Musée de Marrakech review: our verdict
You enter the Musée de Marrakech through a central patio covered by a stretched canvas that filters the light, featuring a monumental chandelier above the fountain and endless zellige tile floors. The palace was built in 1898 for the vizier Mehdi El Menebhi before becoming a girls' school in the 1960s and then a museum.
About half of the rooms showcase Moroccan painters, while the rest tells the story of ceramics, pottery, tea, and an old private hammam reached via small passages. It's a good hour of quiet after the nearby Médersa Ben Youssef, suitable for couples or families, but not ideal if you're coming from the Bahia expecting comparable volumes, as the museum is small and its maintenance sometimes leaves something to be desired.
The trap: nearly invisible small steps in the mosaics, and the lack of air conditioning in summer. The best time slot: lunch hour when groups are elsewhere; open every day from 9:30 am to 6 pm. The good tip: look for the hammam entrance from the ceramics hall.
