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Salt
Archaeological Museum
The Salt Archaeological Museum first opened
in 1986 is located in the new Salt
commercial center on the left just before
you enter the main part of the city. The
museum was newly renovated under a project
headed by the royal Netherlands embassy.
The museum has two halls the first holds a
wide collection of pottery, large water
jars, ceramic lamps, pottery plates, bowls,
glass vessels & candelabra from a church at
Jal'ad dating from the Chalcolithic up to
The Byzantine period.
Finds from the Wadi Shu'eib area and the
"Roman Mausoleum" are exhibited in the main
hall as well. These include bronze bracelets
and coins ranging from the Hellenistic to
the Ayyubid period.
The second hall is smaller. On show here are
collections of pottery and glass from
various sites in the Balqa' District,
mosaics from the South Shuneh Byzantine
church as well as a collection of
photographs of traditional houses, streets
and suqs in Salt.
Location: Salt, Salt commercial center
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: 05 3555653
Salt Folklore Museum
Located in the Salt Cultural Center Just off
the main street. The museum opened in 1987
was established for the conservation and
display of the popular heritage of al-Balqa'.
It is comprised of two sections, Bedouin and
village life. Each illustrates the culture
of Jordanian Society how they lived and
adapted with the surrounding environment.
In the Bedouin section there is a goat hair
tent consisting of two parts: ash-Shaq where
the man of the household and his male guests
sit and al-Mahram where women sit. In ash-shaq
the coffee ritual takes place with the
coffee pot (Dallah), the coffee roasting pan
(Mehmas) and mortar for grinding coffee (Mehbash).
On display there are the weapons used for
the defense of the tribe, such as the sword
and gun.
The village house is built with reeds and
re-used archaeological stone blocks. In it
is the folded up bedding and the special
chest for keeping the family heirlooms.
Household activities are demonstrated by
models of women baking bread and grinding
wheat.
Location: Salt, Salt Cultural center
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: 05 3551781 |
