The Bardo Museum deserves a special interest and no visit to Tunisia is accomplished without visiting the Museum. Originally conceived as a Museum dedicated to the ancient world of Carthaginians and the Romans, it has been enriched over centuries by important archeological discoveries, the fruit of excavations which have taken place all over the country. There is also an important section dedicated to Islamic art, part of which was originally displayed in the old Museum of Islamic Art, previously housed in the Dar Hussein Palace.

The Bardo Museum is in fact a visual memorial of the Tunisian heritage, from the prehistoric period to the present day. Nowadays, the Museum contains six section: Prehistoric, Punic, Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Arab Muslim.

As well as the intrinsic beauty of the building, a jewel of the Tunisian architecture, the collections stored in the Museum are so precious. In particular, the Roman mosaics: this collection is the most important in the world. Items on display have come from Carthage, Sousse, El Djem, Utique, Neapolis, etc… and are generally grouped together according to place of origin, although some rooms are organized according to subject.

Visitors encounter the scale model restructions of the ancient cities of Dougga and Gightis.