Bandar Seri Begawan,  (ONA) --- "Al Khalil bin Ahmed Al Farahidi" Corner for Omani Publications was inaugurated at the Library of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in Brunei Darussalam. The inauguration ceremony was held in cooperation...

The National Museum, launched a series of six lectures on museum management in the 21st century for Omani museum professionals and students. The lectures, starting from 27 July until the end of 2021, are delivered in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution;...

    Sumail,  (ONA) --- The latest survey conducted by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism unearthed an archaeological site in Al Khobar town, the Wilayat of Sumail, A'Dakhiliyah Governorate. The ministry has managed to discover an archaeological tomb dating...

      Written By; Oman Observer To Omanis, the old traditional houses that their ancestors exerted efforts to design and build, brick by brick, are extremely valued. Recently, since they moved to new residential blocks, it has become common...

    Muscat,(ONA) – The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism today signed an agreement with Oman LNG to finance a project to restore Qalhat archaeological city (first phase). The agreement was signed by Eng. Ibrahim Said al Kharousi, Heritage Under-Secretary, and...

      Written By: Oman Observer Ibri is the capital of the northern Al Dhahirah Governorate. A sprawling town with a major highway, linking it to the border town of Buraimi in the northwest and Nizwa in the southeast....

    Muscat, 20 Jun (ONA) —- Oman News Agency (ONA) will tomorrow release a series of visual narratives in cooperation with the National Museum titled “From Arcades of the National Museum”. The edition features artefacts, craft industries, manuscripts, historical...

The National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) has released part 1 of a book titled " "Nizwa City, Aspects of History and Civilization". It is part of volume 1 of the historical and civilizational series of Oman's governorates and cities. The...

  Muscat, (ONA)--- The National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) has released the 3rd part of the book "Omani- British Relations during the 17th to 19th century", within the 23rd volume of the “Studies Series on National and International Documents". The...

Maithaa Saif al-Mahrouqi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism for Tourism inaugurated at the ministry a documentary themed "Tourism in Jaalan Sector". The documentary aims to highlight the tourism components in the three wilayats of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali,...

The National Museum recently finished restoring an album of photographs of Oman, Iraq and India that Louis Maguire presented, the United States Consul in Muscat, to Lit. Colonel S. B. Miles, the British Political Agent in the Gulf, on 6...

    Saint Petersburg, (ONA) – Oman National Museum has opened a new hall at the Hermitage Museum in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, with the purpose of highlighting the Sultanate's history, cultural and scientific heritage at a global...

    Muscat, (ONA) --- The virtual symposium titled “Learning Loss in the Coronavirus Pandemic: Effects and Solutions” was concluded yesterday. The two-day symposium was organized by the Ministry of Education. It targeted as many as 700 participants representing teachers, administrators,...

    Muscat, (ONA) --- The National Biological Ethics Committee (NBEC) yesterday discussed preparations for the 10th Intellectual Forum due to be held by the end of 2021. The panel, which met at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), looked into a proposal to...

The Sultanate, represented by the National Museum, will mark this year the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the House of ‘Al Amani’ as the first Omani museum to preserve the cultural heritage of Zanzibar. Jamal bin Hassan al Mousawi,...