Morocco Museums Guide 2026

Opened in 2017, this terracotta-and-concrete building by Studio KO houses the legacy of Yves Saint Laurent, who drew on Marrakech for much of his career. The permanent collection traces his career from the 1960s through the 1990s. Temporary exhibitions rotate every few months. The brick facade is laid to suggest woven fabric. An on-site cafe serves Moroccan-French fusion dishes in a courtyard garden.

Inaugurated by King Mohammed VI in 2014, this is the largest museum built in Morocco in over a century. The 12,000 square meter building hosts major temporary exhibitions featuring both Moroccan and international artists. Past shows have included works by Giacometti, African contemporary photography, and retrospectives of major Moroccan painters like Mohamed Melehi and Farid Belkahia. The building stands on the grand Avenue Moulay Hassan in central Rabat.

Housed in a 19th-century Hispano-Moorish summer palace built by Sultan Moulay Hassan I, Dar Batha displays traditional arts and crafts from the Fes region. The ceramics gallery features hundreds of pieces of the famous blue-and-white Fassi pottery that has been produced in the city for centuries. Additional rooms showcase carved wood, wrought iron, embroidered fabrics, and Berber carpets. The Andalusian garden with its fountain and mature trees is worth the admission price alone.

The museum fills Dar el Makhzen, the former sultan's palace at the highest point of the Tangier medina. The centerpiece is a Roman mosaic of Venus. Other rooms hold Phoenician and Carthaginian artifacts, Islamic-era pottery, historic maps and weapons, under painted wooden ceilings around marble courtyards. Gardens behind the palace offer panoramic views of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Located in the Al Maaden development south of central Marrakech, MACMA is dedicated to contemporary and modern art from across Africa. The collection spans painting, sculpture, photography, and multimedia installations. The museum hosts rotating exhibitions that feature both established African artists and emerging talent. The minimalist building stands apart from the red-earth land around it, and there is a sculpture garden and a reading room.

Opened in 1997 in the Oasis neighborhood of Casablanca, this museum covers Morocco's Jewish community, which once numbered over 250,000 people. Exhibits include ceremonial objects, Torah scrolls, traditional clothing, photographs and documents tracing Jewish life from antiquity to the present, plus the history of the mellah (Jewish quarter) in Moroccan cities.

Located within the Jardin Majorelle compound, the Berber Museum occupies the former studio of painter Jacques Majorelle. The collection, curated by Pierre Berge and Yves Saint Laurent, covers Amazigh (Berber) cultures across Morocco's mountains, deserts, and coasts. Displays are organized by region and include intricate silver jewelry from the Anti-Atlas, hand-loomed carpets from the Middle Atlas, painted wooden doors from the Draa Valley, and ceremonial costumes worn during harvest festivals.

Built in the late 19th century by Si Said, brother of the grand vizier Ba Ahmed, this palace-turned-museum displays traditional Moroccan woodcraft, metalwork, and decorative arts. Look for the geometric cedar panels, mashrabiya screens and painted ceiling beams. The central courtyard has a riad garden and a marble fountain, and it is much quieter than the medina streets outside.

The museum occupies the restored Nejjarine Fondouk, an 18th-century merchants' inn in the Fes medina. It displays wooden objects organized across three floors: musical instruments, artisan tools, household objects, and architectural elements. The building itself, with its carved cedar balconies, zellige tilework, and central fountain, is as much the attraction as the collection inside. The rooftop terrace offers views across the medina rooftops to the Merenid tombs and surrounding hills.

Jacques Majorelle spent 40 years creating this botanical garden, and Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge rescued it from developers in 1980. The garden features towering bamboo groves, bougainvillea, cacti, palms, and water features surrounding the villa painted in the trademark Majorelle Blue. It is a garden rather than a museum, and the Berber Museum stands in its grounds. The on-site boutique sells officially licensed Majorelle and YSL products.