The National Museum - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

From the Earth to the moon, and from the prehistoric ages to the modern ages, the hallways of the Saudi National Museum will take you on an adventure that transcends time and space. You will witness artistic and historical evidence in the heart of Riyadh in Al Murabba neighborhood near King Abdulaziz palace. The museum was opened in 1419H and spans across a distance of 17,000Km2 where it tells the story of 3,700 artifacts such as statues, scripts and unique sculptures.

The museum consists of eight galleries filled with history, beginning with the Man and the Universe Gallery. In there, you can learn about the origin of the universe and the solar system, and the natural factors that have been contributing to its development for millions of years. In the Ancient Arab Kingdoms Gallery,  

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you will feel immersed in civilizations that existed from the 4th millennium BC to the 2nd century AD. You can also see the religious and social patterns of life before Islam in the Pre-Islamic Era Gallery. In the Prophet’s Mission Gallery, you can learn about the life of the Prophet PBUH, starting with the revelation until his hijrah to Madinah. You can watch a documentary about the history of unification of Saudi Arabia in the Kingdom Unification Gallery. The Hajj and Two Holy Mosques Gallery exhibits the urban development of Masjid Al-Haram and Masjid Al Nabawi.