National Museum, Kuwait

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Located near the National Assembly, the National Museum comprises four buildings and a planetarium. Stripped and burnt by the Iraqi invaders, it house the Al-Sabah collection of Islamic art, one of the most comprehensive collections in the world. Iraq has today returned over 90 per cent of the collection. Other buildings housed pearl-diving relics, ethnographic artefacts and archaeological material from excavations on Failaka Island. Thereare plans to refurbish the old American Hospital building nearby so that some items can be displayed again. Source: www.kuwait-info.com

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