History
It was built between 1894 and 1900 by Si Sa’id ibn Musa, a vizier and minister of defence under his brother Ba Ahmad ibn Musa, who was the Grand Vizier and effective ruler of Morocco during the same period under Sultan Abdelaziz (ruled 1894–1908).

After 1914, under the French Protectorate administration, the palace served as the seat of the regional leaders of Marrakesh. It was converted into a museum of “indigenous arts” and woodcraft in 1930 or 1932.

In 1957, after Moroccan independence, the palace was split into a museum section and a section occupied by the Service de l’Artisanat.

It has been restored several times since and remains a museum today. Following the most recent renovations, carried out by the recently-created Fondation Nationale des Musées, the museum reopened in 2018 as the National Museum of Weaving and Carpets.