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Guide Location: Tunisia » Tunis
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 6
Tour Duration: 1 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 2.6 km
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 6
Tour Duration: 1 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 2.6 km
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Author: leticia
Tunis offers a vast range of cultural venues such as museums, galleries and theaters. Discover the history of the Tunisian postal service at Musee Postal, the evolution of cinematic technology at Musee du Cinema, or enjoy musical performances at Théâtre Municipal! Check out Musée de la ville de Tunis for great exhibitions of plastic arts, as well as other art galleries with rich collections of paintings. Check out these cultural venues in Tunis in the next walking tour.
Tour Stops and Attractions
1) Musee du Cinema
Musee du Cinema is a young museum in Tunis. This Tunisian film museum was inaugurated in 1998. It traces the evolution of cinematic technology and home theater equipment dating back to 1904. Visitors can also enjoy films that focus on the history of cinema.
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2) Dar Bouderbala
The Dar Bouderbala is also known as the Medina Gallery. It is located in the city center in a gorgeous 19th century medina house. This modern art gallery holds occasional exhibitions of contemporary Tunisian painters and its goal is to promote young Tunisian talent.
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3) Mausoleum et Musee Sidi Bou Khrissan
Musee Lapidaire Sidi Bou Khrissan, or Mausoleum et Musee Sidi Bou Khrissan, is a small museum of elaborate carved tombstones. It also contains a vast collection of funerary monuments.
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4) Musee Postal
At this little museum you will see a rich collection of Tunisian stamps dating from the 19th century to the present. This little postal museum also exhibits different historic items, for example old telephones.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5) Musée de la ville de Tunis
The former Palais Kheireddine, or fine white façades building, is now home to the Musée de la ville de Tunis. Every year this museum houses great exhibitions of plastic arts and interesting temporary exhibitions.
6) Théâtre Municipal
The Municipal Theater of Tunis is located in the former 19th century Palais du Theatre. Unique in the Medina, it is a sort of Palladian villa behind high walls and reflects the growing taste for all Italian things in 19th century Tunis. It offers different performances including opera, ballet and symphonic concerts.
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