In conjunction with the reopening of the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) on 1 October, Qatar Museums has finalized the agreement with Total E&P, one of the top integrated multi energies companies in Qatar, to sponsor the Energy Playground, which will open at NMoQ at a later stage.

Ahmad Musa Al-Namla, CEO of Qatar Museums, and Laurent Wolffsheim, Total Qatar Country Chair, signed the agreement during an online ceremony.

NMoQ’s Energy Playground, one of three spread across the museum’s gardens, will provide a unique experience for families to learn more about energy and the history of Qatar’s oil exploration.

The playground will be designed for families to engage in intergenerational kinetic play activities; from the extraction of crude oil and natural gas, through to their processing and even the by-products that in turn, benefit today’s societies. The playground will be entered from various pathways – enabling a “choose your own adventure” industrialised experience and will ultimately expose visitors to the future of renewable and non-renewable energy.

The narrative of energy industries like oil is an ongoing theme explored across galleries at NMOQ, which highlight topics such as the discovery of oil, negotiations and correspondence, the rapid modernisation the country witnessed due to the oil industry, as well as the impact it has had on socio-cultural development.

NMoQ’s immersive playgrounds promote intergenerational play activities while also encouraging visitors to explore the museum’s vast collection and permanent galleries as well as Qatar’s natural and cultural offerings.

The ‘Energy Playground’ opening date in 2022 will be announced in due course.

For more information, please visit nmoq.org.qa

Source: Press release

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