The Dead Sea Museum (

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: متحف البحر الميت) is a

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

and natural history museum located in the Maeen subdistrict,

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. The museum is dedicated to showing the history of the

Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...

and how civilizations developed around it.

History

Among the intentions for the creation was to promote tourism, and to facilitate the public to learn more about how the Dead Sea is constituted. The museum aims to raise awareness about the conservation of the Dead Sea. The construction of the museum was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The museum first opened in 2006, and is Jordan's first natural history museum. In 2015, for International Museum Day, educational activities for students from the South Jordan Valley were organized in this place.

Collections

The museum contains collections of rocks and minerals The museum exhibits are divided into four sections * First section: The geology of the Dead Sea, as well as its formation. * Second section: The study of the Dead Sea ecosystem. * Third section: The human impact on the Dead Sea as well as the benefits that the existence of this sea has brought to the civilizations of the Middle East. * Fourth section: The initiatives of protection and preservation of the Dead Sea as well as the identification of what are the ecological threats to the sea.

References

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