Dar Si Said
Dar Si Said () is a historic late 19th-century palace and present-day museum in Marrakesh, Morocco. History It was built between 1894 and 1900 by Si Sa'id ibn Musa, a vizier and minister of defence under his brother Ba Ahmad ibn Musa, who was the Grand Vizier and effective ruler of Morocco during the same period under Sultan Abdelaziz (ruled 1894–1908). After 1914, under the French Protectorate administration, the palace served as the seat of the regional leaders of Marrakesh. It was converted into a museum of "indigenous arts" (meaning Moroccan art) and woodcraft in 1930 or 1932. In 1957, after Moroccan independence, the palace was split into a museum section and a section occupied by the Service de l’Artisanat (Agency of Artisanship). The building has been restored several times since and remains a museum today. Following renovations carried out by the recently-created Fondation Nationale des Musées, the museum reopened in 2018 as the National Museum of Weaving and Carpets. The museum was significantly damaged by the September 2023 earthquake and was subsequently closed for repairs. As of October 2023, it was estimated that repairs would take at least six months. Architecture The palace's architecture is similar in ornament to