Ajloun Archaeological Museum

The Ajloun Archaeological Museum established in 1993 is located inside one of the halls of the Ajloun castle built in 1184 by Izz al-Din Usama ibn Munqidh a nephew of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin).

The showcases at the Ajloun Archaeological Museum contain exhibits obtained from the archaeological excavations in Ajloun, Wadi al-Yabis, Wadi Ajlun-Kufrenjeh and Tell Abu Sarbut in the northern Jordan Valley.

Items include:

Flint tools, worked bone including needles and borers, and basalt objects dating to the pre-pottery Neolithic, from the 1991 excavations at Iraq ad-Dubb to the northeast of Ajloun.
pottery vessels dating to The Early Bronze Age, The Byzantine period from Khirbet Mahrama cemetery and other sites in the district.

A collection of pottery vessels, lamps and sugar pots, copper and bronze tools and grinding stones, as well as several Arabic inscription found in the Ajloun Castle dating to The Islamic periods (Ayyubid-Mamlauk).

Location: Ajloun, Ajloun Castle
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: included in the Ajloun Castle entrance fees
Residents: 250 fils, Tourist: 1JD
Tel: (02) 6420956