Etihad Museum
The museum of the UAE's founding, built around Union House, where the constitution was signed and the first national flag raised on 2 December 1971. Its building is designed to look like a document, and inside it holds everything from old passports to the personal belongings of the rulers.
- Where
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.2392, 55.2693
Get the Etihad Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Etihad Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Dubai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Etihad Museum
Jumeirah Mosque 0.7 km
A white stone mosque on Jumeirah Beach Road, begun in 1975 and opened in 1979, built in the manner of medieval Cairo's Fatimid and Mamluk mosques. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum gave it as a gift to his son, Sheikh Mohammed, and it is one of the few mosques in Dubai that welcomes non-Muslim visitors on guided tours.
Museum of the Future 2.6 km
A ring-shaped steel building in Dubai's financial district, covered in Arabic calligraphy that doubles as its windows. The words are a poem about the future by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, and the seven floors inside are given to science, technology and what may come next.
Zabeel Park 2.9 km
A large city park in the Zabeel district, split into sectors that are joined by footbridges over the roads running through it. The Dubai Frame, a 150 metre picture frame of glass and gold-coloured steel, stands inside.
Dubai Garden Glow 2.9 km
A night-time park in Zabeel Park, filled with illuminated sculptures of animals, flowers and fantasy scenes made from lights and recycled materials. It comes alive after dark, and a section of life-size moving dinosaurs keeps children busy.
Dubai Frame 3.1 km
A picture frame 150 metres tall and 95 metres wide standing in Zabeel Park, the largest in the world. A glass-floored bridge across the top looks north to old Dubai and south to the new city.
Al Shindagha Museum 3.6 km
A museum spread through restored courtyard houses in the Al Shindagha historic district, at the mouth of Dubai Creek. It tells the story of the creek and the people who lived along it, and includes a house given over to perfume and the region's love of oud and scent.
Iranian Mosque 3.7 km
A Shia hosainia near the old Textile Souk in Bur Dubai, built in 1979 and known for its façade and domes covered in blue Persian tilework. It is also called the Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque.
The Green Planet 3.7 km
An indoor tropical rainforest under a bio-dome in City Walk, with more than 3,000 plants and animals. Birds, reptiles and fish live in the open around you as you climb through the levels of the forest, though none of them may be touched.
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Questions
Where is Etihad Museum?
Etihad Museum is in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jumeirah Mosque (0.7 km), Museum of the Future (2.6 km), Zabeel Park (2.9 km).
How do I get the Etihad Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Etihad Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Dubai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Etihad Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Dubai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.