The best museums Great South

Tozeur's Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is a charming little museum housed in a former marabout. In these few rooms, Souad and her husband welcome you with all their heart, as if they were receiving friends. The museum is small, but very cute. The bridal room is particularly pretty, and the old kitchen full of traditional objects. Souad knows Tozeur and its history inside out, and is sure to enliven your visit with songs and poems.

A small museum on the history of Gafsa, quite interesting for history lovers. The collections are divided into two groups: the first is made up of tools (in flint and carved stone or bone) from the prehistoric period, which are linked to the Capsian culture, while the second brings together various pieces (statues, ceramics, mosaics, etc.) from the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal periods. Two mosaics in particular, that of Venus fishing and that of the athletic games and pugilism, are particularly beautiful!

In this nice museum, you will learn a lot about the part of the Sahara located in the Douz region. With a rather pleasant museology, you will understand the natural (fauna and flora) and cultural heritage of the Grand Erg Oriental, as well as the traditional life of the five tribes that historically populated the Douz region. You will learn a lot about the camels, these inescapable animals of the region. In the center of the museum stands a large nomadic tent. An interesting stop before going to really survey the desert!

A few kilometres before arriving in Matmata, a magnificent cave ensemble reveals itself. Its owner, Faisal Habib, has for some years wanted it to be a luxury hotel. But the project is slow to take shape. In the meantime, Diar Amor is also a café, a shop, a restaurant and a modest museum located in the family house of Faycal, three generations old. Shame on the location (too) tourism: all the coaches stop here. 

A rich collection of fossils and pieces of dinosaur skeletons, as well as maps, diagrams and various reconstructions that explain the origins and evolution of our planet. In the center of the main hall, there are reconstructions of an iguanodontid dinosaur made of plaster and a pterosaur hanging from the ceiling, as well as a silicon simulation of a theropod egg nest. The museum has been chosen to be the nucleus of a future "Geopark of the Dahar".

The museum is located in a traditional house in the medina of Nefta. The strength of this museum? Its incredible collection of hundreds of photographs illustrating the landscapes of the region and especially the way of life of its inhabitants and their traditions. Thanks to them, and to the comments of the inexhaustible and passionate curator, you will learn everything about the history of Nefta between 1850 and 1950. In the courtyard of the museum are exposed various objects of the local craft industry.

This museum was born in 1999 to promote the Amazigh origins of Tamezret. Mongi devotes his time and energy to it. A true militant of his culture, he collects objects that bear witness to the life of his ancestors and collects the memory of the village from the elders. In a pleasant troglodytic house, Mongi tells a thousand and one stories about the local culture. He is also a craftsman: margoums, shawls and leather boots are reproduced identically by hand from ancient pieces.

Dar Taoufik is an open air museum. The very welcoming Taoufik welcomes you in his superb 420 year old troglodytic house. This house has kept all its original architectural aspect. In front of the freshness of the earth, you understand the way of life of the inhabitants of yesteryear. We come to Dar Taoufik to admire the architecture, we stay there because we are offered a delicious snack made of honey and olive oil and we want to come back for the extraordinary and warm welcome that your host reserves for you. A stop more than recommended!