Al Qattara Arts Centre

Al Qattara Arts Centre plays a unique role in Al Ain’s artistic and cultural scene. It is not only a place for people to see art, but also a place to create it.

The Centre was established in 2011 as a venue where culture and the creative arts can be studied, practiced and developed. It boasts a permanent venue for archaeological and heritage exhibits, and studios for art classes, while the onsite art gallery displays work by expatriate and Emirati artists.
The Centre also is one of Al Ain’s leading venues for events, exhibitions and occasions that explore the region’s cultural heritage.

Art Studios
The Dry Studio is a classroom for learning music and handicrafts, while the Wet Studio offers drawing and painting lessons. The centre is equipped with a Pottery Studio, and a Calligraphy Studio.

Al Qattara Archaeological Basement
During the creation of Al Qattara Arts Centre in Al Ain, archaeological excavations revealed a five-metre sequence of archaeological layers or ‘horizons’ spanning the Late Islamic period to the Iron Age. The Iron Age industrial installations forming the earliest phase of this sequence are now on display at Al Qattara Archaeological Basement, a new permanent exhibition that interprets the archaeology of the oases of Al Ain using archaeological finds from the site and a range of media.

The exhibition explains how archaeological sites are formed over time in a series of layers laid on top of each other, and how archaeological excavation proceeds from the top downwards by removing each of these layers in turn. It also presents a number of key objects found in the different layers of the excavation, including a lion figurine dating to the Iron Age II period (1100-600 BCE) that probably once formed part of a large pottery vessel and is one of the finest decorated Iron Age ceramic figurines ever found in the UAE.

Opening hours
Daily: 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM

For more information on Al Qattara Arts Centre, please contact us on:
Telephone: +971 37118225 or +971 37118226
Email : qac@dctabudhabi.ae

Location :
Al Qattara area, Near Al Qattara Oasis and Souq Al Qattara.

Last Modified - 17/05/2022