Kuwait National Museum

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Kuwait National Museum
متحف الكويت الوطني
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Established 1983
Location Kuwait City Kuwait
Director Shihab Al Shihab
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A ship kept at Kuwait National Museum

The Kuwait National Museum is the national museum of Kuwait, located in Kuwait City. It was established in 1983 and designed by architect Michel Ecochard.[1]

The museum comprises five buildings set around a central garden, their organization is parallel to the architectural plan of the vernacular Arab mud house with its central courtyard. The main buildings are connected to each other with elevated walkways. Ecochard explains that the grouping of those buildings corresponds to knowledge of the Arabian peninsula, its geography, its history and its civilization.[2]

As of 2014, the museum was described as "underused and overlooked."[3]

References

  1. ArchNet Digital Library
  2. Ecochard, Michel."The National Museum of Kuwait”. In Places of Public Gathering in Islam, edited by Linda Safran. Philadelphia: Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1980.
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