Hall of Graves
From Dilmun.
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Bahrain's largest public museum and the oldest national museum in the Gulf, opened on 15 December 1988 on the Manama waterfront next to the National Theatre, and considered the region's first modern museum. It tells six thousand years of Bahraini history, from Dilmun through the Tylos and Islamic eras. The best-known room is the Hall of Graves, with a burial from the Dilmun mounds shown as it was found, alongside pottery, seals and finds from excavations. The customs, traditions and crafts halls hold life-size scenes of an old souq, a traditional house, pearl diving and boat building, and there is a modern art gallery too. Entry is about BHD 2 for adults, per visitor guides, and you need at least an hour and a half. Its broad forecourt looks over the water and the Manama towers.
From Dilmun.
And pearl diving.
On the water.
Sheikh Hamad Causeway, Manama
The Hall of Graves, with a Dilmun burial shown as found, and the customs and crafts halls with scenes of pearl diving and the old souq.