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Dubai Culture and Arts Authority to partner with World's leading Museums to bring together the World's greatest Cultural Treasures
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HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai |
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the launch of "The Universal Museums" project, which will bring together leading collections by globally-recognized museums for the first time ever, confirming his vision of Dubai as a vibrant global city that draws the world's greatest artistic and cultural assets.
"The Universal Museums" project will be located in the recently-launched Khor Dubai area, a 27 kilometre long project stretching from Shindagha to Business Bay, alongside the area's museums, performances spaces, artist ateliers, and galleries. The combined attractions of these matchless institutions will draw local, regional and international ‘cultural tourists,' in addition to the thousands of visitors who already flock to the emirate each year.
His Highness Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, expressed the aim of the initiative: "The Universal Museums project epitomizes the essence of Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Vision 2015, demonstrating Dubai's potential as a site of large-scale cultural collaborations that give rise to new and innovative cultural forms in the same way that the Emirate has spurred innovations in so many other, diverse sectors.
