Jordan's Museums Official Website
Jordan's Museums Official Website
It is located in Al Hallābāt Region in Aḍ Ḍulayl District, Az Zarqāʼ Governorate. It was opened in 2008 within the visitor center at Qaṣr Al Hallābāt.
It is considered a “site museum”, which means that all pieces within the museum belong to the same site. Al allābāt site includes Palace, Umayyad Mosque, surrounding houses, the Birkah (reservoir), and the bathhouse “Hammām Aṣ Ṣarāḥ”.
The museum includes 150 different artefacts such as inscriptions, marble crowns, statues, mosaics, glass pieces, and pottery objects.
Located next to the historical Aqaba Castle, Sharif Hussein bin Ali’s house was built in 1917 by the people of Aqaba in the style of Hijazi homes. He lived in it before he was exiled from there to Cyprus on 17 June 1925.
Aqaba
The idea of opening a museum of Jordanian stamps came during the reign of His Excellency the Minister of Communications, Mr. Saeed Al-Tal, in 1979.
Amman
The Ottoman Citadel of Ma’an, which became a museum, was built between 1559-1563 during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, with the aim of providing safety for pilgrims’ convoys that were passing through Ma’an from the Levant to the Hijaz.
Ma'an