Regional Museum of Antiquities and Heritage

The earlier inhabitants left behind evidence and traces that tell something about their lives and narrate a summary of their stories. You can explore these stories as you wander through the Regional Museum of Antiquities and Heritage in Al-Baha. The museum has collected historical pieces that silently recount the region's stories and ancient shapes and inscriptions that captivate visitors' imaginations. Al-Baha Regional Museum of Antiquities and Heritage was built in a modern architectural style, with four floors and eight halls, on an area of ​​9,000 square meters next to Raghadan Tourist Village. It allows guests to follow chapters of Al-Baha's and the region's history. You will start from the entrance hall to stroll through the pre-Islamic section, then move to the prehistoric section, and then to the Al-Baha section, where you will be filled with archaeological pieces dating back to the Islamic era. After that, the Al-Baha Heritage section astonishes you with its artifacts that tell historical stories from Al-Baha, and your unique experience will conclude with Al-Baha Wing in the Saudi era. The museum features Islamic inscriptions on frames or stones, along with Byzantine, Ottoman, and Abbasid coins. You will also find fossils and ancient tools dating back to the Stone Age and more than 3,500 years before Christ, in addition to many artifacts from the Mousterian era. The museum also contains a corner displaying embroidered clothes with their old materials and designs, a collection of jewelry made by previous inhabitants of the region, exhibits of kitchen utensils and household supplies, as well as scales for grains and cereals, and tools for preparing tea and coffee. The museum includes several facilities, such as a photography studio, a drawing section, an archive, a lecture hall, an educational hall for children, a classroom, a library, a prayer room, a control room for the entire project, a space for selling souvenirs, and a place to store deposits.