11 November 2018
Bahrain National Museum Welcomes a Group of Students
Alia National Private School visited on 11 November 2018, Bahrain National Museum. 9-16 years-old students were tour guided throughout the splendid and spacious post-modern waterfront building and boasting an intriguing array of well-labeled exhibits. Deservedly the country's most popular attraction, the National Museum is an outstanding introduction to Bahrain's history. The students enjoyed the highlights of the collection, which is housed in a postmodern building with landscaping that brings the waterfront location up to the windows, are the archaeological finds from ancient Dilmun, the reproduction souq covering Traditional Trades and Crafts on the 1st floor (the barber could double for Sweeney Todd), and the vast satellite photo of Bahrain that takes up much of the ground floor. Other exhibits include a Hall of Graves, Customs and Traditions, the Islamic era and Documents and Manuscripts, and we very much hope that the fine semi-permanent ground-floor exhibit on fables and storytelling continues. The museum shop is excellent, there's a chic cafe, several gallery spaces are used for contemporary exhibitions of art and sculpture, and the labelling (in English and Arabic) is first-rate throughout.
The visit is part of Bahrain Culture Authority’s strategy to give the students the opportunity to enjoy and discover the hidden treasures of Bahrain’s heritage and artifacts and the relationship with the daily life. Worth to mention that Bahrain National Museum welcomes groups of students and little ones periodically.
