This fondouk is in the Nejjarine neighborhood occupied for centuries by the carpenters of Fez. It opens at the bottom of the square of the same name, through a door in an exceptional façade of its size.
The fondouk or caravanserai once housed foreigners visiting the city. On the ground floor, decorated with moucharabiehs the galleries divided into cells housed the beasts. Upstairs, guests were accommodated in rooms.
The building dates back, according to historians, the eighteenth century, was completely restored by Karim Lamrani Foundation. The fondouk now houses the Museum of Wooden Arts and Crafts. The installation of the museum in this beautiful historical monument, World Heritage of UNESCO in 1916, is made with respect to the type of fondouk and its architectural features.
The museum together within it the tools of wood and collections of joinery and cabinet, old and contemporary. The exhibition, thematic, extends over three floors of the building. Successively It covers the three main themes known in labor and the use of wood in Morocco: the domestic wood, wood architectural and liturgical wood. The terrace, with its tea room offers visitors, time for a break, a chance to drink while admiring a panoramic view of the medina of Fez.
The museum is open daily from 10am to 17:30.
