A year after the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel, King Mohammed VI has just ordered the renovation of hundreds of synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish heritage sites throughout the kingdom.
A Toulousain at the end of his stay in Morocco was arrested on November 11 at Rabat airport. He had in his possession a mask that he had obtained, but which turned out to be a stolen object from the National Museum of Marrakech.
Brigitte Macron received on Friday, from the hands of the President of the National Foundation of Museums of Morocco, Mehdi Qotbi, the catalog-book of the Eugène Delacroix exhibition, organized at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) in Rabat.
The inauguration of the exhibition "Delacroix, souvenirs of a trip to Morocco" took place on Tuesday in Rabat at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI). The event, the very first in the world, was attended by several personalities and will be held until October 9, 2021.
The National Foundation of Museums (FNM) is offering a 50% reduction in all its museums and for the exhibition "Delacroix, souvenirs d’un voyage au Maroc" to Moroccans living abroad, upon presentation of their passport. This decision was made in the royal dynamic of strengthening the attachment of Moroccans living abroad to their country of origin.
The United States Legation in Tangier is 200 years old. On Monday, May 17, 2021, the only historic monument outside American soil celebrated the bicentennial of its existence in Morocco.
The rock carvings of the Guelmim region are exposed to theft and vandalism. The associative actors denounce these acts which, if nothing is done, risk making this archaeological art disappear.
More than 25,000 archaeological pieces belonging to Morocco and seized in France in 2005 and 2006 during three customs checks have been returned to it. The announcement was made by the Minister of Culture, Othman El Ferdaous, during the ceremony to present the repatriated heritage collection to Morocco.
From now on, it is forbidden to exploit wild animals in circuses and aquarks, under the new law voted this week in Paris on animal welfare. However, zoos, these living museums of animal biodiversity, are not affected, like the Paris Zoological Park which houses an animal that has disappeared in the wild. This is the case of Volcan, the 8-year-old lion arrived from Morocco, just three months ago.
"Moroccan art and artists remain at the heart of our collection and interpretation projects," said Mr. Dumouchelle to the MAP , during the passage in Washington of the exhibition "Golden Caravans, Fragments in Time", organized with the participation of Morocco.
An attempted fraud involving antique works was orchestrated in the name of the National Foundation of Museums (FNM) and its president Mehdi Qotbi, without success. At the maneuver, a Chinese, a Canadian and a Senegalese.
Two agreements have recently been signed between the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern Art, the National Museums Foundation (FNM) as well as the Institute for Solar Energy Research, New Energies (IRESEN) and the Green Energy Park (GEP). They will allow the museum to be autonomous and to produce its own electricity through a photovoltaic installation.