Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum (aka the Al Ain Palace Museum) is a museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 in the city of Al Ain

Al Ain

Al Ain |Spring]]), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 , it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about...

, within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

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The museum is based in the palace of the former UAE President, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and his family. It was originally built in 1937 on the western side of the Al Ain Oasis

Al Ain Oasis

Al Ain Oasis is the largest oasis in the city of Al Ain, within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.It is located north of the Al Mutawa'a district and east of the Al Jhali district...

, the largest oasis

Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source...

 in Al Ain. Sheikh Zayed lived here until 1966. It was made into a museum in 2001.

The museum presents many of the rooms in the palace, including an art gallery

Art gallery

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. Many of the rooms are majlis

Majlis

' , is an Arabic term meaning "a place of sitting", used in the context of "council", to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups be it administrative, social or religious in countries with linguistic or cultural connections to Islamic countries...

or meeting rooms for receiving visitors. In one of the courts there is a replica grand court tent, representing a link with Bedouin

Bedouin

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 life. There is also a Land Rover

Land Rover

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similar to the one driven by Sheikh Zayed in the desert to visit Bedouin communities.