The building known as Dar al-Saraya (Ottoman Administrative building ) is located over Irbid archaeological tell , after the acquisition of the building by Department of Antiquities in 1994 , a conservation work had been carried out for the building and it was transformed to an archaeological museum in 06/02/2007.
The museum consists of seven halls, six of which are the original
Ottoman building style. chronological exhibition distributed in another three large rooms introducing Jordan civilization. Besides, there are three rooms consists of special topics such as mining, sculptures and mosaics ,seals, jewelry, , Islamic inscriptions thamudic and Arabic.
Good and valuable presentation of Jordanian past
Very ancient, rich of old Romans tools
Enjoying places
Not open most of the time and it's just disappointing to go through the whole waiting to see an empty space with low maintenance.
Great museum, showing a review of history of the their lands since bronze age to Ottoman period. Placed in an Ottoman ex-prison.
nice place
Have only seen one live music performance here, but I'm definitely going more often!
very Good but need places for visitors to sit
I really enjoyed this museum. It is one of two main museums in Irbid. It is really cool because originally the structure was an Ottoman Castle, abandoned, turned into a prison, and finally turned into a museum. The architecture of the building is typical Ottoman style with beautiful rocks, and the museum itself has many artifacts to see. Especially mosaics floors they have taken from older excavation sited. The entrance is not expensive and is a must visit if you are in Irbid.
I love it
not a lot of things