Dubai Museum is the main museum in Dubai,UAE. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and it is the oldest existing building in Dubai.
Dubai Museum “Al Fahidi Fort” is once guarded the city’s landward approaches. Built around 1799, it has served variously as palace, garrison and prison. It was renovated in 1970 for use as a museum; further restoration and the addition of galleries was completed in 1995. Colourful and evocative dioramas, complete with life-size figures and sound and lighting effects, vividly depict everyday life before the discovery of oil.
A visit to Dubai Museum “Al Fahidi Fort” gives insights history of Dubai, which gives an impression that Dubai’s current development, modernism and distinction are only a continuation of a journey of a unique and distinguished civilization that was subjected to different cultures and people. The comparison between old and modern Dubai, which are separated by a few number of years, show you the great, continuous efforts that led Dubai to its current state of progress and pioneering. It also consolidates the confidence that all that Dubai has become today is based on a deeply rooted civilization.
Visiting Dubai Museum, you will experience features galleries that recreate historic Arab houses, mosques, Souks, date farms and desert and marine life. It also includes an exhibit on pearl diving, with sets of pearl merchants weights, scales and sieves.The museum consists of the monuments wing, which displays antique monuments such as pottery, weapons, tombs, buildings and urban communities.