The Sheikh Faisal Museum in just outside of Doha and is a collection of artifacts that have been assembled by Sheikh Faisal over the past 20 years. He continues to add to his collection every year. He has opened up this museum to visitors for free so we decided to check it out with Tracy and Hailey. It looks like a huge fort from the outside.
We began our tour in the hall of fossils. Most of the fossils were from the Moroccan Desert. One of the coolest ones was a dinosaur head fossil that is 100 million years old.
This was a full skeleton of a porpoise! All the kids thought it was pretty neat.
There was an entire room full of manuscripts and old books (mostly in Arabic). Some of them were Korans that were an inch big!!
Chase's favorite room was one of the largest collections of old weapons ever assembled. It was full of daggers, swords, old guns, bow and arrows, etc.
One section was designed to be like an old home and had this mannequin with the old customary dress. The metallic looking thing on her face is still worn by some of the older women here in Qatar.
Over 100 old cars occupy the museum! They range from some of the first Ford cars all the way up to a fully functioning Formula 1 car. Even an airplane hangs from the ceiling.
The kids put themselves into the old jail cells and acted like captives. Hee Hee!
They had fun with a tiny door within a huge door.
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| Picture of the entrance |
We began our tour in the hall of fossils. Most of the fossils were from the Moroccan Desert. One of the coolest ones was a dinosaur head fossil that is 100 million years old.
This was a full skeleton of a porpoise! All the kids thought it was pretty neat.
There was an entire room full of manuscripts and old books (mostly in Arabic). Some of them were Korans that were an inch big!!
Chase's favorite room was one of the largest collections of old weapons ever assembled. It was full of daggers, swords, old guns, bow and arrows, etc.
One section was designed to be like an old home and had this mannequin with the old customary dress. The metallic looking thing on her face is still worn by some of the older women here in Qatar.
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| Avery liked the baby doll in this old baby crib |
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| Some the first high heeled shoes in the Ottoman Empire |
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| More high heeled shoes |
Over 100 old cars occupy the museum! They range from some of the first Ford cars all the way up to a fully functioning Formula 1 car. Even an airplane hangs from the ceiling.
The museum also has several other antique modes of transportation.
The kids put themselves into the old jail cells and acted like captives. Hee Hee!
They had fun with a tiny door within a huge door.
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| Chase the king in his throne |
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