Explore the city’s museums and cultural spaces for free on 23 June, from 17:00 until midnight
After a long conference day, the best thing to do is to go for a walk and explore the host city. And you are in luck: today, Tuesday 23 June, marks the fifth edition of La Nuit des Musées et des Espaces Culturels, Morocco’s Long Night of Museums and Cultural Venues. In the entire country, including in Tangier, museums, galleries, and cultural venues will be open free of charge from 17:00 until midnight.
This year’s edition is dedicated to photography as a nod to the bicentenary of the invention of the medium. The day also coincides with the inauguration of the Casablanca Museum of Photography and Visual Arts, set to open today in the city’s old medina.
Here in Tangier, these are some of the recommended landmarks that will open their doors to you tonight:
DAR NIABA, MUSÉE DES ARTISTES VOYAGEURS
Tangier’s Museum of Travelling Artists, in the heart of the medina, shows a permanent exhibition on Tangier’s diplomatic history and 19th-century art that exemplifies the cultural diversity of Morocco.
It is also hosting a temporary exhibition on the Catalan painter Mariano Fortuny i Marsal.
Address: 41 Rue Siaghine, Tangier
@museedarniaba
GALERÍA CERVANTES
Dedicated to supporting the artistic connections between Morocco, Spain, and beyond, Galería Cervantes is presenting Somos Agua, a photography exhibition that invites visitors to ponder the connection between human beings and water as an essential resource.
Address: 9 Rue Belgique, Tangier
@institutocervantestanger
FONDATION POUR LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
The city’s photography foundation promotes contemporary photography in Morocco. Founded in 2018, it showcases both modern and older photographic art. The current exhibition, Tanger. Pourquoi Tanger ?, delves into the streets of the host city with works of several artists.
Address: 235 Route Sidi Masmoudi, La Vieille Montagne, Tangier
@fondationpourlaphotographie
GALERIE ARTINGIS
Next to the French Consulate General in Tangier, Galerie Artingis presents a photographic exhibition called Back to Morocco with original art showing the diversity of the Congress’ host country, from villages and medinas to pre-Saharan landscapes, rites and ceremonies.
Address: 41 Rue Khalid Ibn Oualid, Tangier
@galerieartingis
GALERIE DAR D’ART
This gallery, which celebrates contemporary works, presents the work of local photographer Rachid Ouettassi, who shows the many ways that Tangier has changed over the last decades.
Address: 6 Rue Khalil Matrane, Tangier
@dardart_gallery
GALLERY KENT
The independent gallery shows Advenir entre les rivages, a compilation of the works of four female artists from the Arabic world, representing Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. The artists explore contemporary photography as a medium of narration, transformation, and memory.
Address: 19 Rue Jabha Watanya, Tangier
@gallerykent / www.gallerykent.com
KASBAH MUSEUM
Tangier’s Kasbah hosts two museums at once, the Musée la Kasbah des Cultures Méditerranéennes and the Musée la Kasbah – Espace d’Art Contemporain. Both are participating in the Long Night. In the Museum of Mediterranean Cultures, there will be free guided tours through the ancient building. In the Contemporary Art Space, you can explore the works of a local sculptor in an exhibition called Ne tenir qu’à un fil (Hanging by a thread).
Address: Dar Lmakhzen, Place Mechouar, Ancienne Médina, Tangier
@museelakasbah @museeackt
VILLA HARRIS – MUSÉE DE TANGER
Built at the end of the 19th century as the residence of British journalist and adventurer Walter Burton, this villa is now a museum of Moroccan art. The permanent exhibition looks back at the evolution of the country’s artistic scene, also showing the impressions European visitors had of Morocco’s light, landscapes, and everyday scenes. The special exhibition Regards des photographes marocains du monde explores different perspectives on Morocco, including social transformation, displacement, and other contemporary challenges.
Address: Villa Harris, Boulevard Mohammed VI, Malabata, Tangier
@museevillaharris
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE TANGER
Galerie Delacroix, part of the Institute Français de Tanger, presents Le temps d’un battement de cil by Daoud Aoulad-Syad, famous for his analogue photography. You will see rarely shown, unedited colour photographs.
Address: Galerie Delacroix, Institut Français de Tanger, 86 Rue de la Liberté, Tangier
@ifmtanger
FULL PROGRAMME OF THE NIGHT OF THE MUSEUMS 2026
