Qatar Museums announces the initial designs for the Qatar Automobile Museum, and opens an automobile exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar

Qatar Museums announces the initial designs for the Qatar Automobile Museum, and opens an automobile exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar

Doha, March 28, 2022 – Qatar Museums today announced the preliminary designs for the Qatar Automobile Museum, which were prepared by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), led by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas.

The Qatar Automobile Museum will be built on Lusail Expressway between 5/6 Park and Katara Cultural Village in the former Exhibition Center building where the first car show was held in Qatar in 2011. Qatar Museums is working with OMA, the Metropolitan Office of Architecture on designs for a makeover. Building. The development of the building will begin following the completion of the operations of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in preparation for hosting the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

The exhibition “A Look at the Qatar Auto Museum Project” opens, which reveals the museum project at the National Museum of Qatar as a simple example of what the museum will display. This exhibition presents three cars that are ranked at the top of the list of rare and exclusive cars in the world (Mawater Hall: March XNUMX, XNUMX - January XNUMX, XNUMX ), and will host in the open air a group of distinctive cars, which will be attended by a number of members of the museum’s advisory board, including car collectors and enthusiasts in Qatar, between March XNUMX and April XNUMX, XNUMX.

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums Board of Trustees, said: “Car culture has always been of great interest in Qatar, from sporting events such as Formula 1 races to classic car shows. We are pleased to present this exhibition, which reflects our passion as car enthusiasts, during a year when a large number of visitors are expected to come to Doha to celebrate the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Public Health to spread the culture of traffic safety and security. The Qatar Auto Museum will be an innovative community center for car enthusiasts, students, car collectors, engineers and everyone who values ​​the impact that the emergence and evolution of cars has had on the world.”

Her Excellency Sheikha Hessa Al Jaber, Chairperson of the Qatar Automobile Museum, commented: “There are not so many innovations in modern history that have had such a strong impact on our daily lives and our culture as cars have. The Qatar Automobile Museum will be home to a unique collection of cars, and like all other museums affiliated with Qatar Museums, it will spark innovation, creativity, dialogue and participation, and will provide its visitors with interesting and new experiences every time they come to it. “

During the past years, Qatar Museums worked on acquiring a distinguished collection of rare cars and organizing a number of car-related exhibitions. It allocated the Classic Cars Hall at the Qatar National Museum for the activities of the Sealine Sports Club (Mawater). In continuation of these steps, this exhibition comes to announce the initial designs for the Qatar Automobile Museum project, which will bring together car enthusiasts in Qatar under one roof and for one goal, which is to employ the common interest of love for cars to support a culture of innovation, design, sustainability, and traffic safety, and to inspire the next generation of Innovators, designers, engineers, collectors, and decision makers.

The 30-square-meter (320-square-foot) museum will include permanent galleries tracing the evolution of automobiles from their invention to the present day, the impact of automobiles on our culture in Qatar, as well as temporary exhibition spaces for large vehicles – from supercars, fast cars and high-powered cars. Limited Editions to Race Cars and Classic Cars. Other facilities will include a traffic safety center, a center for maintenance and restoration of classic cars, an edutainment center and workshop spaces that will be developed in collaboration with the College of Engineering at Qatar University and Texas A&M University at Qatar, and the Qatar Technology Innovation Center, as well as spaces dedicated to children's activities such as Driving simulators, mini car mechanics, car driving zones for kids and many more.

Members of the Advisory Board of the Qatar Automobile Museum consist of: H.E. Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, President of the Qatar Automobile Museum, H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, President of the Qatar Motor Racing Club and motorcycles, His Excellency Mr. Mansour bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, CEO of the Qatar Investment Authority, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, President of Qatar Tourism, Mr. Omar Al Fardan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Fardan Group, Mr. Salem Al Mohannadi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sea Shore Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Faisal Holding, Sheikh Faleh Bin Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani, Executive Director of the Automotive Sector of Nasser Bin Khaled Group, Mr. Hisham Al Mana, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saleh Al Hamad Al Mana Company, Mr. Mohammed Al Jaidah, Chairman of the Board Jaidah Automotive Management, Mr. Saud Al Mana, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Mana Motors Company, Mr. Muhammad Mahdi Al Ahbabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ibn Ajyan Group, Dr. Khaled Kamal Nagy, Dean of the College of Engineering at Qatar University, Dr. Adnan Abu Dayyeh, Executive Director of the Qatar Technology Innovation Center (QMIC), Professor Cesar Malafi, Dean of Texas A&M University at Qatar.

The exhibition held in the indoor showroom was completed with the support of the Qatar Investment Authority, and the external exhibition was supported by the Sealine Sports Club (Mawater) and the Advisory Board of the Qatar Automobile Museum.