National Museum of Qatar

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The National Museum of Qatar is a striking, desert-rose-inspired museum in Doha that showcases the history, culture, and natural heritage of Qatar through immersive, state-of-the-art exhibitions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
history museum
national museum
architect Jean Nouvel
architecturalInspiration desert rose crystal formation
architecturalStyle contemporary architecture
chairperson Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
city Doha
commissionedBy Qatar Museums Authority
constructionStart 2011
country Qatar
director Sheikha Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani
exhibitionStyle immersive exhibitions
multimedia installations
floorArea approximately 40,000 square meters
hasCollection archaeological artifacts from Qatar
documents and photographs on Qatari history
ethnographic objects from Qatar
natural history specimens from Qatar
hasFacility auditorium
café
education center
museum shop
permanent galleries
restaurant
temporary exhibition spaces
hasPart restored Old Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
hasTheme Bedouin life
culture of Qatar
history of Qatar
modernization of Qatar
natural heritage of Qatar
pearl diving history
heritageComponent Old Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
inception 2019
locatedIn Doha Corniche
surface form: Corniche area of Doha

Doha
Qatar
materialUsed glass fiber reinforced concrete panels
reinforced concrete
steel
namedAfter Qatar
openingDate 2019-03-28
operator Qatar Museums Authority
surface form: Qatar Museums
overlooks Doha Bay
owner Qatar
surface form: State of Qatar
shape interlocking discs
siteArea approximately 52,000 square meters
technologyUsed state-of-the-art audiovisual systems

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Doha hasLandmark National Museum of Qatar
Qatar nationalMuseum National Museum of Qatar