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| Ahmed zabana national museum |
The
National Museum "Ahmed Zabana" Oran (ex Municipal Museum
of Oran and Demaeght)
was created in 1885 by a learned society called at
the time, Geographical Society and
archeology of the province of
Oran. The idea of creating a museum
in the town came to
Demaeght
Commander (archaeologist and epigraphist), which brings together various
objects in 1882 he divided into three sections: Numismatics (13
rooms), Roman and African antiques (16
pieces), natural history, plus since
the museum opened two superb Roman mosaics Portus Magnus
moved the site of
the "Old Arzew".of Saint-Leu (Bethioua): the great
mosaic of four pictures, and small representing the start of Bacchus to India. Other sections were added later, it's prehistory
and ethnography, painting,
sculpture, original drawings and
engravings. A suitable place then necessary. Built in 1933,
the present building. located 19
Boulevard Zabana, was officially
opened November 11, 1935 in the
premises of the Palace of Fine Arts
and will be called the "Museum
Demaeght".This palace
includes the museum, the public library, as well as the School of Fine Arts. At independence, the museum was entrusted to the
Municipal People's Assembly of the City of Oran until 1986. Since
he is under the Ministry of Culture and was renamed "National
Museum Ahmed Zabana" in tribute to this
great martyr of the revolution.
Collections:
The museum has several sections, including:
Section of Fine Arts: an important collection is there, although unfortunately receiving
only limited means, is recognized
internationally as having received
the bulk allocation of work of the former "Museum
of Fine Arts of Oran" , including
a large collection of French-Algerian
painters who worked
there such as André Suréda
(donation of the widow of the artist 1948). or residents of the
Villa Abd el Tif. It includes works by famous
painters of the School of Algiers,
as Jean Launois, Andre Hebuterne,
Mauritius Bouviolle Leon Cauvy, Marius Buzon, Pierre Deval, Leon Square, Paul Elie
Dubois and Georges Halbout of Tanney, or the founder of modern Algerian painting Azouaou Mammeri, not to mention the Corsican painter Dominique Frassati
with motherhood.
Section El Mujahid: it inaugurated August 19, 1986 in homage to the martyrs
who sacrificed themselves for Algeria. This section contains the testimonies of
the Revolution (1954-1961). It found, in particular, the archives of the state V.
Numismatic section collections: in this section tell the story of North African peoples through
time, from ancient to modern times.
Prehistory section: This section contains a large number of stone tools. The
instrumental diversity, witness to the passage of primitive men on Algerian
soil, especially in the west.
Section of old Oran: Unica Colonia
Wahran, through IFRI, the story
of Oran back beyond
the Arab conquest. The section contains collections bearing witness to
its past in the different periods.
Section ethnography ethnographic collections contain material remains of
the ethnic groups of North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Section natural history collections: belong to
zoology, botany, mineralogy, paleontology and comparative anatomy
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