00:00Welcome to Median TV and we are in this chronicle on the Musée Njarin de Fès.
00:14This musée has obtained the label Musée du Maroc, a label octroyed by the National Foundation des Musées.
00:22And it is so that the Musée Njarin becomes the first museum to be equipped with this label Musée du Maroc.
00:31And for us to talk about, I have the pleasure of having Mohamed Chaddi, he is the conservator of the museum,
00:36but also the researcher at the National Institute of Sciences, Archaeology and Patrimoine.
00:42Mohamed Chaddi, thank you very much for having accepted our invitation.
00:45Un mot, so, on this label that you have just obtained.
00:48The label Musée du Maroc is created by the National Foundation of Musées
00:53in the cadre of the new law, 56-20, which was decreted in 2022.
01:00This law was designed to put an order in the musées in the Maroc.
01:06We did not know how the musées worked before.
01:11And the National Foundation of Musées has wanted to put, as I just said,
01:16as I said, to encourage the musées to better organize themselves
01:23to be able to be at the height of the expectations,
01:27and also to image of the patrimony of the Maroc,
01:30and also to be conformed to the norm of the international exposition and presentation of collections.
01:36So, the Musée National, not the Musée National, pardon,
01:41the Musée Njarin, a postulé, so, at this label.
01:45Concrètement, what does that mean as a musée here,
01:50the Musée Njarin de Fès?
01:52Concrètement, what does that mean for you,
01:54first as a conservator, but also,
01:57who has managed this space for, let's say, almost 30 years?
02:02Well, what does that mean for us?
02:05It's mostly a responsibility.
02:08Because today, we are much more conscious than before
02:11that we should work much more and more
02:17to be able to stay at the height of this distinction.
02:23And so, it requires a lot of work.
02:26And for that, there is a whole program to reorganize the Musée,
02:31to be able to present it differently,
02:33on the plan of the expositions,
02:36on the plan of the public,
02:40on the politics of the public,
02:41on the plan of the research
02:44and the relations international and external.
02:47So, it's a huge responsibility,
02:50but it's also a satisfaction.
02:53For us, it takes almost 30 years
03:00that we are here, 27 years,
03:02and it takes 25 years that we work in London.
03:06But today, this distinction
03:10tells us that your work
03:12has really been sanctioned by this label,
03:15and continue.
03:17So, it's what we want to do.
03:19And it's also a privilege for us,
03:23as a museum,
03:24as a foundation who manages this museum,
03:26and then for the city,
03:27for the tourism,
03:28for the culture,
03:29for the patrimoine.
03:30So, you are in the Musée Njarin
03:34and in the ancient Medina
03:36of Fes,
03:37a city that has been declared
03:39a little more than 44 years
03:40Patrimoine Mondial of the UNESCO.
03:42Maybe a word on this Musée Njarin.
03:45The Musée Njarin.
03:46How do you present it to the audience
03:48who we listen to?
03:50Well, it's the first museum
03:53specialised in the arts
03:54and the interests of the bois
03:55in Morocco.
03:56It's the biggest space
03:58where we can visit
03:59and appreciate
04:00the collections of the bois
04:01that reflect the use of the bois
04:04in Morocco
04:05from the time the most recent
04:07of history
04:08until today.
04:09And so,
04:10this museum is located
04:12in a caravan serail
04:14Fondak Njarin
04:15which is dedicated,
04:16which is dedicated
04:17to commerce
04:18and also considered
04:20as a place
04:22of merchandise
04:23and which has known
04:26several functions.
04:27For example,
04:29in 1944,
04:30very bizarrely,
04:31he was transformed
04:32into police
04:33during the colonial period
04:35and then
04:36in residence
04:38after the independence
04:40and then
04:41he was affected
04:42because of the menace
04:44and in 1990
04:46he was opened
04:47for the first time
04:48to receive
04:49a systematic work
04:50of restoration
04:51and of mise
04:52in value
04:53which was financed
04:54by the mécènes
04:55Mohamed Karim
04:56l'Amrani
04:57who founded
04:58a foundation
04:59which is called
05:00the name
05:01and which is
05:02up to today
05:03the whole
05:04of the Nigerian
05:05because it is not
05:06only a museum
05:07it is a museum
05:08which includes
05:09the museum,
05:10the place
05:11of the Nigerian,
05:12the fountain of the Nigerian,
05:13the souk
05:14of the menace
05:15and the habitations
05:16mitoyennes.
05:17So,
05:18it is a work
05:19that takes in mind
05:20all an ensemble
05:21not only a monument
05:22isolated.
05:23So,
05:24it is really
05:25impressive
05:26what you say
05:27because the place
05:28is magical
05:29in this city
05:30magick,
05:31in this Médina
05:32magick.
05:33Maybe a word
05:34on the evolution
05:35of the museum
05:36since its creation
05:37since the restoration
05:38of the building
05:39what are the objects
05:41that have the most value
05:42because when you look at it
05:43it is really the bois
05:44in all its splendor
05:45that we discover
05:46in this museum
05:47how the museum
05:49evolved
05:50how do you do
05:51to harvest
05:52all these objects
05:53that are today
05:55exposed
05:56and of course
05:57to look at
05:58thousands of tourists
05:59and thousands
06:00of Moroccans
06:01who come across
06:02these 27 years
06:03of existence
06:04of the museum
06:05Jarin de Fez.
06:06Every year
06:07we receive 50,000 visitors
06:09and these visitors
06:11admire all the collections
06:12that are exposed
06:13here.
06:14And I will tell you
06:15something
06:16that when we started
06:17to think
06:19about this museum
06:22in 1998
06:24or in 1996
06:26rather
06:27we had zero objects
06:29and so
06:31from this moment
06:33until today
06:34we were able
06:35to acquire
06:36almost 1500 objects
06:39so these objects
06:41were dispersed
06:42everywhere
06:43everywhere
06:44in the Maroc
06:45in the Antiquaires
06:46in the privates
06:47in the families
06:49but we could
06:50acquire them
06:51and expose them
06:52and expose them
06:53in this museum
06:54so it is a work
06:55of salvation
06:56of a patrimonial
06:57that was menacing
06:58today
06:59almost 1500 objects
07:01are there
07:02and these objects
07:03are organized
07:04in a way
07:05didactic
07:06according to a theme
07:07that takes
07:08into account
07:09the different themes
07:10related to the use
07:11of the bois
07:12for example
07:13the essence
07:14of the wood
07:15the tools
07:16the cuisine
07:17the architecture
07:18the architecture
07:19the
07:22for example
07:23the
07:24domestically
07:25the
07:26instruments
07:27the music
07:29etc.
07:30etc.
07:31une quinzaine
07:32the
07:34museum
07:35which
07:36I think that's not finished, there will be more thousands of objects to acquire and to expose Mohamed Chadli, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
07:44I remind you that you are the conservator of the Musée Njarin de Fès and also the teacher at the National Institute of the Archaeology and the Patrimoine of Rabat.
07:54And I remind you that the Musée Njarin is the first museum of Morocco, which has been doted by the Musée of Morocco, octroyed by the National Museum of the Museum.
08:04Thank you, dear viewers, for your fidélity.
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