Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions

The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is a museum in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, displaying Algerian art; including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.[1] The museum is housed in a former 16th-century Ottoman palace.[1] The former Turkish residence was formerly known as Dar Bakri.[2]

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  1. 1 2 Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S. (2009), "Algeria", The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, p. 51, ISBN 019530991X, the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in a fine, 16th-century Ottoman palace with good displays of rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes.
  2. ↑ Myers, Bernard Samuel (1959), "Africa, North", Encyclopedia of World Art, Volume 1, McGraw-Hill, p. lxxxvi, The Palace of Dar Bakri is a fine Turkish residence now given over to a permanent exposition of Algerian art...

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