Dubai ruler endorses $136m Union Museum project

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has endorsed the construction of the Union Museum project at a cost of AED500 million ($136 million).

Sheikh Mohammed, also UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, has backed plans for the 25,000 square metre museum which will be built next to the Union House, the site of the signing of the treaty establishing the UAE federation in 1971.

He was briefed by the members of the board of the Union House on the final designs and external components of the museum and the timeline to implement the project, news agency WAM reported.

Union Museum, which will tell the federation formation story and will cover the events from 1968 to 1974, will feature an entrance designed in the shape of a manuscript with seven columns that represent the pens used to sign the declaration.

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Dubai ruler endorses $136m Union Museum project