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|The Dubai Museum
Thought to be Dubai's oldest building, the fort was used to defend the Emirate from warlike neighbouring tribes.
It has also served, at various times, as the seat of government, the ruler's official residence, a store for ammunition and a jail.
Many local antiquities are on display here, along with artefacts from the numerous African and Asian countries that traded with the Emirate throughout its long commercial history.
At the museum's entrance, there is a collection of old maps of the Gulf and the Emirates long before your Dubai hotel was built.
Inside, a large section is devoted to musical instruments, with displays of drums, flutes, lyres, bagpipes made of goatskin and other locally-made instruments used in performances on festive occasions.
There are also many displays of weapons including curved daggers known as hanjars, swords, spears, bows and arrows, shields made of sharkskin, pistols and axes.
07/08/2008
