The Tangier American Legation Museum and Research Center in Morocco   About the Building Major Programs and Functions Recent Activities Selections from the Collection Board and Fellows Support Our Work Conference Facilities US-Moroccan Relations Links to Related Sites   In Memoriam: James N. Tull, (1920-2005)  “Artists in Residence” Selections from the Collection make an online donation to support the museum. Click here for our most recent news. Click here to download a pdf file of the new museum brochure.   The Tangier American Legation Museum (TALM), a thriving cultural center, museum, conference center and library in the heart of the old medina in Tangier, is housed in the only historic landmark of the United States located abroad. Saved from destruction by a small but dedicated group now known as the Tangier American Legation Museum Society, (TALMS) the museum now operates with a locally-hired staff under the leadership of the Museum Director, Thor Kuniholm.  A Brief History From 1821 until 1956, the U.S. diplomatic mission to Morocco was located here in the old, walled Medina of Tangier. With the end of the French Protectorate in 1956, all embassies moved to the capital, Rabat, but the American Legation continued as a Consulate for another five years until a new consulate was built outside the old Medina. Thereafter, the American Legation building served as an Arabic language school for American diplomats (8 years) and a Peace Corps training center (3 years).   In 1976 the Old American Legation (as it is known in Tangier) stood empty and in a sad state of disrepair. Concerned about it fate, a group of American citizens established a public, non-profit organization. The Tangier American Legation Museum Society (TALMS).  They obtained a lease from the Department of State to rent the Legation building. Since the American Bicentennial celebration in 1976 -- TALMS has been operating a museum and cultural center at this location with one American employee, the Director/Curator.  The labor of restoration, preservation and activating the institution has been endless, but rewarding.     Comments on these pages: legation@legation.org   Tangier American Legation Museum 8 zankat America Tangier 90000 Morocco Fax: 212-3-993-5960 This page is maintained by Michael A. Toler Photographs by: Robbie Lacomb-Roach, Michael Roach, Thor H. Kuniholm and Michael Toler       © TALMS and/or the writers and photographers reserve the rights to all graphic and textual content within this site.