AS-Salt Folklore Museum, Abu Jaber House

The Come sale  MUSEO DEL FOLCLORE, also known as Abu Jaber House.

Between 1896 and 1905, the Nabulsi architect Abdel Rahman al Aqrouq built the finest and most refined house in As-Salt for the Abu Jaber family. Situated prominently on the main square (Sahet al Ain), the Abu Jaber House dwarfed all other buildings in town – including the Ottoman Government Saraya – and remains one of the most significant architectural icons in Jordan today.

Saleh al Nasser abu Jaber bought the plot of land, on which the house was built, in 1887, and started building the ground floor. The first floor was added in 1896 and so the ground floor was used for storage and for guests. The second floor was added in 1905, hence, the first floor was used for guests and the ground floor was used as a khan and stable for the horses. The house was visited by very important personalities such as the late King Abdallah I of Jordan in 1922 and Prince Shakeeb Arsalan of Lebanon.

The shops at ground level are surmounted by two stories of residential space divided into three apartments, one for each of the sons of Saleh Abu Jaber. The building is crowned by a complex pitched roof in imported red tiles, which were brought specially from Marseilles in France. The house boasted more windows than any other house in town, with colored glass and wrought iron work set into finely carved stone lintels framed by columns, plaster moldings and painted ceilings. It was also one of the first houses in town with internal plumbing.

The Abu Jaber House was tranformed into a museum in 2010. The Historic Old Salt Museum recounts the history of the city in its Golden Age, between the end of the 19th century and the 1930s.

Il museo è stato istituito per la conservazione e l'esposizione del patrimonio popolare del Governatorato di al-Balqa'. Si compone di due sezioni che rappresentano la vita beduina e del villaggio. Per uno sguardo affascinante alle tradizioni e alla cultura uniche di As-Salt, questo museo è assolutamente da vedere!

At this place you will Learn all about the city’s golden age at this museum. It is located in a beautiful mansion, which represents the era of prosperity at the end of the 19th century. The house was converted into a museum that showcases the rich history and story of As-Salt.