This museum is worth visting. Not because it is some amazing interactive experience. If you need to be spoon fed your museums then this is certainly not the place. No this place has some amazing artefacts, some of which are not easy to find. Please not the following: 1. Many signs are in Arabic and French only, some are also... more

The museum has a wonderful collection taken (or plundered depending on how you view national museums cherry picking the best from regional sites) from across Syria. There is a wide and variety collection of artefacts from different periods, but they are let down by the lacking of interpretation, which varies from being good in the more modern galleries to non... more

The National Museum of Damascus covers several thousand years of history in the Middle East. The exhibits are arranged roughly chronologically and most labels are available in Arabic and one Western language (which one seemed to vary according to who helped fund the particular exhibit or archeological exhibit--French and English were particularly popular). The museum is sizable, but not overwhelming.... more