Favorite websites

Bargoin Museum - Archeology / Rugs and textile arts - http://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/Musee-d-archeologie-Bargoin,810.html

Right in the middle of France, in Clermont-Ferrand, this museum opens a wide part of its premises to classical rugs as well as to the more unusual moroccan tribal rugs.

Dapper Museum - http://www.dapper.com.fr/

Dar Jamaï Museum - Meknes - http://www.minculture.gov.ma/fr/Musee%20Dar%20Jamai%20%20Meknes.htm

Dar Si Said Museum - Marrakech - http://www.minculture.gov.ma/fr/Musee%20Dar%20Si%20Said.htm

Set up in an old marrakchi palace, it illustrates the folk arts of the southern Morocco, with many abjects and weavings.

Fischbacher bookshop - http://www.librairiefischbacher.fr/

Located in the Saint Germain des Orés quarter, this bookshop offers a wide variety of folk and primitive art books.

Indianapolis Museum of Art - http://www.ima-art.org/

the IMA owns many collections, one among them dedicated to moroccan weavings. It was the subject of a major exhibition in 2002, "The Fabric of Moroccan Life", summarised in a magnificent catalogue.

Museum of African, Oceanian and Amerindian Arts in Marseille - http://www.museoartpremier.com/Marseille-MAAOA.html

Pikinasso - http://www.pikinasso.com/

Contemporary art gallery installed in the center of France; deserves a visit if you happen to be around.

Quai Branly Museum - http://www.quaibranly.fr/

Open in June 2006, this musuem is close to Thanakra. It invites you to discover arts of present and past civilisations, with a strong part given to aesthetics.

Royal Museum of Tervuren - http://www.africamuseum.be/museum

The Central Africa Royal Museum (MRAC) is one of the 10 belgian federal scientific institutions. One of the most visited museums in the country, it carries a high reputation on the international scene

Shergui - A Morocco road book - http://www.shergui.com/

Many informations and tricks when you come to travel Morocco. Plenty to use.

The arabic World Institute - http://www.imarabe.org/