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title: "Shindagha Museum, Dubai — GetMap"
description: "Its rooms show life before the oil era. This was the home of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler from 1912 to 1958. Restored rooms and courtyards now…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJv8NPy4JDXz4Rq0g_w3p4eEg
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# Shindagha Museum

Its rooms show life before the oil era

History · 🇦🇪 Dubai · one place, one stop

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This was the home of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler from 1912 to 1958. Restored rooms and courtyards now form part of a heritage district beside Dubai Creek, showing how people lived and traded before oil changed the city.

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