El Jem Museum — Attraction in Maghreb

If you are interested in Roman antiquities, which is in all honesty the only reason why any discerning individual would venture to El Jem, then the El Jem Museum is one of two points of interest (the other being the coliseum) one must see. El Jem was called Thysdrus in Roman times and reached the height of its importance in the second and third centuries AD. The museum stands next to the ruins of an eloborate Roman building complex from which a great many artifacts have been excavated. While there are small handheld articles and mostly incomplete sculptures (heads missing) in the collection, the crown jewels of the collection are a truly astonishing variety, quality and scale of mosaics depicting deities, animals, people and decorative designs. They are breathtakingly beautiful with excellent detail, some with amazingly small mosaic tiles The 12 Dinar (~4 USD) ticket to the Museum also covers entry to the Coliseum and you can easily walk...

Absolutely astonishing to see such intricate and beautifully executed mosaics. I find it so hard to understand that these were over 1800 years old. I learnt a lot and I am still dealing from the beauty and size and magnitude of the Roman mosaics contained within these walls.

Beautiful place.

Could do with an explaination that’s clear and prominent about how these are made and how they were saved and transported to the museum.

Go visit this place. It’s a must.

Currently 12 dinar and that gets you into the coliseum as well. So keep your ticket.

I suggest increase the entrance fee for tourists to bring in funds to continue the amazing work...

El Jem museum is fairly small in size however there is so much to see inside in my view. The same ticket would get you into the amphitheatre and vice versa. The mosaics are similar to that in Sousse Archaeological Museum and Bardo Museum however different at the same time. The museum is tastefully laid out and has a nice courtyard. In the grounds you will find Roman ruins as well as a Roman type private dwelling with beautiful floor mosaic tiles. There is free parking in the area. There are some toilet facilities. Don’t overlook this attraction if you happen to...