UAE's national museum highlights Sino-Arab links, cultural exchanges

Located in Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Cultural District, the warm-white museum was designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Norman Foster, with five steel towers modeled on falcon wings — a symbol of Emirati tradition.

The museum guides visitors through 300,000 years of archaeological discoveries, showcasing more than 1,500 artifacts — from a reconstructed 18-meter Magan boat made with 4,000-year-old techniques and materials, to an 8,000-year-old burial site and one of the world's oldest natural pearls.