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Fairly similar to the National Museum, Doha fort consists of some good displays of traditional crafts, including carving, goldsmithing, rope-making and weaving.
Read moreThis building is the last remaining construction of its kind in Doha. It is a restored traditional Qatari house, found in the centre courtyard of a new souq-shopping complex. The museum looks at life before the oil boom and explains how an ordinary family would have lived. The house includes one of the Gulf's few remaining wind towers, a traditional form of air conditioning in the region.
Read moreThe museum displays rare samples of swords, daggers and miscellaneous firearms and their accessories
Read moreThe Department of Museums & Antiquities has restored one of the town's old buildings and converted it into Al Wakra museum. It displays marine life and natural history materials.
Read moreIt was an old police station, which has been renovated to become regional museum. It is an anthropology museum and displays also the archeological discoveries from Al-Khor area since the Neoletic age up to recent area.
Read moreAmong the attractions in the city is Qatar National Museum on the eastern part of the Corniche. Displaying the geological history of Qatar as well as a collection of Islamic artifacts and relics, the museum has a lot to tell about the country’s past amongst a maritime museum and a small lagoon with traditional boats (dhows) built from wood.
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Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani became the new Emir of the State of Qatar on June 26, 1995,