Museum
Permanent Exhibitions
West Asia
West Asia
Themes
Agricultural and pastoral life
Urban life
The Islamic world

This region, one of the birthplaces of human civilization, has always been a major cultural crossroads where many different cultures have met and mingled. The exhibition tries to embrace this fact by using a unique method of representation. As well as showing the agricultural, pastoral and city lives of this arid region, the gallery exhibits in concrete form the functions and meanings of Islam, the spiritual ground of the people of the region.
West Asia
Treasured Objects from the Region
Man's clothing and head cover Woman's clothing and veil Shadow puppets Water pipe
Rosewater sprinklers Tapestry of the Ka‘aba Shrine Prayer beads