Hours of the Al Ain Palace Museum

As promised, here are the hours of the Al Ain Palace Museum, in both English and Arabic:

Zayed bin Khalifa

Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Al Ain Palace Museum

Zayed bin Khalifa was the grandfather of Sheikh Zayed. He was born around 1840 and ruled the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

This painting of him hangs in the Al Ain Palace Museum along with many other portraits from Sheikh Zayed's family. (It helps to be able to read Arabic for these, since all the names are only written in Arabic.)

Sheikh Zayed's Private Majlis

One of the interesting things to do in Al Ain is visit the Al Ain Palace Museum, where Sheikh Zayed was born and worked as the Ruler's Representative of the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi before becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966. The palace has been restored with lots of old furniture and artifacts like dellas, swords, khanjars, and cooking pots. It is probably not completely to its original condition (e.g. I'm betting that the air conditioners are not original). But it still is very interesting (and best of all free). They even have some Emirati clothing that visitors can try on (even wooden burqas for the ladies).

Al Ain Video

Here is a short (5 minutes) YouTube video about Al Ain from AME Info. It covers things like archeology and history, the oasis, museums, camel souk, parks, and zoo.