Qatar Museums (QM) has announced its Ramadan operating hours of all its facilities: Saturday to Thursday 10am to 2pm and 8pm to 12midnight and Friday 8pm to 12midnight. All QM facilities will be closed on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
QM has also invited members of the community to participate in a series of creative activities for children and families in celebration of Ramadan. The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) will hold a family day, about the performance of the ritual prayer and artifacts related to prayer at the MIA.
Activities and events during the holy month include: A series of lectures hosted by the MIA and the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, storytelling and writing sessions that accompany the exhibition “Lusail Museum: Tales of a World Bringing Us Together” at Qatar Museums Gallery - Al Riwaq, magazine design and photography sessions on the sidelines of the Qatar Photo Festival, 'Tasweer', a painting workshop for children at Mathaf and workshops on social media and content creation accompanying the “Discover the Island” exhibition at the Fire Station: Artists’ Residence. Liwan Design Studios & Labs will also host Liwan for Good - an event that brings together local charities and artists for an evening of giving.
QM has recently revealed many new exhibitions and installation artworks. Among them five new exhibitions that come within the framework of the Qatar Image Festival: Photography 2023 which opened in different locations, is Doha Friday Fashion and an opportunity to breathe in M7, And Mashael Al-Hijazi: The House of My Mother Lulwa in the Council of Barahat al-Jufairi, and Hadeer Omar: As for after, in Al-Kut Castle, and I am the Traveler and the Road in Mathaf: The Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Also opening last week at Mathaf was Beirut The Sixties: The Golden Age, a multidisciplinary exhibition that highlights a turbulent time in the development of modernity in Beirut from the Lebanon Crisis of 1958 to the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975.
Desert Embraces Imagination, Olafur Eliasson's first solo exhibition in the Gulf region, brings together dozens of artworks created in outdoor spaces near the island of Qurum near Al Thakhira in northern Qatar, and an extensive show in the galleries of the National Museum of Qatar showcasing artworks dating back to different periods of the artist's career. Picnic '88, a solo exhibition by Kuwaiti/Qatari artist Anfal al-Kandari, presents a reimagined scene of a picnic she took when she was six years old in 1988.
The Art Mills exhibition in the warehouse of the Qatar Flour Mills Company and the Al Baraha Heritage House No 15 continues until March 30. The exhibition highlights the museum’s vision, and the architectural design of the future museum that embodies modern international art and contemporary.
The 'Harnessing the Roots' exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), part of a series of traveling “Hermes Heritage” exhibitions, runs until April 1. So does the Valentino Forever exhibition.
The World of Football exhibition at the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum takes visitors on a journey through the beginnings and history of football and the origins of the FIFA World Cup. Tales of a World Bringing Us Together at Qatar Museums Gallery - Al Riwaq (running until April 29), seeing the new Lusail Museum and displaying a world-class art collection.
A look at the Qatar Auto Museum project is a special exhibition in the Mawater Gallery of the NMoQ, until January 20, 2024.
The permanent collection galleries at the NMoQ, 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, the MIA, and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art will also open at the same working hours as announced during the holy month of Ramadan.
A schedule of new exhibitions, workshops, tours and events, are available at https://qm.org.qa/en/stories/all-stories/visiting-qatar-museums-during-ramadan/
