The Museum of Moroccan Culinary Art
The country's first museum devoted to Moroccan cuisine, in a restored 18<sup>th</sup>-century palace near the Bahia: utensils, recipes, demonstrations - and, on the roof, a restaurant and a tea room. Livelier than an object museum: you sit in on a workshop, you taste. A short, tasty visit, well placed on the Bahia circuit.
History & context
The Museum of Moroccan Culinary Art opened in late 2019, in a restored 18th-century palace in the medina, minutes from the Bahia Palace. It bills itself as the country’s first museum entirely devoted to Moroccan cuisine.
The rooms lay out the history of the Moroccan table: utensils, recipes, cooking techniques, produce. The visit is doubled by demonstrations and workshops - bread, mint tea, pastries - and cooking classes with chefs, tasting at the end.
On the top floor, the restaurant ‘Le Douar Médina’ and a tea room extend the visit, with a view over the roofs of the medina.
A museum where you get to taste: Moroccan cuisine explained, then set on the plate.
What to see - the highlights
Moroccan cuisine told
Utensils, recipes, cooking techniques and the history of the Moroccan table, room by room in the palace.
Demonstrations and workshops
Bread, mint tea, pastries, and cooking classes with chefs, tasting at the end.
The 18<sup>th</sup>-century palace
A restored house of traditional architecture, which serves as a setting for the collection.
The terrace and the tea room
On the top floor, the restaurant 'Le Douar Médina' and a tea room, view over the roofs of the medina.
When to go
To carry on into lunch on the terrace.
Last entry at 6pm, and the terrace closes at 5pm.
Indoor visit, independent of the weather.
Tickets & workshops
Book ahead - useful during peak hours, when the queue can top thirty minutes.
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Visitor tips
Late morning, to carry on into lunch on the roof.
Coming after 6pm: last entry, and the terrace closes at 5pm.
- The online ticket (visit + coffee or tea + pastries) comes in cheaper than the door entry.
- To cook yourself, book a workshop (class with a chef) rather than the simple visit.
- Minutes from the Bahia Palace and Dar Si Said: worth combining in the same loop.
Location & access
In the medina, on Riad Zitoun el-Jdid, opposite the Post Office, next door to the Bahia Palace. On foot from Jemaa el-Fna, about ten minutes.
