Familiarize the public with her pivotal role and rare collectibles

3 days with Sharjah Museums in «Al Zahia»

The authority will introduce visitors to museums and temporary exhibitions.

From the source

The Sharjah Museums Authority has prepared a number of events that reflect the importance of museums as an effective means of cultural exchange, promoting cooperation and understanding between peoples, as well as emphasizing their role as educational, educational and entertainment institutions.

Through its activities, the authority aims to familiarize the public with its museums and the role they play in the areas of sustainability, learning and innovation by presenting a series of workshops, activities, programs and entertainment and educational competitions targeting adults and children. And until the day after tomorrow in City Center Al Zahia) in two locations, which are the main stage and City Center Al Zahia theater.

Director-General of the Sharjah Museums Authority, Manal Ataya, said, "Museums, which have become a pivotal role in promoting the language of dialogue, understanding differences, and shedding light on important social issues, have become today more important than they have ever been because they are educational centers and social spaces that are capable of To bring about change and development by spreading knowledge and stimulating new ideas and creative thinking among individuals, which contributes to building cohesive societies.”

She added: "Museums offer visitors new perspectives that nurture their curiosity and motivate them towards learning about different cultures, accepting the other, building cultural bridges, and supporting diversity in multicultural societies, as is the case in the UAE, which embraces more than 200 different nationalities and cultures living in harmony and understanding."

On its main platform, the authority will introduce visitors to museums and temporary exhibitions, in addition to live performances.

The displays are accompanied by interactive stations, including the "Discover Sharjah Museums" activity, through which visitors explore the museums, as the visitor finds himself in front of 16 doors, each of which displays a picture and valuable information from one of the museums.

The audience will also be presented with a set of models of rich and rare collectibles, including a replica of one of the five astrolabes preserved in international museums, copper pearl sieves, and the Emirati woman's burqa, which is an important part of the Emirati cultural identity, in addition to a statue of a camel found at the Muwailih archaeological site.

workshops

Today, workshops that vary from different museums of the Sharjah Museums Authority, notably colored cloth, mosaics, a mobile solar plane, jewels from the depths, and Islamic architecture (museum model), while the second day’s agenda includes a group of exciting workshops, such as the art of gilding, And point painting, puzzle game, Musnad calligraphy workshop, and Sharjah fort model coloring workshop.

The day after tomorrow's activities include glazed pottery, sea turtles, gilding, solar mobile, and African folklore (African masks) workshops.

Manal Ataya:

Museums are educational centers and social spaces capable of bringing about change and development by spreading knowledge and stimulating new ideas and creative thinking.

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