Description: Founded in 1919, initially installed at the Madrasseh al Adiliyeh. The construction of a new building was between 1935 and 1979 and it becomes the central Museum of Syria. Since then the following monuments had been reconstructed within this Museum. Prehistory Museum contains artifacts and objects discovered in the basin of the Orontes, the Euphrates, at Tell Ramad. Museum of Ancient Syrian Antiquities : contain an Amorite, Canaanite and Eblaite antiquities discovered at Ugarit, of which is the alphabet the most important, at Mari, where the statue of Ur-Nina, of Ishtar, the model of a circular house had been found; at Ebla, where the famous archive, the cult basin, the bust of a king... had been brought to light, and many other antiquities from Amrit, Tell Sukas, Tell Khueira…etc. Museum of classical Antiquities: conserves sculptures discovered in Hauran, Djebel al-Arab, Djoulan; mosaics, Palmyrenean antiquities, frescos from Dura Europos, jewelleries and coins… Museum of Arab-Islamic Arts: conserves windows of stucco, fresco of Qasr al-Hair, ceramics, faiences, manuscripts, cenotaph of Khaled Ben al-Walid and of Khatoun. Museum of Contemporary Art: contains works of Syrian artists and artists of Arab and friend countries. Open Air Museum within the garden of the National Museum: exposes antiquities of stones from different periods.