Mahdia Museum

The Museum of Mahdia is located in the buildings of the old municipality, which was completely renovated to accommodate its collections, and reflects the general history of Tunisia, to which the city of Mahdia contributed greatly. It opened its collections in 1997, and it presents many artifacts, including ceramics belonging to the Punic and Roman periods. , and a beautiful collection of mosaics, and a Byzantine treasure with 268 gold coins, in addition to various holdings from the Islamic era. The museum offers visitors pieces dating back to the Libico-Punic and Roman-African antiquities, while there is a part of the floor dedicated to the legacy of the Byzantine and Islamic eras, and the Greek civilization is represented by two partially eroded marble columns. The museum also displays a large collection of crafts from the city and its surroundings, which date back Some of them refer to the Fatimid family that founded the city in the tenth century, such as carved and painted woodwork, mosaics, decorative plaster, ceramics, pottery and others. Two rooms have also been allocated. One of them is for weaving and the other is for the luxurious traditional costumes of the Mahdia region, and the "Treasures and Jewelry" room displays gold coins and traditional ornaments worn by the women of the region.