Gallery

The Traditional Life Gallery presents Jordan’s “Living History” giving insight into the urban, rural and Bedouin modes of life. It aims to link today’s Jordanian youth with their national heritage, highlighting the elements relevant to modern Jordan such as the different cultures of Jordan and environment friendly traditional techniques. The gallery houses items representing the following Jordanian cultures:

• The culture of the desert (Bedu) displayed through a Bedouin tent placed in the museum outdoor area.
• The culture of the villages (Reef) represented by the village house.
• The culture of the towns and cities (Madineh) represented by three city shops.

 The collection of the gallery will display items of daily life from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as:

1. Costumes of the various areas in Jordan.
2. Utensils used for food preparation, making bread, coffee…etc.

The modern Jordan wing represents the history of Jordan starting from the Great Arab   Renaissance through to the establishment of the Emirate and the kingdom and finally reaching the present time with a vision of the future. The wing includes two galleries, the GAR (Great Arab Renaissance) and the Modern Jordan gallery. It aims to introduce the history of Jordan to the visitors by highlighting the diversity of the population and the achievement of Jordanians.

The gallery displays objects representing the development of modern Jordan in different aspects covering a wide range of objects from the independence, education, health, social life and other sides of contemporary Jordan.