Dubai’s Dh500m Union Museum project gets approval — in pictures

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  The project will cost Dh500 million.

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  The 25,000 square-metre museum will be adjacent to Union House which witnessed the signing of the treaty establishing the UAE in 1971.

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  The museum will tell the story of events from 1968 to 1974 and draw on the political and social circumstances surrounding this phase of UAE history.

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  The project will also see the restoration of Union House to its original state, restoring Dar Al Dheafa to its original state and refurbishes its furniture and rebuilding the Ministry House in its original location.

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  The project also will add a new lake. The plan will also see a new 123-metre flagpole.

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  Union Museum will eventually boast eight permanent pavilions and one temporary pavilion to exhibit items from international museums.

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  The eight pavilions will document political events from 1968 to 1974.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has endorsed the implementation of the Union Museum project. All photos Courtesy Government of Dubai