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    The Oman Across Ages Museum in Nizwa, Oman will provide a unique and immersive experience through its galleries exploring Oman's history over the past 7,000 years. Event, appointed by Oman's Royal Court, has conceived and overseen the design and creation of the museum experience, blending traditional museum techniques with theatre and film to bring Oman's story to life for visitors through objects, media, and dramatic gallery spaces. Spanning 9,000 square meters, the museum galleries will cover seven historical periods using various lenses to examine changes in Omani society, and will include artifacts ranging from prehistoric tools to vehicles used by the late Sultan Qaboos. The museum aims to inspire both Omanis

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    The Oman Across Ages Museum in Nizwa, Oman will provide a unique and immersive experience through its galleries exploring Oman's history over the past 7,000 years. Event, appointed by Oman's Royal Court, has conceived and overseen the design and creation of the museum experience, blending traditional museum techniques with theatre and film to bring Oman's story to life for visitors through objects, media, and dramatic gallery spaces. Spanning 9,000 square meters, the museum galleries will cover seven historical periods using various lenses to examine changes in Omani society, and will include artifacts ranging from prehistoric tools to vehicles used by the late Sultan Qaboos. The museum aims to inspire both Omanis

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    The Oman Across Ages Museum in Nizwa, Oman will provide a unique and immersive experience through its galleries exploring Oman's history over the past 7,000 years. Event, appointed by Oman's Royal Court, has conceived and overseen the design and creation of the museum experience, blending traditional museum techniques with theatre and film to bring Oman's story to life for visitors through objects, media, and dramatic gallery spaces. Spanning 9,000 square meters, the museum galleries will cover seven historical periods using various lenses to examine changes in Omani society, and will include artifacts ranging from prehistoric tools to vehicles used by the late Sultan Qaboos. The museum aims to inspire both Omanis

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    Oman Across Ages Museum

    Nizwa, Oman

    Appointed directly by Oman’s Royal Court Affairs following an international competition, Event has
    been the central force in the conception and delivery of a new national museum to celebrate Oman’s
    history and people and the country’s remarkable renaissance under the leadership His Majesty the Late
    Sultan Qaboos.
    Since 2014 Event has worked with a select group of the late Sultan’s personal advisors to create a
    museum - geared specifically to the younger generation - designed to bring the country’s story to life.
    Having completed a masterplan for the new museum, Event managed an international architectural
    competition that secured the services of Australian Architects, Cox. Working with Cox – from the inside
    out – it has been possible to craft a set of museum spaces that don’t simply provide accommodation for
    museum objects and installations, but are integral to the visitor experience as platforms, sets and stages
    for a wholly immersive museum journey.
    Blending traditional museum disciples with techniques from theatre and film-making, it has been
    possible to create a unique and absorbing experience. The imaginative combination of media, technology
    and objects - all set within the dramatic, large-scale spaces of the new museum - enables visitors to
    journey to the Oman of their forebears and appreciate how the tradition and skills of yesterday continue
    to shape and inform modern living.
    Across 9,000 sqm of gallery space, the museum explores seven principal periods through the lenses of
    religion, social life, politics, external relations, trade, economics, creativity and culture, enabling visitors
    to chart change and continuity through time. It sets out in detail the movement of peoples from Africa,
    from the first farmers to today. In the Renaissance gallery, covering the last 50 years of the Sultanate,
    dynamic installations chart the country’s recent progress during the reign of Sultan Qaboos and offer a
    window on Oman’s future.
    The objects on display will range from pre-historic tools, through Iron Age artefacts relating to Oman’s
    trade in frankincense and the domestication of the camel, to objects from the pre-Modern era, including
    Islamic manuscripts, coins, ceremonial and domestic metalware. More recent artefacts include vehicles
    used by His Majesty on his meet-the-people tours along with other products from the broadcast and
    media age, testifying to Oman’s enthusiastic adoption of contemporary communications. Where
    relevant, replicas are large in scale such as The Magan Boat, a Bronze-Age reed vessel that ploughed
    the coastal waters around Oman. All the objects – authentic or replica – will be set within impressive,
    subject-sensitive displays designed to be completely intuitive to explore.
    Over the last six years – working from a local office - Event’s interpretive design team has immersed
    itself in the rich history and culture of the country to produce a museum that is sensitive and engaging,
    powerful and moving and, above all, closely connected to the personality and emotion of the country
    and its people. Fabrication and installation of all exhibits is now underway, with Event taking the role of
    engineer’s representative to oversee the quality of all exhibition works during execution.

    The Museum aims to provide a memorable journey through the creation of a nation that remains a
    pivotal point within the political geography of international relations. Born of the very earth of Oman,
    its galleries will express a story of human endeavour and achievement to inspire Omanis and visitors
    alike.

    Due to complete in 2020 to mark the Late Sultan’s fiftieth year in power and a half century of the
    renaissance, the museum is now set to open in May 2021
    85 Bid Form T12: Schedule of Relevant Bidder’s Experience

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