Museum of Pearl Diving

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Location	Manamah, Bahrain
Architect/Planner	Khatoon Al-Ansari
Client	Ministry of Cabinet Affairs & Info.
Date	2000
Century	21st
Decade	2000s
Building Type	public/cultural
Building Usage	museum
Project ID	2323
Keywords	adaptive re-use

Notes

Restoration and adaptive re-use of a 1937 two-storey building into a museum and cultural heritage centre. The centre consists of a fishery room, pearl diving museum, music hall, wedding room, and court room, arranged in a series of rooms around an open central court. (Source: AKTC)