Salt Archaeological Museum

About Salt Archaeological Museum

The Salt Archaeological Museum is a small museum run by the Department of Antiquities in the Touqan House, one of the heritage houses in the centre of old Salt, a few steps from Al-Ain Plaza, the Great Mosque and the Historic Old Salt Museum. It was established in 1983 to gather what excavations have uncovered across Balqa Governorate, so it is the place to see the antiquities of the country around Salt and the Jordan Valley collected in one house, and it is a stop on the Harmony Trail that links the old town's landmarks. The displays cover a long span from the Chalcolithic Age to the late Islamic period: pottery and tools from the archaeological sites of Balqa, finds of the Bronze and Iron Ages, pieces from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, and Islamic objects from the Umayyads to the Ottomans, arranged by period in the rooms of the traditional house around its courtyard. The Touqan House itself, in Salt's yellow-stone architecture, completes the experience begun at the Abu Jaber House and leaves the visitor with a picture of the old town and the life of its people.

Where:

Salt, Jordan