The Funduq al-Najjarin was built in 1711 by Sultan Moulay Ismail as a three-storey, fifty-one-room inn for merchants. Restored 1990–1996 with private funding from Mohammed Karim Lamrani, it reopened in 1998 as the city's museum of Moroccan woodworking.
Why visit
Nejjarine Museum in Fez occupies the Funduq al-Najjarin — a 1711 caravanserai restored to its original cedar-and-zellij state and now devoted to Moroccan woodworking, from Andalusi-style musical instruments to Amazigh trunks and Quranic writing tablets.
What to expect
Three floors of identical galleries opening onto a tall central courtyard, a rooftop terrace, and the adjoining Nejjarine Fountain on Place Nejjarine outside.
Best time
Mid-morning when the courtyard is well lit. The square outside is most lively in the early evening.
How to combine
Set in the carpenters' souk between the Zawiya of Moulay Idris II and Souk Attarine — easy to fold into a Qarawiyyin-area walking loop.
Price range
The Nejjarine Museum charges 20 Dh to enter, the rate published by the museum itself. It is a private museum run by a foundation, so it is on neither the state ticketing portal nor the national museums network — pay in cash at the door.
It opens 10:00 to 17:00, seven days a week all year round, public holidays included. The rooftop tea room with its view over the medina is reached through the museum, so the entrance fee is what buys you that view.
Cedar doors, prayer-school writing boards, Andalusi-style instruments, mashrabiya screens and ceiling panels — Moroccan woodworking from across the country, with a strong Fassi and Amazigh contrast.
Yes. The terrace at the top of the funduq has wide views over the Nejjarine quarter and the surrounding souks, and a small café.
An early-19th-century saqayya (public fountain) covered in zellij, designed to match the funduq next door. Used historically for ablutions and one of the most photographed corners of the medina.
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