MUSCAT – At its annual media briefing held right now in Muscat, the Nationwide Museum reviewed its harvest of achievements for the 12 months 2025 and unveiled a package deal of cultural tasks and initiatives scheduled for implementation throughout 2026.
In a presentation delivered throughout the occasion, Jamal Hassan Al Moosawi, Secretary Normal of the Nationwide Museum, highlighted the pivotal position undertaken by the museum as a heritage and cultural landmark reflecting Omani nationwide identification. He famous that in 2025, the museum accomplished a collection of achievements that strengthened its place as an efficient bridge for cultural and museum-based communication between the Sultanate of Oman and varied native, regional, and worldwide establishments.
He said that the Nationwide Museum acquired roughly 39 official visits throughout 2025, together with a number of high-level delegations.
Moreover, he talked about that the museum, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Russian Federation, organised a celebration marking the fortieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the 2 international locations, which included an exhibition of historic pictures and the launch of the Russian “Musical Seasons.” Throughout the identical 12 months, the “Omani-Japanese Relations Nook” was opened, and the documentary movie “Madera” was launched in cooperation with the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Tokyo.
In its efforts to reinforce cultural and museum exercise and change experience with worldwide establishments, the Nationwide Museum organized six worldwide exhibitions and 6 native exhibitions, whereas internet hosting ten exhibitions inside the Sultanate of Oman throughout the previous 12 months.
Notable worldwide exhibitions included the Oman Corridor on the Nairobi Nationwide Museum within the Republic of Kenya, the Oman Corridor on the State Hermitage Museum in Russia, and participation within the “Al Madar” exhibition on the second version of the Islamic Arts Biennale titled “And All That Is In Between” within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was along with contributing collections to the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the “The Splendor of Silver: Treasures from the Omani Courtroom” exhibition on the Nationwide Artwork Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
Concerning exhibitions hosted inside the Sultanate of Oman, the Secretary Normal highlighted a number of distinguished occasions, together with “New Paths: Madeline Diaz” in cooperation with the Embassy of the USA of America, the “Diva” jewellery exhibition with the Embassy of the Italian Republic, “Masterpieces of Artwork from the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization,” and ‘Items of the Emirs of Bukhara and Khans of Central Asia.’ Different hosted occasions included the “New Russian Artwork Fashion” exhibition in cooperation with the State Hermitage Museum, “Tunisia By way of the Digital camera Lens” with the Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia, “From Stamp to Envelope: ANation’s Narrative Sealed by Put up” with Oman Put up, and the “Options of the Latest Previous in Oman” exhibition by photographer Eugene Johnson.
The Russian Seasons festivities additionally featured prominently, together with an exhibition of historic pictures celebrating 40 years of diplomacy, the “Russia and the Center East: Worldwide Relations and Cultural Influences” exhibition with the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the launch of the Russian Musical Seasons with the “Rosconcert” establishment, and the ties inauguration of the Russian-language model of the Nationwide Museum’s web site.
He additional famous the museum’s participation in a number of worldwide occasions, such because the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Expo Osaka 2025 in Japan, the Worldwide Council of Museums Normal Convention (ICOM Dubai 2025), and the Museums + Heritage Present in London.
By the tip of December 2025, the whole variety of guests and beneficiaries of the Studying Middle’s actions and the museum’s varied halls exceeded 131,000.
For the second consecutive 12 months, the museum was honored as top-of-the-line service-providing retailers in Muscat Governorate inside the institutional excellence system. Digital service enhancements included the launch of the “Audio Information” service in Arabic and English, that includes specialised choices for individuals with disabilities, to complement the customer expertise by way of explanations of chosen galleries and collections.
Within the realm of digital transformation, the museum hosted the “Barmajan” hackathon organized by the Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Youth, which was acknowledged because the world’s authorities’s longest digital transformation hackathon and the biggest multi-site hackathon lesson. It additionally hosted a dialogue session titled “An Prolonged Civilizational Legacy Between Oman and the World” in cooperation with the Ministry of Data, involving elite worldwide media professionals representing 31 media establishments from 20 international locations. On the publication entrance, the museum launched a number of books in 2025.
Concluding the briefing, the Secretary Normal confirmed that Omanisation on the Nationwide Museum has reached 100% for each short-term and everlasting employment contracts, together with specialised and uncommon museum roles. Moreover, roughly 40 % of positions have been allotted to residents of the Wilayat of Muscat. He reaffirmed the museum’s dedication to its mission of safeguarding nationwide identification, selling cultural diplomacy, and consolidating the Sultanate of Oman’s place on the worldwide museum map for the good thing about present and future generations.
