[1] With its multiple wings, the museum specializes in Berber history and area wildlife.

[1] It includes archaeological remains from Ghadames dating to the Roman period, when it was named Cydamus.

There are some column bases of a Roman temple in a section of the Museum.

Columns of the Christian church of Cydamus still remain in the "Sīdī Badrī" Mosque (the oldest in Libya):[2] one is expected to be moved inside the Ghadames Museum.

The museum is one of the most visited places in the city by the tourists.