National Museum of Qatar
museum, Doha, Qatar
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The National Museum of Qatar, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened in March 2019. It features interactive exhibits that cover 700 million years of Qatari history. At its core is a former palace that previously housed an earlier national museum. The museum's design is inspired by the desert rose, a crystal formation found in the desert.1
The museum is located in Doha, the capital of Qatar. It is part of Qatar's broader effort to develop its cultural institutions, which also include the Museum of Islamic Art.234
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