Bahrain Attractions

A spacious, well laid out national museum

Advantages: Modern and airy, well displayed exhibits, very cheap entry price
Disadvantages: None really, apart from cafe usually shut

Bahrain National Museum is a modern, spacious museum (opened in 1988) with lots of interesting things to see, and well worth a couple of hours if you are in Bahrain. The entrance fee is only 500 fils (about 70p) and children are free. It is situated by the Muharraq Causeway (the Novotel is just up the road) on the King Faisal Highway. Be warned, there are a couple of other large stone buildings to the right of the museum which are actually a concert ...
...a recreation of an old Bahrain village, reached by crossing a bridge. You need to go inside and get your entrance ticket before visiting it though. The museum has a large foyer with various rooms of displays leading off it, and exhibits are displayed in English and Arabic. It is on two floors with a lift available if you need it. Our favourites were the Hall of Graves, which has a full-size recreation of a burial site as well as lots of interesting ...

xameeurc 07.10.2007 · Read full review
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