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Dead Sea Museum

Coordinates: 31°37′45″N 35°35′07″E / 31.629256°N 35.585321°E / 31.629256; 35.585321
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Dead Sea Museum
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Established2006
LocationMaeen subdistrict, Madaba Governorate, Jordan
Coordinates31°37′45″N 35°35′07″E / 31.629256°N 35.585321°E / 31.629256; 35.585321
TypeHistory museum and natural history museum
Websitewww.panoramadeadseacomplex.com

The Dead Sea Museum (Arabic: متحف البحر الميت, romanizedMatḥaf al-Baḥr al-Mayyit) is a history and natural history museum located in the Maeen subdistrict, Jordan. The museum is dedicated to showing the history of the Dead Sea and how civilizations developed around it.[1]

History

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Among the intentions for the creation was to promote tourism, and to facilitate the public to learn more about how the Dead Sea is constituted.[2] The museum aims to raise awareness about the conservation of the Dead Sea.[3] The construction of the museum was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.[4] The museum first opened in 2006,[5] and is Jordan's first natural history museum.[6] In 2015, for International Museum Day, educational activities for students from the South Jordan Valley were organized in this place.[3]

Collections

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The museum contains collections of rocks and minerals[5] The museum exhibits are divided into four sections[7]

  • First section: The geology of the Dead Sea, as well as its formation.
  • Second section: The study of the Dead Sea ecosystem.
  • Third section: The human impact on the Dead Sea as well as the benefits that the existence of this sea has brought to the civilizations of the Middle East.
  • Fourth section: The initiatives of protection and preservation of the Dead Sea as well as the identification of what are the ecological threats to the sea.

References

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  1. ^ "1.5 مليون دينار منحة يابانية لبناء محطة لتغذية بانوراما - أخبار سوق عمان المالي". www.ammanxchange.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ "Dead Sea Museum". HistoryView Virtual Tours. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. ^ a b "المدينة نيوز - متحف بانوراما البحر الميت ينظم نشاطا تعليميا لطلبة الاغوار الجنوبية". Almadenah News. 2015-05-20. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ^ "افتتاح " بانوراما البحر الميت "". Ammon News. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ^ a b "بانوراما البحر الميت...توثيق علمي ومشهدية ساحرة". جريدة الدستور الاردنية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. ^ عبدالمجيد, عمّان-عزة. "البحر الميت «حي» بثرواته". صحيفة الوسط البحرينية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  7. ^ "«البحر الميت»... طينه يحمل الشفاء وشاطئه يهدّئ الأعصاب". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-06-15.