“Sharjah Museums”… a rich heritage in the “Arabian Travel Market”

Sharjah (Al-Ittihad)
Sharjah Museums Authority is participating in the Arabian Travel Market exhibition, which is being held at the Dubai World Trade Center from May 6 to 9, with the aim of highlighting the emirate’s rich cultural and artistic scene and promoting museum tourism, as it is one of the most important components of economic development.
The exhibition represents a window to promote the tourism potential and attractions enjoyed by the Emirate of Sharjah. The Authority, as part of its participation in the emirate’s pavilion under the umbrella of the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, focuses on introducing visitors to the exhibition to the cultural identity of Sharjah and the tourist facilities on its land, most notably the Authority’s various museums. There are 16 museums, in order to enhance Sharjah’s position as the capital of Arab culture and tourism.

As part of its participation in the exhibition, and under the slogan “Explore Sharjah Museums,” the Authority provides comprehensive information about its museums that extend from the heart of the emirate to the eastern coast, and include the Sharjah Art Museum, the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, Bait Al Naboodah, the Sharjah Archeology Museum, Sharjah Fort, and Sharjah Fort. Khor Fakkan, Sharjah Maritime Museum, Sharjah Science Museum and others.
The Authority’s participation includes an exhibition of unique collectibles from its museums, with topics ranging from history, culture, heritage, and arts to introduce visitors to the history of Sharjah, which extends back thousands of years, and to the antiquities that were discovered in the emirate. The displayed collectibles include a model of a tombstone dating back to 250 BC. It has inscriptions in the Musnad script, an engraved ceramic dome that is likely to have been an incense burner cover dating back to 600 BC, a model of the Sharjah Fort building, and an oil painting by Emirati artist Najat Makki entitled Abandoned Books, in addition to organizing an activity for the Musnad script that originated more than 4,000 years ago in Yemen, and archaeologists discovered examples of it in Sharjah dating back to the seventh century BC, where visitors can write their names in Musnad script.