Al Ain Museum

In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) commenced a long-planned project to restore and extend the Al Ain Museum, retaining the main museum building and supplementing it with new facilities on the site of the former offices and carpark of the Historic Environment Department



Sections of several aflaj are now conserved and displayed in specially designed galleries within the Museum basement
In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) commenced a long-planned project to restore and extend the Al Ain Museum, retaining the main museum building and supplementing it with new facilities on the site of the former offices and carpark of the Historic Environment Department
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WGS84 / UTM zone 40N
haret al hisn
Al Mut-haf Street
DCT
shallow ghayli and deep dawoodi aflaj
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Iron Age, PIR and Early Islamic aflaj









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Resources for finding out more about the aflaj and the ancient landscape of Al Ain