Dar Jamai Museum

The palace covers a relatively large area at the northern edge of el-Hedim Square in the old city. It is designed according to traditional Moroccan architecture, decorated with sculpted and painted wood, carved stucco, and colourful zellij mosaic tilework. In addition to various rooms on multiple floors, it contains a large courtyard garden (riad) with orange trees and a menzeh (observation pavilion or platform).^[1][5][2][4] The palace also had other facilities including kitchens, a mosque, and a small hammam (bathhouse).^[1][4] An old upstairs reception room or salon with rich decoration and a wooden cupola ceiling has also been outfitted with traditional upper-class furnishings and is considered one of the highlights of the museum.^[2][5][1] Outside the palace is a large street fountain (mentioned above), covered in elaborate zellij, which is adjoined to the exterior of wall of the palace and faces Place el-Hedim. The current entrance, next to this fountain, was created recently and replaces the original entrance which was off a nearby street.^[4]

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  Large street fountain on the exterior wall of the palace, facing Place el-Hedim
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  View of the fountain and trees in the courtyard garden of the palace
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  A fountain and menzeh (observation pavilion) in the courtyard garden of the palace
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  Doorways and rooms of the palace
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  The restored upstairs salon
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  The wooden cupola above the restored upstairs salon

The museum holds a variety of artifacts from Meknes and the surrounding region, including ceramics, wooden objects, embroidery, carpets, and jewellery.^[5][1] Most objects date from the 19th and 20th centuries, but some older objects date from the reign of Moulay Isma'il or earlier.^[2] Among the latter are the wooden minbar and maqsura of the Lalla Aouda Mosque, dating from the late 17th century when Moulay Isma'il built the mosque.^[9]

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