MUSEUMS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai Museum
Dubai Museum is in Dubai, a city (and Emirate) in the United Arab Emirates. It is located in the Al-Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and believed to be the oldest building in Dubai. Dubai Museum was opened by the ruler of Dubai on 12 May 1971, with the aim of presenting the traditional way of life in the Dubai Emirate.
Al Ain Museum
Museum in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi run by the Department of Antiquities and Tourism; has two sections: archaeological and ethnographical; site has information on recent discoveries and a chronology of UAE history.
Saadiyat Island
Saadiyat Island is a large, low lying island 500 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi island to be developed. A Dhs.100 billion (US$ 27 billion) mixed commercial, residential, and leisure project is currently under construction on the island, expected to be completed in 2018.
Louvre Abu Dhabi
In March 2007, the Louvre in Paris announced that a Louvre museum would be completed by 2012 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The thirty-year agreement, signed by French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and Sheik Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, will prompt the construction of a Louvre museum in downtown Abu Dhabi in exchange for $1.3 billion USD.
Sharjah Museums
Has info about Sharjah Archaeology Museum, Sharjah Natural History Museum & Desert Park, Sharjah Science Museum, Sharjah Islamic Museum, and Sharjah Heritage Museum.
National Museum of Ras Al-Khaimah
Museum that looks after all aspects of Ras Al Khaimah's heritage; collections: recent archaeological finds, silver jewellery collection, ethnography and natural history.
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