Red Castle Museum

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Red Castle Museum or Assaraya Alhamra Museum (Arabic: متحف السرايا الحمراء) or Archaeological Museum in Tripoli, in Tripoli's Red Castle, is Libya's national museum, located in the Tripoli old district of Medina. Coordinates: 32°53′45″N 13°10′49″E / 32.89583°N 13.18028°E / 32.89583; 13.18028

The museum was established in 1919, when the Italians converted a section of the castle to a museum to house many of the archaeological artifacts scattered across the country since prehistoric times.

When the British occupied Libya during the Second World War, the museum occupied the entire complex of the castle and became known as "The Libyan Museum" in 1948. It reopened its doors to the public in 1988, and became known as Assaraya Alhmara museum "Red Castle Museum" or The Jamahiriya Museum.

Contents 1 Wings of the museum 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Wings of the museum

• Prehistory
• Ancient Libyan Tribes (the Berbers: Garamentes, Tuareg, etc.)
• Libyan-Punic-Greco-Roman-Byzantine Traditions
• Natural History of Libya.

[edit] See also

• List of museums in Libya

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• (English) Assaraya Alhamra Museum

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