Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

Xiao Xiao Chen★★★★★★★★★★5.0a year ago

It’s a very fine music with lots of paintings and artwork, we came across Gerome’s exhibition when we came. It’s very quiet with no one else around and it’s a Sunday 😂 lots of security guys in the museum to make sure you don’t touch the artwork. You can’t bring your bag in but there are lockers to keep your valuables. There is wifi and toilets here. Best part is free entrance!

Tousef11★★★★★★★★★★5.0a week ago

Mathaf is a thoughtful and inspiring museum with a strong collection of modern and contemporary Arab art. The galleries feel calm and well curated, with enough variety to keep the visit engaging. A great place to discover regional artists and different creative perspectives.

mohammed sharaf★★★★★★★★★★5.010 months ago

I recently visited this museum for an exhibition, and it was a fantastic experience. The exhibit was well-curated, with detailed information and thoughtful displays that made the visit both educational and inspiring. The staff were friendly and helpful, and the overall ambiance of the museum was clean, well-maintained, and welcoming. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone interested in culture, history, or art. Looking forward to visiting again!

fa a★★★★★★★★★★5.0a week ago

mathaf is one of the most important repositories of modern arab art in the world and it sits inside education city in a building that was originally a school and has been sensitively converted into gallery space that retains the human scale of its original function while providing the kind of flexible display environment that contemporary art requires. the collection was assembled over decades by the qatari ruling family and covers the full range of modern artistic production across the arab world from the early twentieth century to the present. this means you can trace the development of modern art in egypt, lebanon, iraq, syria, morocco, the gulf states, and across the diaspora of arab artists working internationally in a single collection that has the depth and breadth to support serious scholarly engagement as well as general visitor interest. the curatorial programme at mathaf has been consistently strong and the temporary exhibition programme brings international context to the permanent collection in ways that illuminate the connections between arab modern art and the broader global development of contemporary practice. the building itself is worth paying attention to. the conversion preserved the original classroom structure and the relationship between interior and exterior space reflects the original school's logic in ways that give the gallery a warmth and human scale that purpose-built museum architecture sometimes sacrifices for effect. mathaf is one of the cultural institutions that qatar points to when it talks about building a knowledge and culture economy under qnv 2030 and it genuinely earns that position. go with enough time to move slowly through the permanent collection before engaging with whatever temporary exhibition is current.

Aziza Mirzoeva★★★★★★★★★★5.02 weeks ago

Very impressive! I can’t believe I have driven so many times past by it and never stepped inside.