Bardo Museum is one of the most famous museums in the Mediterranean countries and the second largest in Africa. He can tell you all about the history of Tunisia, and is no less than a few thousand years.

The original name of the museum - Alaun (in honor of one of the rulers of Tunisia), but later, after gaining the state independence, the museum was renamed the Bardo - the title Bey palace in which it is located since 1888. Since the museum's collection is constantly replenished, and the number of visitors increases every year, often building repair - build out new facilities, redistribute collection.

The museum consists of several sections, each of which is dedicated to its period.

Bardo has one of the best and one of the largest collections of mosaics of the Roman period. Some scenes mosaics are unique in the world and is therefore considered to be unique - for example, "It Virgil." In the halls dedicated to this period, as there are many marble statues of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses of the Roman emperors. All these finds were discovered during excavations in Carthage in the early twentieth century. In the halls of the museum are also exhibited a collection of terracotta statues found during excavations of the Libyan-Punic Carthage, and masks used by the actors of the ancient theater. In the next section of the museum - the Islamic Conference - the world-famous Blue Koran, as well as a collection of ceramics from Asia Minor to the IX century.