The museum’s centrepiece will be a $32M Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The 67-million-year-old fossil is nicknamed ‘Stan’.
Abu Dhabi has unveiled plans for the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, a new institution in the emirate’s Saadiyat Cultural District that will showcase thousands of natural wonders.
Currently under construction, the new museum is expected to be completed in 2025. Visitors will embark on a 13.8-billion-year journey through time and space, exploring the history of life on Earth through an Arabian lens.
‘Stan’ will be joined by a Murchison meteorite specimen, which famously fell in Australia in 1969. State-of-the-art technology will be used in the museum’s immersive and interactive displays.
The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi was conceived and developed by Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism department (DCT Abu Dhabi) in partnership with Miral.
“Natural history has a new home in Abu Dhabi,” said Mohamed Khalifa al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi. “A new museum which tells the story of our universe through some of the most incredible natural wonders known to mankind.”
