--- description: Gunmen opened fire at a leading museum in Tunisia’s capital, leaving at least 21 dead title: Witness Scenes From Tunisia Museum Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d3627bd2ed7de4f/698784168e06017f9645ad42/tunisia-attack-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Witness Scenes From Tunisia Museum Attack by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 2:48 PM CUT  Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015. Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015.Fethi Belaid—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 2:48 PM CUT  Members of the Tunisian security services take up a position after gunmen reportedly took hostages near the country's parliament, outside the Bardo Museum in Tunis, March 18, 2015. Mohamed Messare—EPA  Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015. Fethi Belaid—AFP/Getty Images  Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015. Fethi Belaid—AFP/Getty Images  Tourists and visitors from the Bardo Museum are evacuated in Tunis, March 18, 2015. Hassene Dridi—AP  A victim arrives at the Charles Nicoles hospital, March 18, 2015 in Tunis. Edel Ezine—AP  A Tunisian security force helicopter flies over the site of an attack carried out by two gunmen at the Bardo Museum in Tunis on March 18, 2015. Salah Habibi—AFP/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3748917/tunisia-museum-attack-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3748917/tunisia-museum-attack-photos/"},"headline":"Witness Scenes From Tunisia Museum Attack","datePublished":"2015-03-18T14:48:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:00.713Z","description":"Gunmen opened fire at a leading museum in Tunisia’s capital, leaving at least 21 dead","url":"https://time.com/3748917/tunisia-museum-attack-photos/","keywords":["Tunisia","Terrorism","photography","Museum","hostages"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d3627bd2ed7de4f/698784168e06017f9645ad42/tunisia-attack-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d3627bd2ed7de4f/698784168e06017f9645ad42/tunisia-attack-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TUNISIA-POLITICS-UNREST","caption":"Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015.","creditText":"Fethi Belaid—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3748917/tunisia-museum-attack-photos/","name":"Witness Scenes From Tunisia Museum Attack"}}]}] ```