Your guide to Dubai’s cultural landmark on Sheikh Zayed Road
If you’ve driven along Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road you will have noticed the impressive construction next to Emirates Towers. Dubai’s next cultural landmark, The Museum of the Future, is dedicated to exploring the threats and opportunities of our time – for a better future, no less.
The iconic museum is Dubai Future Foundation’s next venture, led by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
The even better news? Dubai’s Museum of the Future is opening on Tuesday, February 22 so we’ll finally get to see what’s inside. The opening date was announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, where he praised it as “he most beautiful building on earth.”
The museum has already been named one of the 14 most beautiful museums, and everyone is excited to see what it looks like inside.
Even if you’re just driving by, you can see the museum is incredibly detailed. That’s thanks to architecture firm Killa Design using modern techniques such as the computer-controlled machining tools to cut an estimated 1,000 molds that support the fiberglass and stainless steel frame.
It’s not just a futuristic space. The MOTF has a garden with 100 plant species reflecting the UAE’s heritage and biodiversity. Trees and plants, from ghaf and sidr, to palm and acacia trees, are all sprouting from the green plateau where the already iconic building stands.
All-in-all, the museum will be a place for learning. And, from what we can see at its exhibitions at the World Government Summit over the past five years, including its “Humans 2.0”, which showcased the evolution of technology for the human body in 2019, and its “Climate Change Reimagined: Dubai 2050” in 2017, the museum will challenge big issues and explore technological advancements.
The Museum of the Future will have a number of floors dedicated to different experiences. There will be three floors with immersive exhibitions focusing on potential futures of outer space resource development, ecosystems and bioengineering, along with and health and wellbeing.
As for futuristic tech, another floor will showcase near-future technologies that aims to transform the world, addressing challenges in areas such as health, water, food, transportation and energy.
The last floor is all about the little ones, dedicated to children to explore and solve challenges in their own way to become our “future heroes”.
Inside you can expect to find immersive future environments that merge science and technology to explore future possibilities.
Are you ready to see into the future? The Museum of the Future ticket prices are Dhs145 per person, and children under three get in for free. Emirati citizens over the age of 60, people of determination and one accompanying caregiver will also get in for free.
