Qatar Museums has announced plans for three new museums – Art Mill, the Qatar Auto Museum, and the Lusail Museum.
Qatar Museums’ portfolio of museums already includes the National Museum of Qatar, the Museum of Islamic Art, and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, chairperson of Qatar Museums, described the move as a “strategy for investing in the creative economy to drive the next phase of development of Qatar”.
The Art Mill will be designed by Chilean architecture group Elemental, while the Lusail Museum will be designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Rem Koolhaas’s architectural firm, OMA, will design the Qatar Auto Museum.
The Art Mill will feature exhibition and performance galleries for modern and contemporary art, as well as spaces for learning and production facilities.
“The Art Mill will not just be a perfectly finished object but an opportunity for young designers, artisans, craftspeople in Qatar to come together to deliver the knowledge they have accumulated and contribute to the building, so that it not only houses a great collection but expands to more popular audiences,” said Elemental director Alejandro Aravena.
The Lusail Museum will feature “the world’s most extensive collection of Orientalist paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures, rare texts, and applied arts”. It will also include exhibition spaces, an auditorium, library, and educational hubs.
The Qatar Auto Museum will explore “the evolution of the automobile from its invention through today and how it has influenced culture in Qatar”.
