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With its unparalled collection of mosaics, the Bardo Museum is sometimes likened to the Louvre for its breadth and quality. Most of the mosaics were commissioned between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD to adorn the sumptuous villas of wealthy citizens throughout Tunisia. The rooms of the Bardo are named after the places from which the mosaics were found - such as the Dougga Room, Bulla Regia Room, and so on.

Sousse Archeological Museum, Sousse is of the famous museums in the country. The museum, one of the top rated Tourist Attractions in Sousse, displays beautiful collection of mosaics. Art lovers, sculptor, painters and general visitors frequent this well-known museum in Sousse. Sousse Archeological Museum, Sousse is easily accessible from all parts of the city ands visitors will have no problem in locating the museum.

The National Museum of Carthage located on the Byrsa Hill, contains a most interesting Punic and Roman collection from marble sarcophagi to everyday household items as well as a model of Punic Carthage and the Roman Capitol and Tophet built on its ruins. Here again we find the curious Punic colored glass paste masks with their large protruding eyes and the clay masks designed to ward off the evil spirits as well as a lovely collection of jewelry.

The Raqqada Museum. This former presidential palace 10 km southwest of Kairouan near the archeological site of Raqqada, now houses the largest museum of Islamic art in Tunisia.

It comprises: A ceramics room, distinguished by a varied collection of ceramics, mainly from digs on the sites of Raqqada, 9th-century capital of the Aghlabids, and Sabra al-Mansuriyya, capital of the Fatimids and the Zirids between the 10th and 11th centuries. 

Originally planned to house a large collection of mosaics discovered in 1960 and 1961, the El Jem Museum was completed and opened to the public in 1970, bringing to an end the extensive dispersion of the archeological remains from Thysdrus, that had until then been divided among the Bardo, Sousse and Sfax museums. Inspired by the design of a Roman house, the museum includes three large exhibition rooms and a reception area,

This museum is housed on the ground floor of an 18th-century palace, Dar Ben Abdallah, located in the heart of the medina (old city).
The palace includes three elements, a masters' house, where the museum is located, the guests' house, containing the museum administration, and the common rooms.

The Ribat of Monastir. This is both a religious and a military monument built between the end of the 8th century and the 10th century and transformed into a vast citadel which is one of the largest military constructions of Islamic Tunisia.