BEST MUSEUM IN QATAR!

OK, so the musuem doesn't have much competition in Qatar! Still, it is a great collection of interesting art, furniture, pottery, jewelry, weapons, cars, fossils, coins and paper money, photographs, etc; from all over the world! (Even a dollar, issued by the State of Virginia during the Civil War.) Very few items are from Qatar (makes sense though - historically, and today, very few people live in Qatar) - many items from Egypt, Morrocco, India, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Oman, etc; I visited as a chaperone for Erin's 3rd grade class, and would like to go back and view the collections at my leisure (meaning, when I am not in charge of keeping 3 kids from getting "excess.") The kids enjoyed looking at everything. Problem is many items are not in cases, behind ropes, or otherwise protected from the excesses of children. We had to keep a close eye on everyone, but happy to report that everybody and everything survived our visit.

Official name is the Al Thani Family Museum (the Al Thani's are Qatar's ruling famly). Museum is located on Sheik Faisal Al Thani's farm - Erin and I went there for the Girl Scout campout but the museum wasn't open at that time. Admission is free, trick is figuring out when the museum is open.