Bardo National Museum

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Bardo National Museum is a major Tunisian museum renowned for its extensive collection of Roman mosaics and archaeological artifacts, housed in a former palace in the suburbs of Tunis.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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Alaoui Museum 1
المتحف الوطني بباردو 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum ⓘ
art museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Arab-Islamic architecture ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ
attackDate 18 March 2015 ⓘ
attackOccurred 2015 Bardo National Museum attack ⓘ
attackType terrorist attack ⓘ
buildingType palace ⓘ
collectionType Carthaginian artifacts ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
Phoenician artifacts ⓘ
Punico-Libyan artifacts ⓘ
Roman artifacts ⓘ
Roman mosaics ⓘ
archaeological artifacts ⓘ
early Christian artifacts ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
formerName Bardo National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alaoui Museum
hasExhibit Blue Koran fragments ⓘ
Dionysos and the Seasons mosaic ⓘ
Islamic ceramics ⓘ
Neptune and the Nereids mosaic ⓘ
Punic stelae ⓘ
Roman statuary ⓘ
Virgil Mosaic ⓘ
hasPart new modern wing ⓘ
old palace wing ⓘ
heritage Tunisian national heritage ⓘ
inception 1888 ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Bardo suburb ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Tunis Governorate ⓘ
namedAfter Bardo ⓘ
nativeName Bardo National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: المتحف الوطني بباردو
nativeNameLanguage ar ⓘ
nearby Tunis Metro ⓘ
surface form: Tunis Metro Bardo station

Tunis city center NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor one of the world’s richest collections of Roman mosaics ⓘ
occupies former beylical palace ⓘ
operator Tunisian Ministry of Culture ⓘ
owner Tunisian government ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian state
publicAccess yes ⓘ
reopeningDate 2012 ⓘ
significance one of the most important museums in North Africa ⓘ
one of the most important museums in the Mediterranean region ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
underwentRenovation 2009–2012 expansion and refurbishment ⓘ
victimOf terrorism in Tunisia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunis Governorate → contains → Bardo National Museum ⓘ
Bardo National Museum → formerName → Bardo National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alaoui Museum
Tunis → hasLandmark → Bardo National Museum ⓘ
Bardo National Museum → nativeName → Bardo National Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: المتحف الوطني بباردو