Dubai’s Museum of the Future has welcomed one million visitors from 163 countries in the first year of being open says its chairman, Mohammad Al Gergawi.
The Museum of the Future was opened in Dubai on February 22, 2022. The one-million mark constitutes a milestone in Dubai and the UAE’s path to imagine, inspire and design the future.
Mohammad Al Gergawi said: “We pledged that the museum of the Future would host one million visitors in its first year, and today we celebrate the achievement of this target and the launch of a new year for the museum, during which we will continue to design the future for a better world for all in the coming years and decades.”
Al Gergawi said the Museum of the Future has contributed to bringing about a clear shift in the traditional view of museums, and that imagining the future and implementing its changes and advancements is a pivotal pillar towards the success of governments and societies.
He also stated that the Museum of the Future is home to the world’s top experts, scientists, great minds and architects of the future and the most prominent international institutions foreseeing the future.
Since opening, the museum, an initiative by the Dubai Future Foundation, has hosted more than 180 local, regional and global activations, events, conferences and forums that cover technology, entrepreneurship, economy, space, tourism, culture and varied futurist-specific sectors.
More than 1,000 international dignitaries, ministers, officials and experts visited the museum in Dubai throughout the past year, including around 20 heads of government and official delegations from South Korea, Estonia, Luxembourg, China, Greece, Hong Kong, Thailand and Rwanda and Mauritius, among others.
Since its inauguration, the Museum of the Future has won ten international awards from global institutions and specialised industry magazines for its museum content quality, future sciences, and architectural design, in addition to attaining the LEED Platinum status certification – the ultimate certificate of recognition a building can obtain for sustainable and environmentally friendly design, construction, and operation.
The Museum of the Future hosted the 2022 edition of the Dubai Future Forum and will welcome the event back on November 27 and 28 this year.
The Museum of the Future is now recognised as centre for futurists across various sectors in the region and the world, becoming a comprehensive testbed for testing and developing emerging technologies and ideas.
During the past year, the museum has established its keenness to invest in the creative minds of the Arab region – embracing ideas, projects, initiatives, research and studies that bring added value to products and services of the future.
The aim is for these creative energies to accelerate Arab scientific development and create a better future for the people of the region.
In its first year, the Museum of the Future gave visitors from across the world the unique opportunity to witness fundamental experiences that show potential future scenarios for humanity.
Across its several floors, the museum uses advanced technologies to depict the future. A distinguishing feature, the museum’s elevator, is a crucial part of the museum’s journey-based narrative, with a simulation of OSS Hope – the museum’s very own spaceship – to help guests learn about potential life aboard a space station.
The experience introduces visitors to the exciting concept of visiting space in the near future, as well as a reimagined landscape of Dubai and the world in the year 2071 through efforts made in restoring the natural ecosystem and sustainability of the planet’s resources.
The museum employs the latest technologies of the future, such as artificial intelligence, and interaction between humans and machines, to launch meaningful dialogues that motivate visitors to draw their own perceptions about the future.
