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Mathaf the Museum

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We host exhibitions, programs and events that explore and celebrate art by Arab artists and offer an Arab perspective on international modern and contemporary art. We hope you will use us as an inspiring space for dialogue and scholarship about modern and contemporary art in the region, the Arab diaspora, and beyond. Our story really begins more than twenty years ago, when our patron and founder H.E. Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani first began to imagine what an Arab Museum of Modern Art might look like. He started to build a collection that could serve artists and public as a rich and representative treasure-house of modern Arab art. And he saw this collection as a starting point, to create more opportunities for artists and for art-lovers in Doha and around the world.

Sunday
11:00-18:00
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
11:00-18:00
Wednesday
11:00-18:00
Thursday
11:00-18:00
Friday
15:00-21:00
Saturday
11:00-18:00

Exhibition tickets are 25 QR per person. Tickets are free for students with valid ID and children under the age of sixteen.

Entry to the library and cafe is free.

Mathaf is located in a converted school building on the edge of Education City off Al Luqta Street.

For more information, call +974.4402.8855.

mathaf_info@qma.org.qa
mathaf_press@qma.org.qa

we are mathaf

we are mathaf

  • What to do with an unmatched collection of Arab art – over six thousand pieces, representing every decade since the mid-19th century and every major production center?

    We have formed a team to bring it to the world.

    Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art is our friendly, beautiful, modern space, where we invite you to look at the thriving art production of the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey.

    This is a remarkable time for cultural initiatives across the region. Mathaf’s growing collection represents a priceless resource to help connect our rich cultural heritages to the promise of contemporary art movements.

    Based in Qatar, looking forward into the 21st century, we want to offer a platform for all kinds of local and international visitors, scholars, artists, collectors and enthusiasts to meet, converse and engage more closely with the art of the Arab world and beyond.

join the team

join the team

If you're bright, creative, and professional and know that somehow, someday, art can save the world then drop us a line at

mathaf_jobs@qma.org.qa

As suitable openings become available, we will get in touch with more details.

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our building

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Come and experience Mathaf's unique space, located in a former school near Doha's Education City. The building has been re-designed by the French architect Jean-François Bodin to house Mathaf's collection, gallery space and a variety of facilities:

  • Manara

    Mathaf's education wing offers ongoing learning opportunities. We host artist encounters, talks, school tours, summer programs, workshops and more.

  • Maktaba

    Our research library, is spacious, white, peaceful and dotted with comfortable sofas for you to sit back with an art book. To help you pursue deeper interests, Maktaba offers a wide range of scholarly resources, plenty of tables to spread out on, and free WiFi. Our print and digital collections cover general art history, modern art worldwide and art theory, with a special focus on the Arab world.

  • Mahal

    The museum shop is our version of the legendary little store everyone wants to have round the corner—personal, unique, and full of one-off designs to present as gifts or just treasure for yourself.

  • Maqha

    Mathaf's stripped-back coffee bar is designed around the modern art of conversation. It's comfortable and contemporary, with plenty of space, good food and a nicely chilled atmosphere, by which we don't just mean the air-conditioning.

  • © Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art

    P.O.Box 2777, Education City, Doha, Qatar

    00 974 4402 8855 mathaf_info@qma.org.qa

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Qatar Museums Authority carries out a multi-faceted program that celebrates Qatari identity, builds understanding across borders and welcomes the world to Doha and is led by its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

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Established in 1995 by His Highness the Emir, Qatar Foundation has a threefold mission of education, scientific research and community development and is chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned.

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