A VISIT TO SHEIKH FAISAL BIN QASSIM AL-THANI MUSEUM, QATAR

During this year's Eid holidays, we decided to visit Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassin Al-Thani Museum.

It is a private museum located in Al Samariyah, Ash-Shahaniyah with personal collections of Sheikh Faisal. The museum holds a large collection of ancient Islamic Artifacts which shows the cultural heritage of Qatar and other Middle East countries.

It is around an hour drive from central Doha, the capital of Qatar. The ticket costs 15 QR per adult and kids below teen age have free entry. If you intent to take pictures, you should also pay 50 QR for a photography ticket per family.

It takes around 2-3 hours to tour the museum and the museum closes normally at 4 PM. But during Eid, they had extended hours and museum entry closes by 5 PM and we can tour the museum until 6 PM.

There were separate halls designed for displaying the artworks and collections. The vintage cars on display in the museum is unique in the region.

There were display of dinosaur fossils and chemical rocks found from Moroccan desserts. Pretty good collection of ancient cameras were there. A good collection of old maps of Persian gulf can be found. 

Ancient Compass

 Medical instruments and other surgical items

 Donkey cart model and Qatari ancient fishing boats

Other household items, ceramic porcelain collections, Persian rugs, ancient war items, and various old photographs displayed in a big hall

 Way to the first floor

 The ancient punishment model

 Ancient cop outfits, canon, and rifles. Different kinds of ancient swords were also displayed 

 State of Qatar passport models

To be short, the museum have wonderful collection presented beautifully and worth visiting for a couple of hours.