Dubai has opened its “Museum of the Future” (MOTF) on the historically significant palindrome date, February 22, 2022. It is billed as the most high-tech and magnificent attraction in the country, if not the entire world.
With its location next to the Emirates Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road, the museum offers a peek into the world 50 years from today.
#متحف_المستقبل في دبي يفتتح أبوابه اليوم ليجسد ثقافة استشراف المستقبل التي جعلت من دولة الإمارات من أفضل دول العالم تقدماً خلال 50 عاماً..
— Dubai Future Foundation (@DubaiFuture) February 22, 2022
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Exhibiting and predicting how artificial intelligence will work on next-generation solutions, augment reality and identify potential threats, enhance and revolutionize human life for the better.
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National Geographic has called it one of the world’s 14 most beautiful museums; the fiberglass and stainless steel frame development was designed by architecture firm Killa Design.
National Geographic Lists Dubai's ' Museum of the Future' Among World's 14 Most Beautiful Museums#Dubai #UAE@NatGeo@MOTF pic.twitter.com/Th5R0SnxyQ
— UAE Forsan (@UAE_Forsan) July 31, 2021
United Arab Emirates officials were heard describing the wonder as an engineering and architectural marvel, straddling the past and the future with confidence and applying advanced technology to traditional art forms,”
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Going a step further, the ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s vice president and prime minister, described in a tweet the architecture as “the most beautiful building on earth.”
The most beautiful building on earth .. a sneak peak ? pic.twitter.com/8YEKLsIwPb
— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) February 10, 2022
Its stainless-steel exterior is emblazoned in calligraphy with Arabic quotes. A profound quote on the structure says, “The future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it and execute it.”
The colossal structure spans 323,000 square feet and comprises seven stories; the 252-square-foot-high MOTF has several floors dedicated to different experiences.
Three floors include immersive exhibitions — focusing on outer space resource development, ecosystems, and bioengineering, along with health and wellbeing.
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Another floor will showcase near-future technologies that aim to revolutionize the world; by addressing challenges in areas that include health, water, food, transportation, and energy.
The last floor is all about the little ones — dedicated to children exploring and solving challenges in their way to become “our future heroes,” the site states.
The museum has quotes from Al Maktoum all around it. Of the quotes enveloping the façade, translates to:
“We may not live for hundreds of years, but the results of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone. The future belongs to those who imagine it, design it, and execute it. It is not something you await, but rather create.”
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Mohammad Al Gergawi, managing director of the Dubai Future Foundation, said at the museum’s first announcement; “The engineering icon positions Dubai as a testbed for emerging technologies and an exploration base for talents. Here inventors and creative professionals from all over the world can unravel the most significant challenges that will shape the future of humanity.
The Museum of the Future is alive, morphing, adapting its environment with continued iterative changes to its exhibits and attractions.
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