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The '''Museum of Marrakech''' is a historic [[palace]] and [[museum]] located in the old center of [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]]. In addition to its notable [[Moroccan architecture|architecture]], the museum's collection showcases various historic [[Work of art|art objects]] and [[contemporary art]] from Morocco.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=jYx4PSzWRngC&lpg=PA359&dq=mus%C3%A9e%20de%20marrakech%20rough%20guide&pg=PA359#v=onepage&q=mus%C3%A9e%20de%20marrakech%20rough%20guide&f=false|title=The Rough Guide to Morocco|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2010|isbn=|edition=9th|location=|pages=359}}</ref>
== History ==
The museum is housed in the Dar Mnebhi Palace, constructed at the end of the 19th century or at the beginning of the 20th century by [[ Mehdi Menebhi|Mehdi Mnebhi]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=March 2019|title=Le quartier ibn Yūsuf|url=https://www.academia.edu/39197821/Bulletin_du_patrimoine_de_Marrakech_et_sa_r%C3%A9gion|journal=Bulletin du patrimoine de Marrakech et de sa région|volume=|pages=|via=}}</ref> the ''[[qaid]]'' of the Mnabha tribe and the [[vizier]] (minister) of war under Sultan [[Abdelaziz of Morocco|Moulay Abdelaziz]], from 1900 to 1908.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=PALAIS MNEBHI – Conseil Régional du Tourisme (CRT) de Fès|url=http://visitefes.com/palais-mnebhi-fes/|access-date=2020-06-05|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Lonely Planet Morocco|publisher=Lonely Planet|year=2017|edition=12th}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The palace was later seized by Pasha [[Thami El Glaoui]], the autocratic ruler of southern Morocco under [[French Protectorate in Morocco|French rule]], while Mnebhi was on a trip outside the country. After Morocco regained its independence (1956), the palace was seized by the state and in 1965 it was converted to a girls' school.
== Architecture ==
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