Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation — Attraction in Amman

It is an amazing place to visit with a lot of art galleries with great paints and art pieces. It was the old house of Khaled Shoman and his sons made it a museum for art including his paintings and other artists paintings.

Khalid Shoman foundation is consistant of 5 houses each one of them is built in a special architectural way with their associated gardens. These house were the first houses in Amman old city and important historical events happened in side them.

Their properties has been moving to important people till reaching Shoman's family. This family care for art and promoting it is huge and this is why those houses were made as museum to be visited to tell their story about the past events happen inside them.

The staff in the foundation is so kind and helping and one question is enough to make them talk for hours. You can easily tell them that you are interested and they will show you all the place.

There is also a hall for different cultural events like films ....etc. recommended...

Also in the Creative Trail of the neighborhood of Jebel al-Weibdeh in Amman lies Darat al-Funun. Founded in 1993 it houses three traditional buildings of the 1920s, alongside the archaeological remains of a six-century Byzantine church built over a Roman shrine.

The main three-floored building of the complex served until 1938 as the official residence of the British Commander of the Arab Legion, Colonel F. G. Peake, and afterwards as a club for the British Officers until 1956.

Darat al Funun is a venue for Jordanian artists, poets and musicians as well as those from the Arab world at large. You can drink Turkish coffee on the tables around the fountain in...

A lovely premises with different old houses dating back to more than 100 years ago. The houses are different in style as there is a Syrian house, a Lebanese house, a Turkish house… and others. The houses are on two different premises that are split through a stairs path.

Staff can answer any questions you may have. Don’t expect to spend much time in every house as there is very little on display.

Entering the place is free. Parking on-site isn’t available, and so park your vehicle; if any, in one of the paid parking lots 500 meters away and then walk.

There is a cafe with lovely views to Amman at...