Lukashenko visits Oman National Museum

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived at the National Museum of Oman, BelTA report.

The total area of the museum is 13,700 square meters, including 4,000 square meters allocated for 14 permanent galleries: the Land and the People, Splendors of Islam, Oman and the World, Maritime History, Arms and Armour, Prehistory and Ancient History, Intangible Heritage, Aflaj (irrigation systems of Oman) and others. A further 400 square meters are allocated for temporary exhibitions.

The National Museum of Oman has become the first museum in the Middle East to adopt Arabic Braille script for the visually impaired.

Interestingly, the museum's Secretary General Jamal al-Moosawi speaks Russian as his mother hails from Belarus. “I am well acquainted with Belarus and its history, as it is my mother’s homeland. I am proud that our ancestors showed patriotism and heroism in preserving their native land and its independence, giving their lives for it during the Great Patriotic War. Our family in Oman carefully keeps family documents telling about the life history of our Belarusian ancestors.” In 2018, the National History Museum of Belarus and the National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman signed a memorandum of understanding, exchanged exhibitions.

In the autumn of 2019, the National Art Museum of Belarus hosted the exhibition “Oman: the Jewel of the East. Crafts Heritage” from the holdings of the National Museum of the Sultanate. In 2020-2021, the National Museum of Oman ran the exposition “Patterns and Symbols: Belarusian Ornament Heritage” displaying a variety of traditional folk customs shown in symbols, decorative patterns and woven prints.