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Bahrain National Museum: Exterior · Forecourt of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
1/6 · Exterior · Forecourt of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, BahrainPhoto: Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bahrain National Museum: Exterior · A 1932 Buick owned by Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, on display at the National Museum of Bahrain
2/6 · Exterior · A 1932 Buick owned by Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, on display at the National Museum of BahrainPhoto: Photographer: Mosbatho · CC BY 4.0 · source
Bahrain National Museum: Exterior · Buste d'homme barbu au centre d'une stèle : nécropole d'al-Maqsha (Bahreïn), II-IIIe s
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Bahrain National Museum: Exterior · Photograph taken by myself
4/6 · Exterior · Photograph taken by myselfPhoto: Droodkin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Bahrain National Museum: Interior · Floor of the Bahrain National Museum: Aerial Picture of the World Trade Centre, Manama, Bahrain
5/6 · Interior · Floor of the Bahrain National Museum: Aerial Picture of the World Trade Centre, Manama, BahrainPhoto: Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bahrain National Museum: Interior · Hall of Traditional Trades & Crafts of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain
6/6 · Interior · Hall of Traditional Trades & Crafts of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, BahrainPhoto: Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Forecourt of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, BahrainPhoto 2: Exterior · A 1932 Buick owned by Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, on display at the National Museum of BahrainPhoto 3: Exterior · Buste d'homme barbu au centre d'une stèle : nécropole d'al-Maqsha (Bahreïn), II-IIIe sPhoto 4: Exterior · Photograph taken by myselfPhoto 5: Interior · Floor of the Bahrain National Museum: Aerial Picture of the World Trade Centre, Manama, BahrainPhoto 6: Interior · Hall of Traditional Trades & Crafts of the Bahrain National Museum, Manama, Bahrain

Museum · Late modernism

Bahrain National Museum

Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen · Manama, BH · 1988

Key featuresLinked white travertine-clad volumes set on the waterfront around a central hall.

Architect
Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen
Place
Manama, BH
Year
1988
Typology
Museum
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Middle East
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