to on the same day before/after Moulay Youssef School museum, since they're very nearby each other

I arrived an hour before closing and was concerned that I wouldn’t have time to see everything, I needn’t have worried, it is a quick museum to view, particularly for the English speakers amongst us, as very little of the descriptions are writer in anything other than Arabic and French (in a way that’s fair enough as these are the main languages spoken in Morocco). It is quite a content light as museums go but there are some interesting displays and artefacts to be seen, it’s just a shame the display cabinets are so dusty inside with the addition of the odd cracked pane of glass here and there! There were also some displays of “modern art”, a lot of which wasn’t ‘art gallery standard’ shall we say, none with any information about the piece nor the artist, but many with eyebrow raising price tags (something I can’t say I’ve seen in many museums or galleries before!) My lasting impression of the museum was of a tatty space with peeling walls, dusty displays and a sideline in selling ‘interesting’ local art. This for me was summed up by the sinks in the gents toilet that had ill fitting taps, rather than adjust or change the taps, a hole had been broken in the ornamental wood splash back. There is so much potential but no care or thought being taken, or perhaps it is just underfunded. The huge metal chandelier in the main room is pretty stunning though, along side beautiful historic mosaic tile work!

Stumbled upon this while looking around the souks. Very beautiful but very small, only spent 10-20 mins there but worth the small entry fee. The main room is beautiful.

A beautiful place that is unfortunately very badly preserved. Poorly exhibited items with no protection from the elements, destroyed items in order to accommodate modern devices. For 50 dirhams I guess it was ok.

An old grand Riad from late 1800s. Very beautiful. Must see.

Irgendwie ist es uns nicht gelungen, im Vorfeld Infos zu den Ausstellungen zu beschaffen. Somit sind wir mit etwas anderen Vorstellungen da gewesen. Das Museum war nur mäßig besucht. Es war unangenehm heiß im inneren. Dennoch würden wir einen Besuch empfehlen.

There’s not a great deal to see here but the architecture of the building itself is wonderful, I spent ages just looking around the main hall. There are some exhibits of pottery and clothing etc but they seem to be almost an afterthought,the modern art exhibition was interesting too. There’s a courtyard cafe which is well worth stopping at for a mint tea, to escape the hubbub if the medina and rest your feet for a minute.

Museum building is great, but museum has not much to see, entrance 50 Dh for foreigners, only cash.

No information in English. Nice to see but not a must.

Beautiful architecture and garden. We did not know one had to book the coffee shop and there was a 2 h wait - pity as it looked v inviting. No need to be pol in advance.

The building is beautiful, but as others have said - the exhibits are poorly maintained and there are no plaques in languages apart from French. There is also a contemporary art exhibition with entirely unlabeled paintings, and no descriptions. Your visit will be brief!

It became my N1 museum here in Morocco

Almost no signs translated to English - only French. Not well kept and no information about the artifacts. Only redeeming quality is there is an Arabic calligrapher in the museum who does $2 custom bookmarks with any names added. His work is beautiful!

Another beautiful riyadh, lovingly restored and exhibiting some interesting paintings and ceramics. I loved the spacious central room in particular.

It was nice but there was no explanation through the path. But if you need a break from the sun it’s ok to spend 50 dh (5 euros)

The museum is quite small. It is probably informative but they only provide French and Arabic introduction and you will not understand what is going on with all the beautiful pottery and ceramic.

No lack of Moroccan culture in this museum. Everything from the architecture to the music playing will take you through the history of this wonderful city. I consider this place a gem because it was nearly entirely empty when I visited, giving me the freedom to enjoy the background music of the oud and the art around me unobstructed.

Didn't understand it as it was all in French. Quite small too. Much better going next door to the newly refurbished Ben Yousef building, which costs less as well.

Very Nice museum, but most of all because of the architecture of the old palace. The museum itself is very simple and only have info written in French. Some of the exibition is local art paintings, that you can buy.

Worth visiting for architectural reasons, but not for the exhibition inside the museum. Architectural design is in a typical Moorish style with an Islamic history. They are charging an entry fees. Staff are polite and helpful, but not very good English language spoken.

Good museum if you want to know more about Moroccan culture and history.

Incredible space. The center courtyard is worth the trip in and of itself! Especially that the Medrasa and other sites are currently going through renovations!

This museum is a nice place to spend sometime. It throws light on the Moroccan architecture widely known for its colourful tile work. You get to understand the life and culture of the people.