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Tunisia to Reopen Historic Bardo National Museum after 2-Year Closure


Wed 06 Sep 2023 | 09:33 AM
File photo - Bardo National Museum
File photo - Bardo National Museum
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Tunisia will soon reopen its Bardo national museum, the Culture Ministry announced  Tuesday.

The museum was closed in 2021 after President Kais Saied shuttered the parliament, which shares the same building.

The ministry did not give a date to reopen the museum.

However, it said that some restoration work had been carried out.

The museum is located in a historic palace and home to one of the world's most magnificent collections of ancient Roman mosaics.

The Bardo mosaics, alongside others in the museums at Sousse and by the amphitheatre at El-Djem, are taken from the luxurious villas built during the Roman era and into late antiquity.