Qatar Museums

Qatar Museums
Front view of "The QM Tower, Qatar Museums building in Doha, Qatar"
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Established2005
LocationDoha, Qatar
Coordinates25°17′19.1″N 51°32′45.33″E / 25.288639°N 51.5459250°E / 25.288639; 51.5459250
ChairpersonSheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Public transit accessQM Tower, Al Meena Street, Doha, Qatar PO Box 2777.
Websiteqm.org.qa

Qatar Museums (formerly the Qatar Museums Authority[1]) was founded in 2005[2][3] and is a Qatari government entity that oversees the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, MIA Park, QM Gallery at the Katara Cultural Village, ALRIWAQ DOHA Exhibition Space, the Al Zubarah World Heritage Site Visitor Centre,[4] and archaeological projects throughout Qatar, as well as the development of future projects and museums that will highlight its collections across multiple areas of activity including Orientalist art, photography, sports, children's education, and wildlife conservation.

  1. ^ "Qatar Museums Authority announces re-branding amid layoff uncertainty". Doha News. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Qatar's sympathy operation that invested huge resources in art. Here's what it has done". www.finestresullarte.info. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Al Jazeera Exhibition opens in Qatar". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Qatar's history on show as Al Zubarah opened to public". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2014.