Louvre Abu Dhabi requests to host Saudi’s ‘Roads of Arabia’ exhibition

A file photo of the ’Roads of Arabia’ exhibition showing Chinese visitors taking photos of exhibits in Beijing.

RIYADH: The Saudi Commission of Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) and the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA) on Sunday discussed the possibility of lending archaeological and historic pieces from the Kingdom to be displayed at the opening ceremony of the Louvre Museum in the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi.
In a meeting at the SCTH headquarters in Riyadh, the two sides also discussed a request by Louvre Abu Dhabi to host the “Roads of Arabia: Saudi Archaeological Masterpieces” exhibition after its current tour in Asia.
The supervisor of the Cultural Heritage Program, Ali Al-Ghaban, said the meeting comes within the framework of talks between the two sides which began with a visit made by SCTH President Prince Sultan bin Salman to the UAE on the prospects for cooperation in the area of cultural and urban heritage, and antiquities between the two countries.
He said they agreed on certain ideas on the participation of the Kingdom, represented by the SCTH, as regards to the proposed timing to display the Roads of Arabia exhibition in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2018.
As soon as mechanisms concerning lending archaeological and historic pieces to the UAE are complete, an agreement to this effect will be signed, while a similar agreement will also be concluded to organize the Roads of Arabia exhibition in Abu Dhabi, he said.