The Jordan Museum, Amman Governorate, Jordan

5CasaRoscoe 5:00 PM Mar 12, 2023

A Must See
The Jordan Museum is housed in an attractive new building in old downtown Amman. Easy to get to on foot or by taxi, the museum is well worth a visit. When we visited an excellent special display was in place comparing and linking old methods with new: communication, water, symbols, and identity among them. The signage reflected the best in current museum exhibition practices and is displayed in Arabic and English. The remainder of the museum is a mostly chronological exploration of Jordan's history, and some superb archaeological finds are on display. A small room of Dead Sea Scroll fragments, as well as an unrolled - and still mostly undeciphered - copper scroll is very interesting. Allow about an hour, or more if you plan to read all the display text.

5RoBeeTravels 5:00 PM Jan 17, 2020

Very interesting and informative
We visited this museum on our first day in Amman, so I felt it was a very good introduction to the culture and history of Jordan. The museum itself feels new, is very well designed, interactive and informative. I enjoyed reading about the various pre-historical exhibits and it was really cool being able to see some of the Dead Sea scrolls. There was also an interesting exhibition portraying the scarcity of water in the region and it made me more aware of the importance of using water sensibly during my stay there (and in my everyday life). It is worth noting that you need to have cash to pay for the museum entry ticket, which was about 5 JD, as credit cards were not accepted (in October 2019).