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The Irbid Archaeological Museum was established in the
early sixties, along with Irbid Antiquities Office. It
was originally composed of one exhibition hall on the
slope of Tell Irbid. Due to the vast increase in the
numbers of archaeological artefacts from the excavations
in the Irbid District, the museum was moved to a new
building, in the southern part of the city, in 1984.
The collections of the museum are composed of various
artefacts from the excavations of the Department of
Antiquities and the international archaeological
mission, ranging in date from the Palaeolithic up to the
Islamic periods. Presently, the area of the museum is
again too small for the display of the finds from the
northern sector of the country. The Department of
Antiquities is aiming at renovated the Ottoman Seray at
Irbid (known as the
"old
prison") and converted it into the new museum. This
building, on Tell Irbid, is one of the oldest buildings
in the city.
Location: Irbid,
Opening hours: 8AM - 7PM in the summer, 8AM - 4
PM in the winter, 8AM - 3:00PM in Ramadan, 10AM - 4PM
Fridays & official holidays
Closing days: first day of Eid El-Fiseh & Eid Al-Adha
Entrance fees: free
Tel: 02 7275817 |
