{"id":7385,"date":"2025-11-20T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:18:22","slug":"vip-opening-of-the-natural-history-museum-abu-dhabi-20-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/vip-opening-of-the-natural-history-museum-abu-dhabi-20-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP opening of the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi (20 November 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-3.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was very honoured to give a VIP tour of the Late Miocene gallery (Abu Dhabi 7 million years ago) at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi to His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, and to His Excellency, Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism &#8211; Abu Dhabi.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Opening-NHMAD-with-VIPs-2.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see some photos of their visit and watch a video about their visit by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaoffice.abudhabi\/en\/crown-prince-news\/khaled-bin-mohamed-bin-zayed-and-hamdan-bin-mohammed-bin-rashid-tour-natural-history-museum-abu-dhabi-in-saadiyat-cultural-district\/\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Last updated: 4 December 2025: 00:15 AM (GST Gulf Standard Time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very honoured to give a VIP tour of the Late Miocene gallery (Abu Dhabi 7 million years ago) at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi to His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown &hellip; 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