Museum of the Future opens in Dubai

The Museum of the Future finally opened in Dubai on a palindrome date, February 22, 2022 and became the latest addition to Dubai’s bold architectural endeavours with futuristic designs.

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   Touted as the world's most beautiful building inaugurated on the Palindrome date of February 22, 2022, the Museum of the Future is an exhibition space for innovative and futuristic ideologies, services, and products. “It is an architectural and engineering marvel, confidently straddling the past and the future and applying advanced technology to traditional art forms,” United Arab Emirates officials said during the opening. Exhibits include a space station simulator. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   The striking building houses a permanent exhibition of technologies of the future in a seven-story egg-shaped pillar-free structure, standing at 77 metres tall. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   The museum has a number of floors dedicated to different experiences ranging from ecosystems and bioengineering to showcasing near-future technologies addressing challenges in areas that include health, water and food. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai called it “the most beautiful building on earth.” (Dubai Future Foundation/via REUTERS)

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   According to the museum’s site, it combines elements of exhibition, immersive theatre and themed attraction. Each floor is like a film set from a future that you can inhabit, explore and interact with. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   Museum of the Future has also dedicated a space for the children called - ‘Future Heroes’. Children will be given the opportunity to play and to learn through activities that encourage communication, collaboration and creativity. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   Its stainless-steel exterior is covered with quotes in Arabic calligraphy, including 'the future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it.' (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   The museum’s form is symbolic: The circular building represents humanity; the green mound it sits atop represents the earth; the void represents the unknown future.(Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)

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   The website mentions that museum also meets the highest global standards of sustainability, as it is provided with 4,000 megawatt-hours per year of solar power generated by a dedicated solar park. (Courtesy: Dubai Future Foundation)