Kuwait National Museum

Museum in Kuwait

Kuwait National Museum
متحف الكويت الوطني
Al Muhallab, an historic dhow at Kuwait National Museum

Established	1983
Location	Kuwait City, Kuwait

The Kuwait National Museum is the national museum of Kuwait, located in Kuwait City. It was established in 1983 and designed by architect Michel Ecochard.^[1]

One of the entrances of Kuwait National Museum

The museum comprises five buildings set around a central garden, their organization is parallel to the architectural plan of the vernacular Arab mud house with its central courtyard. The main buildings are connected to each other with elevated walkways. Ecochard explains that the grouping of those buildings corresponds to knowledge of the region, its geography, its history and its civilization.^[2]

The museum has four main sections to it:^[3] 1. Kuwait Heritage Hall^[4] 2. Hall of Archeology^[5] 3. The Planetarium ^[6] 4. Al Muhallab Dhow ^[7]

References

^ "ArchNet Digital Library". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ Ecochard, Michel."The National Museum of Kuwait”. In Places of Public Gathering in Islam, edited by Linda Safran. Philadelphia: Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1980.
^ "المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون الأداب. متحف الكويت الوطني". Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون الأداب. معرض التراث الشعبي". Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون الأداب. متحف الآثار القديمة". Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون الأداب. القبة السماوية". Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون الأداب. بوم المهلب". Retrieved 6 May 2023.

Kuwait City

History
Timeline

Districts
and streets

Sharg
Jibla
Mirgab
Dasman
Gulf Road

Landmarks

Buildings and cultural centres	Kuwait Towers (Freedom Towers) Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre Al Shaheed Park Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Al Salam Palace Kuwait National Cultural District Liberation Tower National Assembly of Kuwait Al-Hashemi-II Kuwait Motor Town
Museums	Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Kuwait National Cultural District Kuwait Scientific Center Bait Al-Othman Museum Al Salam Palace Al Shaheed Park Museums Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah Museum of Modern Arts Tareq Rajab Museum Science and Natural History Museum Bait Dickson Kuwait National Museum Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum Sadu House Al-Hashemi-II Fateh Al-Khayr
Shopping malls	The Avenues Souq Sharq
Historical souqs	Souq Al Mubarakeya Souk Al-Manakh Ṣafāt Square
Scientific centres	Dasman Diabetes Institute Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Kuwait Science Club
Libraries & edu. institutions	National Library of Kuwait Al-Babtain Library For Arabic Poetry Kuwait University
Historical palaces	Seif Palace Bayān Palace Kuwait Red Fort
Other landmarks	Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Amiri Hospital Kuwait International Airport