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Courtyard
Barasti and 6
Windtower House
The courtyard in the Al
Fahidi Fort (see p19)
houses a barasti (date-
palm frond) house
(right) and windtower
cooling system, which
were both commonly
seen in the region as
recently as the 1950s.
Floorplan of Dubai
Museum

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Key to Floorplan
Ground Floor
Basement

NEED TO KNOW
Underwater
Wooden Dhow
7 0 MAP K2 • Al Fahidi
Pearl-Diving
Fort, Al Fahidi St • 04
A traditional Arab
dhow (above) is on show Exhibition 353 1862 • www.dubai
at the exit. For celestial This interesting gallery tourism.ae
navigation, sailors used explains the techniques Open 8:30am–8:30pm
the kamal, a device that used by pearl divers who Sat–Thu, 2:30–8:30pm Fri
determines latitude using wore nose clips so that Adm: adults AED 3;
the angle of the Pole Star they could descend to children AED 1
above the horizon. impossible depths.
• A souvenir area at the
Islamic School Dioramas
8 museum sells traditional
Young Emiratis recite the lines of the
Bedouin artifacts.
Koran under the watchful eye of their tutor • Retain the flavour
in this reconstruction of a 1950s school. of historic Dubai with
lunch or a coffee in the
Bedouin Traditions Display 9 shady courtyard of
A gallery displays the costumes, the nearby Arabian Tea
jewellery, weapons (right) and House Café (see p69).
tools of the Bedouin people.

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