Scale models of domed buildings in display cases at the Dar Al-Madinah Museum, in a room with a chandelier.

Dar Al-Madinah Museum

Scale models, photographs and objects show how Medina grew and preserve the memory of spaces transformed by the expansions of the Prophet's Mosque.

  • Museums
  • Suggested time:1 to 2 hours
  • Area:Knowledge Economic City, east Medina

About Dar Al-Madinah Museum

Before exploring Medina, see the city in miniature. The scale models and photographs at Dar Al-Madinah help you understand the transformation of the neighborhoods and of the Prophet's Mosque. Manuscripts, coins and traditional clothing place the buildings you will see later within an urban history.

It is in the east, in Knowledge Economic City, a separate trip from the religious center. Arrange the presentation in advance: understanding the explanation makes more difference here than rushing from one display case to another.

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  • At Dar Al-Madinah, the scale models bring domes and buildings to eye level: a way to understand the city on another scale.Photo: Abuhamzah 28 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · original

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