The Bahrain National Museum is the largest and oldest public museum in Bahrain. It is situated in Manama, adjacent to the National Theatre of Bahrain. Opened on 15 December 1988 by the Emir of Bahrain
Bahrain National Museum
Commemorative plaque of the museum's inauguration
Panorama of the Hall of Graves exhibit prior to renovation
A restored 1932 Buick given to Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa by the American government. Donated to the Museum in 1992.
Bahrain, an archipelago in the Persian Gulf, has been a pivotal center of trade, culture, and power for millennia, most notably as the heart of the ancient Dilmun civilization, a thriving hub of comme
Dilmun burial mounds in 1918.
Phoenicians man their ships in service to Assyrian king Sennacherib, during his war against the Chaldeans in the Persian Gulf, ca. 700 BC
The Khamis Mosque in 1956.
The Portuguese Fort in 1870.