An Inside Look at the New Villa Harris Museum of Tangier

Walter Harris, a long-time Tangier resident and former news correspondent for The Times, would be elated. His Tangier house, a quintessential example of Moorish-European architecture, has not only been lovingly restored, but it is now a wonderful modern art museum bearing his name: Villa Harris Museum of Tangier.

Over the past decade, Tangier has experienced a real resurgence. There is a new port to support yachts and pleasure boats. The entire old medina and kasbah have not only undergone a facelift, but a much-needed re-plumbing has also been a success. The roads have been improved, widened, with several tunnels built throughout the city to aid traffic. The once tumbling-down-the-hillside remains of York Castle have been restored while a contemporary of Walter Harris’s, Ion Perdicaris, has had his own house restored, as well as the surrounding land, now one of the most beautiful parks in all of the Mediterranean: Perdicaris Park. Both the Atlantic and Mediterranean beaches have also been updated and cleaned up. In short, there has been a lot that has been accomplished in this formerly rough-and-tumble corner of North Africa. In a way, it’s no surprise that Walter Harris’s former home has been transformed into such a lovely museum. Read the full travel article here.