Al Ain National Museum

Al Ain Museum

The Sultan Fort

The Al Ain National Museum is the cultural-historical National Museum of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . Located near the Eastern Fort (or Sultan Fort ) in Al Ain , the museum is also the oldest museum in the United Arab Emirates .

The Al Ain National Museum was founded by the former President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and opened on November 2nd, 1971 by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammad Al Nahyan . The house is divided into two departments of Ethnography and Archeology of the Emirates. The highlights of the exhibition include archaeological finds from the Bronze Age from the Hili Archaeological Park and flint tools from the 5th millennium BC.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aftab Kazmi: UAE Museum: Al Ain National Museum ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Gulf News . (English, accessed October 19, 2010) 

Web links

• Museum website ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 24 ° 12 ′ 57.6 ″  N , 55 ° 46 ′ 26 ″  E