"Alexandre Sènou Adandé" Ethnographic Museum
(Benin)

The "Alexandre Dumas" School of Foreign Languages
(Bulgaria)

Burkina Faso Cultural Heritage Branch
(Burkina Faso)

The Museum of Art and Archeology of the University of Antananarivo
(Madagascar)

National Museum of Mali
(Mali)

St. Boniface Museum
(Manitoba, Canada)

Andalusian Study and Research Centre
(Morocco)

Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton
(New Brunswick, Canada)

World Music Research Laboratory
(Quebec, Canada)

Canadian Museum of Civilization
(Quebec, Canada)

Museum of the Romanian Peasant
(Romania)

The Arab and Mediterranean Music Centre
(Tunisia)
The Arab and Mediterranean Music Centre - Tunisia
  

in collaboration with the Institute of Music (ISM),
University of Literature, Fine Arts and Humanities
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The Arab and Mediterranean Music Centre is located in the Erlanger Palace, the old residence of Baron Rodolphe d¹Erlanger in Sidi Bou Saïd. The Centre, which is dedicated to museology and interpretation, opened in November of 1992 as a result of an initiative of President Abidine Ben Ali. Since then, the Centre has received continued support from the President and is responsible to the Ministry of Culture.

The Centre plays a role in four major areas: conservation, exhibitions related to Tunisian musical heritage and museum activities, reports and research as well as arts and activity programming.

The Palace is one of the most significant architectural sites in Tunisia. Its style is marked by local influences as well as by typological and decorative details borrowed from the Andalusian-Maghreb tradition. The Palace was built between 1911 and 1922 by the Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger, a famous musicologist and painter. The Palace itself is about 3,000 square metres and the outbuildings add a further 1,800 square metres. It has a park around it of five hectares.