Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi to be completed by 2025

Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi is on track for 2025 completion, showcasing Abu Dhabi’s commitment to culture.

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has reaffirmed that Saadiyat Cultural District, along with its cultural institutions, is on track for completion in 2025. Saadiyat Cultural District is a global platform, emanating from a rich cultural heritage, celebrating traditions, and advancing equitable culture. It is an embodiment of empowerment, showcasing museums, collections, and narratives that celebrate the region’s heritage while promoting a diverse global cultural landscape.

Once completed, the diversity of Saadiyat Cultural District’s institutions is expected to make the district one of the most unique cultural platforms.The current construction progress of the soon-to-open institutions in Saadiyat Cultural District stands at 76%.

HE Mohamed Al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi, said: “Here in Abu Dhabi, we embrace this influence, fostering a deep appreciation that resonates throughout our community. Saadiyat Cultural District embodies ‘cultural hope’. The District will convey a message of cultural diversity that will become more powerful over time, creating global connections, inspiring cultural exchange, and fostering new ways of thinking to support the region, the global South and the world. Saadiyat Cultural District is somewhere people can come to learn from the past, understand our present and focus on our future.”

Zayed National Museum, the national museum of the United Arab Emirates, will celebrate the nation’s rich history and culture, as well as honour the legacy of the country’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It will be joined by the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, which will include a research and teaching institution that will take visitors on a 13.8 billion-year journey through the story of universe and planet. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be a museum celebrating art from the 1960s to the present and the most important artistic achievements of our time.

DCT Abu Dhabi has also launched a campaign titled ‘Be Moved in a Thousand Ways’, introduced by philanthropist, talk show host and author Oprah Winfrey. The campaign film delivers an inspirational message on the transformative power of culture to unite, inspire, and open minds. teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi and the District invites visitors on an ever-changing exploration that will transcend the limits of their imagination.