Middle East
Kuwait
Capital Governorate

Kuwait National Museum

The Kuwait National Museum is the national museum of , located in . It was established in 1983 and designed by architect Michel Ecochard.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: National Museum
  • Address: شارع الخليج العربي, مدينة الكويت
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seif Palace and Kuwait Towers.

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a palace in , . Located opposite the Grand Mosque, one of 's best-known features is the watch tower, covered in blue tiles and with a roof plated in pure gold. is situated 650 metres north of Kuwait National Museum.

Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 se.
The are a group of three thin towers in , standing on a promontory into the Arabian Gulf. They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers, and were built in a style considerably different from the other five groups. is situated 4 km northeast of Kuwait National Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Ahmadalshami, Public domain.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Al Kuwait Kaifan. is situated 3½ km southwest of Kuwait National Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuwait City and Hawalli.

Photo: general-totti, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the capital of . is a bustling metropolis of high-rise office buildings, luxury hotels, wide boulevards and well-tended parks and gardens.

Hawally is the capital of the Governorate, a district in the State of , about 6 km south of . Hawally is a large suburb and the commercial center for most computer-related goods in Kuwait.

Suburb
is an area of in the Al Asimah Governorate in . Divided into four blocks, its main dwellers have moved to the area from Al-Faiha as their families grew. is situated 7 km south of Kuwait National Museum.

Kuwait National Museum

Latitude
29.3734° or 29° 22′ 24″ north
Longitude
47.96745° or 47° 58′ 3″ east
Operator
حكومة الكويت
Open location code
7HX99XF8+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5284460222
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2498040
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kuwait National Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الكويت الوطني”
  • Catalan: “Museu nacional de Kuwait”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی نەتەوەییی کووەیت”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الكويت الوطنى”
  • French: “Musée National du Koweït”
  • German: “Kuwait National Museum”
  • Irish: “Músaem Náisiúnta Chuáit”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی کویت”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional do Kuwait”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de Kuwait”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Kuwait”
  • Tamil: “குவைத் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Кувейтський національний музей”

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