Qatar Museums (QM) has announced the reopening of its institutions in August with new exhibitions at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, as well as the reopening of museum libraries and all of QM's parks and playgrounds with temporary restrictions in place.
This phased-in expansion of services follows the July reopening of heritage sites and the permanent collection galleries of a number of QM museums, in accordance with recommendations from Qatar's Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control office of the Ministry of Public Health.
QMs program of special exhibitions, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume with opportunities for the public to enjoy artworks and artefacts that span centuries and the globe. Drawn from the holdings of Qatar Museums and from major loans, these temporary exhibitions present artistic treasures assembled over the years by one of Qatar's greatest collectors, survey the achievements of two important contemporary women artists of Arab background, and provide stunning insights into the creative life of one of the greatest artists of the modern era.
Exhibitions opening on August 2 include A Falcons Eye: Tribute to Sheikh Saoud Al-Thani at Museum of Islamic Art, and Yto Barrada: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nougat, Huguette Caland: Faces and Places and Lived Forward: Art and Culture in Doha from 19602020 at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Starting 10 August, Picasso's Studios, which is organised in partnership with the Muse national Picasso-Paris and has been on view since July 1 at the Doha Fire Station's Garage Gallery, will offer extended evening hours, remaining open until 8 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
In keeping with the guidelines set by the Ministry of Public Health, a limited number of visitors and staff will be allowed inside each museum. Visitors will be required to reserve tickets in advance on the Qatar Museums website. Upon arrival at the museum, ticket holders must present a "green" health status on the Ehteraz virus-tracing app. Each person will also be checked for a normal temperature reading at the entrance.
Source: QNA
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