Dar Cherait Museum

Dar Cherait Museum is an ethnographic museum in Tozeur featuring ten reconstructed rooms where mannequins in traditional dress depict scenes from daily life in the past. The building itself is a former palace of a wealthy family whose rooms serve as exhibition spaces.

The museum was founded in 1990 as Tunisia's first private institution of this kind and reflects growing interest in preserving regional history. After closing during the 2011 revolution, it reopened in 2014.

The museum displays scenes of daily life through mannequins dressed in historical clothing arranged in rooms of a bourgeois home. Visitors can see how people in the region lived and organized their domestic spaces.

The museum is located near Tozeur's date palm groves and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors should plan to spend a couple of hours exploring the rooms and enjoying the surrounding area.

The museum occasionally presents evening performances with music and storytelling that bring the historical spaces to life in unexpected ways. These events add a theatrical dimension to the experience of exploring the rooms.

GPS coordinates: 33.91316,8.12061

Latest update: December 12, 2025 14:40