Step inside an ancient private house and begin your passage from Marrakesh to Timbuktu. Follow the ancient caravan routes and meet Moroccan Amazigh, Tuareg and West African communities.
Discover the life’s work of Bert Flint — Dutch anthropologist, passionate collector, and devoted guardian of rural art. His legendary collection unfolds like a desert caravan.
Here you will encounter the authentic creativity of Morocco and the wider Sahara. You will learn how art is woven into daily life, how symbols tell stories, and how women have shaped and preserved these traditions for generations.
This is not a silent, dusty museum. It is intimate. It is alive. It is inspiring. It is a place where curiosity awakens, where stories whisper from every object, and where your journey through Marrakesh becomes unforgettable.
Marrakesh–Timbuktu
A story. An oasis. A voyage.
Discover the Exhibition
Start your visit in the Silicon Valley of the past: the Green Sahara and then follow in Bert Flint’s footsteps from Marrakesh to Timbuktu and back over the West route.
Bert Flint was a pioneer who saw a magic in "rural art". For Bert, the simplest objects told the most complex stories. In his eyes, jewelry and textiles were never merely tools, but a language that spoke of protection, prestige, and tribal belonging. He was among the first to believe that the true pulse of Morocco lay within its Amazigh (‘Berber’) heritage and its deep-rooted ties to the African continent. To him, beauty was the key that unlocked the doors of knowledge—a belief that led him on a journey spanning decades across both shores of the Great Sahara.
Marrakesh-Timbuktu is centrally located. It is just a few minutes away from the ‘big square’ Jemaa el-Fnaa in the Medina of Marrakesh. See here for a detailed map
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Rooftop Oasis
On the peaceful green rooftop, where the city sounds fade away, you are invited to pause after your journey. Between flowering plants and open sky, you can enjoy a refreshment, rest in a large authentic tent from the south of Morocco, reflect, and dream — suspended between Marrakesh and the Sahara.
Temporary exposition
A rare view of Morocco in the 1970s through the lens of Dr. Boris Witjas