KING DAVID Palace - ABU DHABI A Crown Jewel On SAADIYAT

On entering the Zayed National Museum visitors will embark on a compelling journey into the culture and history of the UAE, and the story of Sheikh Zayed – the UAE’s Father and continual source of inspiration. 

'H.H.Sheikh Zayed: Life and Times" is the museum’s core gallery, tracing the life story of Sheikh Zayed and his unification of the UAE. Seminal moments in the intertwined histories of man and nation will be brought alive through photographs, national treasures, key documents and personal effects belonging to the late ruler.

Louvre Abu Dhabi is a new cultural beacon, bringing different cultures together to shine fresh light on the shared stories of humanity.

A pioneering cultural project
The origins of Louvre Abu Dhabi date back to March 2007. The UAE and France formed an unprecedented partnership for cultural exchange, and the highlight of this would be the establishment of Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. 

The partnership is combining the UAE’s bold vision of cultural progression and openness, with France’s expertise in the world of art and museums. It explores the shared themes that reveal and connect humanity.

This museum of modern and contemporary art will be a dynamic platform for presenting local, regional and International art.

A museum of modern and contemporary art, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will showcase the most important International artistic achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection features the work of artists from across the Globe in a variety of mediums produced since the turn of the 1960s; 

with a special emphasis on West Asian, North African and South Asian art, it responds to the Interconnected nature of today’s art World, where cross-cultural sources of inspiration and transcultural exchange have become the norm.

When we will talk about all civilisations from the beginning of history to the globalised situation we live in today, 

this will be the first time that visitors to Abu Dhabi will be given the opportunity to experience a universal narrative from the very beginnings of the beauty in pre-history that always had artworks and civilisations in co-visibility and coexistence.

Not only has this had an influence on the works that have been acquired for the  Abu Dhabi museum’s permanent collection, for which hundreds of thousands of objects have been acquired, but it will be seen most visibly in the way  Abu Dhabi’s collections are exhibited and interpreted.

Abu Dhabi's aim is to create a universal perspective on things, not from a western or an eastern perspective, but from Abu Dhabi’s position as a crossroads,  Abu Dhabi and its collections  of art have a unique vision of the world and alongside Abu Dhabi’s Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA), is working on building incredible culturally iconic museums for the world.

Saadiyat Island- "Island of Happiness" is a natural island and a tourism - cultural project for nature and Emirati cultural heritage that is located in the capital city Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates. 

 The project is located in a large island, 500 metres (1,600 ft) off the coast of Abu Dhabi  island. A mix of commercial, residential, and leisure projects are currently under construction on the island. 

When completed, Saadiyat Island is expected to become Abu Dhabi's cultural centre, mostly for the Island’s Cultural District that is expected to include eight museums, as well as the proposed King David Palace - Abu Dhabi.

The island is five-minute drive away from downtown Abu Dhabi, 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport and one  hour drive from Dubai.

King David- Abu Dhabi will build water garden mazes unlike any made before as part of the botanical gardens. In History when the first maze gardens of the Middle East, those of the Egyptian labyrinth in the 5th century BC, the Greek historian, Herodotus allegedly proclaimed, “The pyramids surpass description, but the  garden maze labyrinth surpasses the pyramids.”

 Over the centuries, garden mazes have wound their way into popular culture. They function as a means of achieving spiritual peace, as works of art, and, most commonly in modern times, as interactive garden attractions. For those in need of a puzzling way to spend an afternoon abroad; King David Palace - Abu Dhabi will take these gardens to new interesting twists.