Museum of the Future
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.
- Where
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.2191, 55.2821
Get the Museum of the Future stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Museum of the Future. 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 Museum of the Future
Dubai Garden Glow 1.8 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.
Jumeirah Mosque 2.3 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.
Zabeel Park 2.4 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 Mall 2.4 km
The largest mall in Dubai, with more than 1,200 shops at the foot of the Burj Khalifa. Inside are an aquarium and an ice rink, and its lakeside terrace outside is the best seat in town for the fountain show.
Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo 2.4 km
A vast aquarium inside the Dubai Mall, one of the largest in the world. Its main viewing panel, about 32 metres wide and 8 metres tall, faces straight onto the shopping concourse, so sharks and rays swim past shoppers who never paid to see them.
Burj Khalifa 2.6 km
The tallest building in the world since 2011, a spire of glass and steel reaching 828 metres at the roof above Downtown Dubai. It was designed by the Chicago firm SOM, and its observation decks look out over desert, sea and the rest of the city's towers.
The Green Planet 2.6 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.
Etihad Museum 2.6 km
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.
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Questions
Where is Museum of the Future?
Museum of the Future is in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dubai Garden Glow (1.8 km), Jumeirah Mosque (2.3 km), Zabeel Park (2.4 km).
How do I get the Museum of the Future stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Museum of the Future 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 Museum of the Future 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.
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