The Funduq al-Nejjarin was built at the beginning of the 18th century under Sultan Moulay Ismail and served as a trading center and inn for merchants and their goods. The name comes from the neighboring souks of the carpenters (“Nejjarine” in Arabic). In 1916, under the French protectorate, it was classified as a national monument and initially retained its function. In the 1940s, it then served as a police station. It was restored in the 1990s and opened in 1998 as the Musée Nejjarine des Arts et Métiers du Bois, a museum of Moroccan wood art.

The historical photo shows the state of the inner courtyard before the restoration, when the building was still used for trade. The inner courtyard with its three floors is only open to the inside (as is typical of Moroccan architecture), and the façades are decorated with richly ornamented plaster stucco and cedar wood. One of the carriages is still here today and is a reminder of the building's old function.

Original 1917 photo discovered via @oldmaghrib on Instagram