{"id":4141,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:07","slug":"etihad-museum-opening-for-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/etihad-museum-opening-for-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Museum Is Officially Open But Residents Will Be Able To Visit From 7 January"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nEtihad Museum was officially\u00a0inaugurated on UAE’s 45th National Day.<\/p>\n
During the opening of the museum,\u00a0His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, and\u00a0His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, recreated a picture from 1971<\/a> standing in front of the flag with the leaders of the other emirates.<\/p>\n The museum is\u00a0currently welcoming senior officials and VIP delegations only. Once open to the public, it will operate from 10am to 8pm. There will be\u00a0educational exhibits and programmes that show the chronological events of the agreement signing and Union declaration in 1971.<\/p>\n Etihad Museum Open to the Public Starting 7th January#Dubai<\/a> #UAE<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/tL3VqRiLA7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) December 8, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Visitors will be able to read\u00a0three thousand different titles on the UAE\u2019s national and social history. There are pictures, movies and documents of the country between the years\u00a01968 to 1974.<\/p>\n The Union House has a 123-meter flag pole, a parking building and\u00a0outdoor parking spots.\u00a0<\/p>\n The museum’s\u00a0new permanent pavilion is inspired by the shape of a manuscript, with seven columns which emulate the pens used to sign the 1971 Union agreement, while the museum\u2019s identity is inspired from the colours of the UAE flag, the Union\u2019s identity and the seven emirates.<\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Etihad Museum was officially\u00a0inaugurated on UAE’s 45th National Day. During the opening of the museum,\u00a0His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, and\u00a0His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed … ","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/12\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-09-at-12.24.00.png?mtime=20161209122621","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/12\/_featuredImage\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-09-at-12.24.00.png?mtime=20161209122621 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"
<\/figure>\nResidents and tourists will have access to the museum from 7th January 2017<\/h3>\n
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There’s a\u00a0Dubai Public Library branch within the museum<\/h4>\n
The museum complex extends across the Union House building<\/h4>\n
Here’s some interesting stuff…<\/h4>\n
<\/figure>\nRead:\u00a011 Times Sheikh Mohammed Had Us Going ‘Awww’<\/a>.<\/h5>\n