Non-profit organisation preserving the rich heritage of Jordan, Palestine, and Syria through the revival of traditional crafts and supporting artisans
1 Fawzi Al Maalouf Street
Amman
11180
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Turquoise Mountain was founded in 2006 by HRH The Prince of Wales to preserve and regenerate historic areas and communities with a rich cultural heritage and to revive traditional crafts, to create jobs, skills and a renewed sense of pride.
Since 2006, Turquoise Mountain has restored 150 historic buildings, trained over 6,000 artisans, treated almost 120,000 patients at our Kabul clinic, graduated hundreds of talented artisans, and generated over $6m in international sales from Kate Spade to London’s Connaught Hotel. Turquoise Mountain has also curated major international exhibitions around the world, from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.
Turquoise Mountain has now built over 50 small businesses in Afghanistan, Myanmar, and the Middle East, supporting a new generation of artisan entrepreneurs who will not only drive economic development, but also preserve their unique cultures and traditions.
In Jordan, Turquoise Mountain is supporting over 100 artisans from Jordan, Syria, Palestine and elsewhere, to connect them to markets and preserve their rich, diverse and shared traditions. We are training the next generation of artisans in partnership with the national Vocational Training Corporation, within our own workshops, in refugee camps and in apprenticeship settings, insuring the transmission of heritage skills such as wood inlay, marquetry, carving, copper and brass, textiles, and more. Turquoise Mountain is also running training programmes with hundreds of children and families, engaging displaced groups and local communities in cultural heritage activities. We have showcased the beauty of Levantine crafts in pop-ups across London and in 2018 we brought the work of Jordanian and Syrian artisans to an exhibition at Buckingham Palace.
