Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum
6Q75+9WX - Hessa Bint Mohammed Street \u0026 Sultan bin Zayed I Street - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum is a museum and bus stop located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The average rating of this business is 4.60 out of 5 stars based on 21 reviews. The street address of this business is 6Q75+9WX - Hessa Bint Mohammed Street \u0026 Sultan bin Zayed I Street - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates.
- Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum is located at 6Q75+9WX - Hessa Bint Mohammed Street \u0026 Sultan bin Zayed I Street - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates.
5 Vikas Singh 35 months ago
Located on the western edge of Al Ain Oasis, the Palace of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was built in 1937. It was converted into a museum in 1998 and opened to the public in 2001. The original structure comprised a private residence for the ruler and his family within a complex of courtyards. The architectural design and construction of Al Ain Palace is typical of historical buildings of the UAE.
The Palace Sections
The palace’s distinctive internal gate is decorated with verses from the Holy Qur’an, and leads to private rooms for guests and official delegations. This section of the palace also features rooms dedicated to meeting official councils to issue directives on the public services in the Eastern region of Abu Dhabi. Reception rooms for international delegations reflect the renowned hospitality that Sheikh Zayed and his family were known for. Above the main entrance of the palace is an upper majlis called Albarzah, which received important guests and provided shade during hot weather. The outdoor yard includes the coffee room, from which Arabic coffee was distributed throughout the palace.
The Palace Sections
A special section for Sheikh Zayed, and his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi is composed of two floors; the ground floor was used to host women by HH Sheikha Fatima, and the upper floor was dedicated to Sheikh Zayed and his family. The palace also includes a room in which Sheikh Zayed’s sons used to study, which still contains the original tables and black board. Another room was devoted to teaching the residents of the palace the Holy Qur’an and Hadith that comprises of the teaching and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.
Paying homage to the heritage of Sheikh Zayed, the tent that he used to host guests during the winter has been erected in the palace. The tent simulates the way of life that Sheikh Zayed was proud of, and allows visitors to learn about the Bedouin heritage, history and renowned Arabic hospitality. In the courtyard of the internal palace is a Land Rover, similar to the cars that Sheikh Zayed used during his visits to check on the conditions of the communities in the region.
The architecture
It features the characteristic ventilation structures that are designed to keep the buildings cool in the summer and the traditional method of using wide and long verandas helped cool the air outside the palace rooms, and shielded them from intense sunlight. Verandas are roofed open walkways or porches. Locally sourced and environmentally friendly building materials were used, including clay, adobe and plaster stones, as well as palm tree elements for roofing rooms, ceilings, doors and windows. The use of teak was later introduced in the renovation of the buildings.
4 Jobi Kollam 70 months ago
The museum presents many of the rooms in the palace, including an art gallery. Many of the rooms are of the majlis (meeting room for receiving visitors) type. In one of the courts there is a replica grand court tent, representing a link with Bedouin life. There is also a Land Rover similar to the one driven by Sheikh Zayed in the desert to visit Bedouin communities. Behind the museum is the Al Ain Oasis, with an entrance close by, and a path leading through the oasis to the Al Ain National Museum.
4 Husnain Abbas 94 months ago
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4 Mehran Shahrokh 46 months ago
Too much rooms and halls
Every where luxury and unique.
3 Bazma K 70 months ago
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