National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) - NMOQ
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Archived: 2026-04-23 15:35
National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) - NMOQ
Plan Your Visit
Visitors of all ages will enjoy our galleries, events, exhibitions, shops and dining options.
Featured Exhibitions and Events
Exhibition
Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave
Join us at Qatar Preparatory School (QPS) and the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) for the Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave exhibition, to explore how rural life may offer more humane and ecological answers to today’s global crises.
Online Workshop
Museum Motion Stickers Design Workshop
Design and create your own animated stickers, unique, creative, and full of movement, to level up your chats.
Tour
Countryside Lifestyle and Heritage
Take part in this guided tour and explore the deep relationship between heritage and sustainability, and how the countryside is constantly adapting to environmental and social changes.
Learning at NMoQ
Learn More
School Tours and Programmes
Help your students discover NMoQ through tours, hands-on activities or storytelling sessions.
Teen Programmes at the AI Digital Centre
Join us for an unforgettable experience where tradition meets technology at the intersection of art and innovation
School Programmes at the AI Digital Centre
Hands-on digital experiences where students discover coding, creativity, and culture.
Explore the NMoQ Metaverse Pilot Project
Experience the National Museum of Qatar like never before with our Metaverse Pilot—an immersive digital journey through Qatar’s cultural treasures, accessible anywhere in the world.
Begin Your Journey
Explore Our Galleries
Showcasing Qatar Museums’ leadership in cultural transformation and advanced technology, this digital innovation was developed in collaboration with Cisco and droppGroup.
Pearl Hunter: Treasures of the Gulf
For the love of retro gaming: collect the pearls. Click 'Help' for more.
Pearl Hunter
Treasures of the Gulf
Sorry... this game is not playable with reduce motion on.
How to Play
Use the left and right arrows to control the diver and collect as many pearls as possible. Watch out for whale sharks!
Score:
0
Time:
60
Did you know? Pearl trading holds an important role in Qatar's history, with pearling settlements all along the Gulf dating back centuries.
Did you know? Al Zubarah, the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Qatar, was once a thriving pearl fishing town and trading port.
Score:
0
More About NMoQ
NMOQ Explorer
Explore our online collection, interactive timelines and maps through a new pilot programme developed in partnership with Microsoft.
Galleries
NMoQ’s gallery spaces engage all the senses in telling the story of this nation and its people.
Online Collection
Discover the rich history and unique stories of the National Museum of Qatar’s objects. Browse highlights from the collection online and learn more about their significance.
Iconic Architecture
Jean Nouvel’s dynamic architectural design echoes the geography of Qatar while evoking the history and culture of the nation.
Audio Guides
Explore the galleries through our audio guide tours, available in multiple languages.
Practical Information
Hours and Information
Check our opening hours, how to get here, shopping and dining options and more.
Helpful Hints
These practical tips offer everything you need to know before your visit to the National Museum of Qatar.
Accessibility
At the National Museum of Qatar, we are committed to making our galleries and cultural experiences accessible to everyone.
Book Now
Iconic Architecture
Family-Friendly Galleries
Historic Collections
Member of
QATAR MUSEUMS
Explore What Connects Us
Find everything about
Contemporary Qatar
Our Environment
Qatari Heritage
Sports
Architecture
Fashion
or everything for
Families and Children
Schools
Researchers
Qatar Museums on the Map
Explore our museums, galleries and creative spaces and see what’s happening at our various locations. Plan your trip in advance or find specific facilities or venues.
Museums, Galleries and Creative Spaces
Public Art
Heritage Sites
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Plan Your Visit
Visitors of all ages will enjoy our galleries, events, exhibitions, shops and dining options.
Featured Exhibitions and Events
Exhibition
Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave
Join us at Qatar Preparatory School (QPS) and the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) for the Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave exhibition, to explore how rural life may offer more humane and ecological answers to today’s global crises.
Online Workshop
Museum Motion Stickers Design Workshop
Design and create your own animated stickers, unique, creative, and full of movement, to level up your chats.
Tour
Countryside Lifestyle and Heritage
Take part in this guided tour and explore the deep relationship between heritage and sustainability, and how the countryside is constantly adapting to environmental and social changes.
Learning at NMoQ
Learn More
School Tours and Programmes
Help your students discover NMoQ through tours, hands-on activities or storytelling sessions.
Teen Programmes at the AI Digital Centre
Join us for an unforgettable experience where tradition meets technology at the intersection of art and innovation
School Programmes at the AI Digital Centre
Hands-on digital experiences where students discover coding, creativity, and culture.
Explore the NMoQ Metaverse Pilot Project
Experience the National Museum of Qatar like never before with our Metaverse Pilot—an immersive digital journey through Qatar’s cultural treasures, accessible anywhere in the world.
Begin Your Journey
Explore Our Galleries
Showcasing Qatar Museums’ leadership in cultural transformation and advanced technology, this digital innovation was developed in collaboration with Cisco and droppGroup.
Pearl Hunter: Treasures of the Gulf
For the love of retro gaming: collect the pearls. Click 'Help' for more.
Pearl Hunter
Treasures of the Gulf
Sorry... this game is not playable with reduce motion on.
How to Play
Use the left and right arrows to control the diver and collect as many pearls as possible. Watch out for whale sharks!
Score:
0
Time:
60
Did you know? Pearl trading holds an important role in Qatar's history, with pearling settlements all along the Gulf dating back centuries.
Did you know? Al Zubarah, the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Qatar, was once a thriving pearl fishing town and trading port.
Score:
0
More About NMoQ
NMOQ Explorer
Explore our online collection, interactive timelines and maps through a new pilot programme developed in partnership with Microsoft.
Galleries
NMoQ’s gallery spaces engage all the senses in telling the story of this nation and its people.
Online Collection
Discover the rich history and unique stories of the National Museum of Qatar’s objects. Browse highlights from the collection online and learn more about their significance.
Iconic Architecture
Jean Nouvel’s dynamic architectural design echoes the geography of Qatar while evoking the history and culture of the nation.
Audio Guides
Explore the galleries through our audio guide tours, available in multiple languages.
Practical Information
Hours and Information
Check our opening hours, how to get here, shopping and dining options and more.
Helpful Hints
These practical tips offer everything you need to know before your visit to the National Museum of Qatar.
Accessibility
At the National Museum of Qatar, we are committed to making our galleries and cultural experiences accessible to everyone.
Book Now
Iconic Architecture
Family-Friendly Galleries
Historic Collections
Member of
QATAR MUSEUMS
Explore What Connects Us
Find everything about
Contemporary Qatar
Our Environment
Qatari Heritage
Sports
Architecture
Fashion
or everything for
Families and Children
Schools
Researchers
Qatar Museums on the Map
Explore our museums, galleries and creative spaces and see what’s happening at our various locations. Plan your trip in advance or find specific facilities or venues.
Museums, Galleries and Creative Spaces
Public Art
Heritage Sites
Functional cookies
These cookies are necessary for the correct functioning of the website. Please note, you cannot turn these off.
Third party cookies
This allows for embedding content from third-party websites, such as YouTube and Vimeo. Disabling this might remove some functionality from the website.
Analytics cookies
This enables us to monitor and improve the performance of our websites, as well as to conduct user experience analysis anonymously.
Advertising cookies
This enables us to present you with relevant ads on third party websites and apps, such as Facebook and Instagram. We also may link this data across the different devices you use, as well as process data about the ads. This is to measure ad performance and to enable ad billing.
Turning off certain cookies can result in related functionality to stop working correctly. You can change your preferences at any time.
More information
We use cookies to enhance your user experience, remember your preferences and show you relevant information accordingly. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies.
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