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See archaeological finds, traditional weapons, manuscripts, and daily life artifacts from Umm Al Quwain's history.
A museum built around a Bronze Age tomb, with guided routes out to ancient burial sites and Fossil Rock in the desert around it.
The oldest mosque still in use in the UAE, a small mud and stone building with four domes, and a short climb to watchtowers on the hill behind it.
See artifacts from prehistoric to Islamic eras, including weapons, pottery, and jewelry from local excavations.
The first traditional carved-stone Hindu temple in the region, and the evening Ganga Aarti at 7:30pm is worth timing your visit around.
Sheikh Khalifa's birthplace, with a glass exhibition hall in the courtyard telling the fort's story next to Al Ain's smallest oasis.
Built for Sheikh Zayed the First in the 1890s, it now holds a permanent exhibition of Wilfred Thesiger's Empty Quarter photographs.
The watchtower inside is the oldest building in the city, and the fort's rooms trace Abu Dhabi from a pearling village to a capital.