page_title: National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art
hierarchical_section_title: National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art
caption_attribution_description: English: "This photochrome print of the Musée National des Antiquités Algériennes in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The museum, which opened in 1897, was described in the 1911 edition of Baedeker’s The Mediterranean, seaports and sea routes: Handbook for Travellers as containing “the finest collection of the kind in Algeria.” The print depicts the museum’s entrance hall, holding part of the collection of ancient columns and sculpture. The hall shows the fine decorative architectural details of the building. According to Baedeker’s, in the courtyard were 17th-century and later landscapes of Algiers and other parts of Algeria, along with “modern views of Algiers and Arabic, Jewish, and Turkish inscriptions. In the centre is a Roman mosaic from Sila, representing Scylla and marine deities.”"
context_page_description: The National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art is an art museum in Algiers, Algeria.
context_section_description: The National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art (Musée National des Antiquités & des Arts Islamiques in French) is an art museum in Algiers, Algeria.
caption: Museum of Antiquities ca. 1899
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