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100,000 visitors to the Museum of Traditional Crafts in Khorfakkan within 10 months

The Museum of Traditional Crafts in Khorfakkan represents an opportunity for visitors and heritage lovers to live the lives of the early ones.

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More than 100,000 guests visited the Museum of Traditional Crafts in Khorfakkan during the first ten months of its establishment. The deep vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, which works to preserve and protect heritage, and the role and status of museums in the sustainability of traditional crafts and their active presence, and their transmission to generations, where his heritage environment that resonates with the fragrance of the past, and depicts a full life of craft industries practiced by fathers and grandfathers in the past, to tell their struggle in consolidating the culture and civilization of a people.”

Al-Muslim stressed the status, value and importance of such museums, and their vital role in shaping the deep knowledge of all members of society, specialists and history lovers, as they play a major role in introducing the cultures of social groups, nations and civilizations, by displaying museum holdings that contribute to educating large numbers of visitors, and providing an opportunity For museum professionals to communicate with the community, promote and raise awareness of their role in community development, and remind the importance and status of museums as media invested in order to strengthen human ties.

For his part, Khaled Al Shehhi, Director of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage Branch in Khorfakkan, said that the Museum of Traditional Crafts in Khorfakkan “came to tell us a story that we love and we are keen on its permanent presence. It is associated with arts and creations, as here in the various sections of the museum a beautiful display of traditional crafts, reflecting the various marine and mountainous environments and all the crafts of the ancient population, such as folk medicine, barbering, sewing, pearl extraction, teaching the Qur’an, molasses extraction, marine crafts, and others.”

The Museum of Traditional Crafts in Khorfakkan represents a vital opportunity for visitors and heritage lovers to live the lives of the early adopters through the rich assortment of collectibles that take the visitor on a cultural heritage journey.

Abdulaziz Al-Muslim: “It constitutes an added value to all heritage projects in the city of Khorfakkan.”

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