Collections & Galleries
Museums
TODO — what museums in Dubai are actually worth the time.
5 placesSheikh Zayed Road
Museum of the Future
A torus of Arabic calligraphy with no columns and no windows, holding an exhibition that is closer to immersive theatre than a museum.
Al Shindagha
Al Shindagha Museum
A string of restored merchant houses on the Creek telling the pearling story properly, and the best history museum in the emirate.
Jumeirah
Etihad Museum
Built on the spot where the UAE was signed into existence in 1971, in a building shaped like the parchment they signed.
Bur Dubai
Al Fahidi Fort and Dubai Museum
The oldest building in Dubai, from 1787, which housed the city museum for fifty years and has been closed for restoration.
Al Fahidi
The Coffee Museum
Two floors of a wind-tower house given over to coffee, with roasting demonstrations and an Ethiopian ceremony upstairs.