Presentation

The Musée National des Beaux-Arts in Algiers is one of the largest art museums in Africa. Opened to the public on May 5, 1930, it is located in the Hamma district, next to the Hamma test garden. The museum, with its 8,000 works, includes paintings, drawings, engravings and antique prints, sculptures, antique and decorative art furniture, ceramics, glassware and a numismatic collection. Among the works on display are paintings by Dutch and French masters such as Brugghen, Van Uyttenbroeck, Van Goyen, Monet, Matisse, Delacroix, Honoré Daumier, Renoir, Gauguin and Pissarro. But also emblematic Algerian artists such as Baya, Yellès and Racim. The museum houses sculptures by Rodin, Bourdelle and Belmondo.