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Museum · Al Abar, Sharjah, Emirate of Sharjah

Sharjah Archaeology Museum

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The Sharjah Archaeology Museum is a Sharjah Museums Authority museum in the Al Abar area of Sharjah showing archaeological finds from the emirate, from the Stone Age to the rise of Islam.

Why go

This record is the Sharjah Archaeology Museum in Sharjah city, not the Mleiha Archaeological Centre inland. The Sharjah Museums Authority says the museum first opened in 1993 and moved to its current location on 10 May 1997, and that its mission is to preserve, interpret and exhibit the artefacts found in Sharjah since excavations began in 1973; its displays cover the region's inhabitants from the Stone Age to the rise of Islam. In May 2022 the authority opened the Little Archaeologist Hall there, an interactive hall for children aged 5 to 12. The museum's page links to online ticketing and to separate school and academic visit booking.

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Sharjah

Sharjah is a city on the Arabian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates, distinct from the wider Emirate of Sharjah; the emirate's tourism authority describes Sharjah City as a place of museums, souks and waterfronts. XTOUR maps Sharjah Museums Authority museums, Al Noor Mosque and Al Noor Island in the city; Mleiha and Fossil Rock lie outside it, in the emirate's Central Region.

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