Al-Hajri: Dubai’s historic Shindagha will be ready for visitors in 2020

Under the directives of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Municipality has restored and revived the historic Shindagha buildings in Dubai as a cultural witness to history and occupies an important part of Dubai’s heritage and heritage. The Director General of Dubai Municipality, Eng. Daoud Al Hajri, according to the official website of the Dubai Government:

Under the directives of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Municipality has restored and revived the historic Shindagha buildings in Dubai as a cultural witness to history and occupies an important part of Dubai’s heritage and heritage.
According to the official website of the Government of Dubai, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Eng. The municipality will revive the historic district of Shindagha and will be ready in the first half of 2020, which will add a cultural platform reflecting the history and heritage of the emirate, and activate tourism in preparation for the reception of the largest number of tourists in 2020. ”
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Hajri added, “The historic Shindagha project is about to be completed, to embellish the brilliant image of the city, whose magnificent reality and its beautiful past coalesce in a view that reflects the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Construction of neighborhoods and restoration of heritage buildings in the historic area to begin the largest restoration of buildings, which amounted to 162 buildings on an area of ​​169 thousand square meters, has been developed into integrated museums, representing more than 25 museum experiences, each consisting of several suites with more than 80 heritage buildings, Telling the story of the start of modern life in a bear It will be handed the bulk of these museums body culture beginning of 2020 “

He explained that this project may be different from the restoration of an archaeological building, but it is a complete area that tells the story of the inhabitants of this area with its ornate buildings, narrow skirts and beautiful mosques. What distinguishes this project in addition to turning these buildings into museums is the movement of the visitor from one building to another within one museum to form a larger one. An open museum, pointing out that the project began to equip the entire infrastructure of the region, followed by horticulture and beauty work and the identification of movement paths, and the restoration and rehabilitation of 162 historical and archaeological buildings according to its original architectural details and narrow original skiks, including archaeological mosques, the most famous mosque Sheikhs.

“The bulk of the first phase of the project, Bait Al Khor, which tells the story of Dubai Creek and the perfume house which will take the visitor to a different experience, has been accomplished very quickly, and has already been handed over to the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority at the end of last August. .

Al Shindagha Museums
He pointed out that the Shindagha Museums consist of a reception center built in the style of modern architecture, a huge glass building that will manage the tourist work in the region, which will be the gathering point for tourists and guidance services and entertainment, and Dar Al Maktoum Museum to tell the dazzling driving story, the city’s growth museum, and the Museum of Life Social and Wildlife Museum, Folklore Museums, Traditional Crafts and Women’s Accessories, Jewelery Museum, Navigation Museum and Children’s Museum, which will provide children with an opportunity to explore the heritage for themselves and the community heritage center for the teaching of traditional handicrafts. Marine and House of Poetry and the Museum of the popular cuisine life.

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