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Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave National Museum of Qatar | NMoQ 5 January–29 April 2026 Doha
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Qatar Museums (QM), in collaboration with AMO led by Samir Bantal and Rem Koolhaas – presents Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave, a groundbreaking exhibition that reimagines the rural landscape as a space for sustainability, innovation, and future living.

Spanning a geographic arc from Africa through the Middle East and Central Asia to China, Countryside highlights a region deeply connected by history and still home to a majority of the world’s population. Through immersive installations, critical research, and storytelling, the exhibition challenges the dominant urban narrative and invites visitors to explore how rural life can offer more humane and ecological answers to today’s global crises.

Taking place at both Qatar Preparatory School (QPS) and the National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), this inspiring exhibition fosters dialogue and action across generations, imagining new futures for life beyond the city.

This exhibition is sponsored by Qatar Fund for Development, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Hassad Foods and Kahramaa. It has also benefited from the support of Al Attiyah Foundation, Earthna, Georgetown University in Qatar, Volkswagen, and Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum.

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The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) is a landmark museum in Doha that weaves Qatar’s natural history and modern nationhood into an immersive visitor experience inside Jean Nouvel’s iconic ‘desert rose’ building.

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Doha
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Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday,
9am–7pm
Closed Tuesday

Thursday, 9am– 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm–7pm
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Doha Museum Park Street
National Museum of Qatar NMoQ contemporary art institution in Doha Qatar
National Museum of Qatar | NMoQ
Museum Park Street, Doha, Qatar
+974 4452 5555
https://nmoq.org.qa/en/

Opening hours
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday,
9am–7pm
Closed Tuesday

Thursday, 9am– 9pm
Friday, 1:30pm–7pm
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