Written by Abdul.Wasey
Abu Dhabi : This July, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi places conservation at the heart of its summer programming, led by World Nature Conservation Day (28 July). Through hands-on weekend discovery activities and Our Green Journey, a new bilingual storytelling series created with Tadweer, visitors of all ages are invited to explore local ecosystems, deepen their connection with nature, and discover how small actions can make a big difference. These experiences form part of the museum’s wider Summer of Discovery season, alongside wellness and family-friendly activities throughout the month.
OUR GREEN JOURNEY: Storytelling Series with Tadweer
July at Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
A new collaborative storytelling series featuring environmental heroes and green adventures, facilitated by Tadweer in partnership with Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. Each session combines storytelling with interactive activities, inviting children to discover how technology, tradition, and teamwork protect our planet.
NOURA THE SMART TRUCK
Step into a storytelling and activity session featuring Noura the Smart Truck. Follow an intelligent, electric truck as it travels across the UAE using smart technology to identify and sort waste. Through this engaging story and interactive activities, children discover how technology and waste-management innovation keep the UAE clean and green.
Step into a storytelling and activity session featuring Noura the Smart Truck. Follow an intelligent, electric truck as it travels across the UAE using smart technology to identify and sort waste. Through this engaging story and interactive activities, children discover how technology and waste-management innovation keep the UAE clean and green.
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Date: Sunday, 5 July 2026
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Time: 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
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Age: Ages 2–4 (and older)
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
THE GREEN MISSION: GHAFAN, SIDRA & RIMAL
Embark on a recycling adventure with Ghafan, Sidra, and Rimal in this storytelling and activity session. Through this engaging story and interactive activities, children learn how to segregate waste and understand the importance of recycling, building a foundational environmental practice from an early age.
Embark on a recycling adventure with Ghafan, Sidra, and Rimal in this storytelling and activity session. Through this engaging story and interactive activities, children learn how to segregate waste and understand the importance of recycling, building a foundational environmental practice from an early age.
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Date: Thursday, 9 July 2026
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Time: 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
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Age: Ages 2–4 (and older)
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
ZAYED AND THE GREEN PEARL
Discover the inspiring journey of young Zayed in this storytelling and activity session. Through this inspiring story and interactive activities, children discover UAE heritage and traditions while learning about leadership and perseverance, connecting conservation to our founder’s legacy and the nation’s vision for a sustainable future.
Discover the inspiring journey of young Zayed in this storytelling and activity session. Through this inspiring story and interactive activities, children discover UAE heritage and traditions while learning about leadership and perseverance, connecting conservation to our founder’s legacy and the nation’s vision for a sustainable future.
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Date: Sunday, 12 July 2026
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Time: 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
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Age: Ages 8–12 (and older)
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
LAILA AND THE LITTLE BOTTLE
Follow Laila on a magical adventure in this storytelling and activity session. When a mysterious bottle appears, it invites her to explore the 3Rs, reduce, reuse, and recycle, showing how small everyday actions can create a meaningful environmental impact.
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Date: Thursday, 23 July 2026
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Time: 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
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Age: Ages 9–11 (and older)
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
WEEKEND PROGRAMMES
Running across weekends throughout July, these gallery-based games, nature observation activities, and interactive discovery experiences deepen visitors’ observation skills and connection to local ecosystems.
NATURE’S FAMILIES: FAMILIES OF UAE
In celebration of the Year of the Family in the UAE, this two-stage discovery game invites families to explore the wildlife of the Emirates together. Receive a character card featuring a real species from Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi’s collection, find the visitor holding your matching card from the same biological family, then explore the museum together to find all the family specimens on display. With 53 species across 26 biological families, every visit tells a different story. A joyful, movement-based game connecting families to the natural heritage of the UAE, because knowing the biodiversity that shares our landscape is the first step toward protecting it.
In celebration of the Year of the Family in the UAE, this two-stage discovery game invites families to explore the wildlife of the Emirates together. Receive a character card featuring a real species from Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi’s collection, find the visitor holding your matching card from the same biological family, then explore the museum together to find all the family specimens on display. With 53 species across 26 biological families, every visit tells a different story. A joyful, movement-based game connecting families to the natural heritage of the UAE, because knowing the biodiversity that shares our landscape is the first step toward protecting it.
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Date: Weekends, 1–31 July 2026
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Time: 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Our World Today Gallery
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Age: Grade 4+ (family friendly)
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Registration: Registration at Ticketing Desk
ZOOM IN / ZOOM OUT: DECODING NATURE
Take a closer look at nature through the eyes of a scientist. Explore the gallery by observing one small detail (zoom in) and connecting it to a bigger story (zoom out): how animals survive, what they eat, or where they live. Decode how organisms communicate without words by interpreting colours, patterns, and body features as signals for survival, whether warning, hiding, or attracting. By connecting these tiny details to bigger survival stories, you’ll discover nature as an interconnected whole worth protecting.
Take a closer look at nature through the eyes of a scientist. Explore the gallery by observing one small detail (zoom in) and connecting it to a bigger story (zoom out): how animals survive, what they eat, or where they live. Decode how organisms communicate without words by interpreting colours, patterns, and body features as signals for survival, whether warning, hiding, or attracting. By connecting these tiny details to bigger survival stories, you’ll discover nature as an interconnected whole worth protecting.
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Date: Weekends, 1– 31 July 2026
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Time: 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Evolving World / Our World
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Age: Ages 6+
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
EXPLORER’S FIELD JOURNAL
Become a nature explorer and document discoveries like a scientist. Create your own nature-inspired field journal with guided prompts connected to the galleries, using it to observe, record, and reflect on the natural world. Inspired by how scientists document discoveries, this activity builds the foundation for conservation: you can’t protect what you don’t notice, and you can’t act without evidence.
Become a nature explorer and document discoveries like a scientist. Create your own nature-inspired field journal with guided prompts connected to the galleries, using it to observe, record, and reflect on the natural world. Inspired by how scientists document discoveries, this activity builds the foundation for conservation: you can’t protect what you don’t notice, and you can’t act without evidence.
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Date: Weekends, 1– 31 July 2026
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Time: 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Gallery Corridor
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Age: Ages 7+
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Registration: Drop-in; register at Ticketing Desk
SURVIVE THE DESERT
Put your survival skills to the test in a series of desert challenges. Face environmental obstacles such as extreme heat, lack of water, and predators, then choose the most effective adaptations, from nocturnal behaviour and burrowing to fat storage, to survive. As you tackle each challenge, you’ll discover how physical and behavioural traits help animals thrive in desert ecosystems. By solving these adaptation puzzles, you’ll also learn why desert species matter and what conditions must be preserved for them to survive, at the heart of conservation thinking.
Put your survival skills to the test in a series of desert challenges. Face environmental obstacles such as extreme heat, lack of water, and predators, then choose the most effective adaptations, from nocturnal behaviour and burrowing to fat storage, to survive. As you tackle each challenge, you’ll discover how physical and behavioural traits help animals thrive in desert ecosystems. By solving these adaptation puzzles, you’ll also learn why desert species matter and what conditions must be preserved for them to survive, at the heart of conservation thinking.
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Date: Weekends, 1– 31 July 2026
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Time: 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM
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Location: Curiosity Corner
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Age: Ages 12+
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Registration: Drop-in; no registration require
MINDFUL MUSEUM: WELLNESS SERIES
Part of Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi’s ongoing Mindful Museum series, this programme brings together guided yoga and high-intensity wellness experiences set beneath the museum’s sauropods. All sessions are facilitated by Form Studio and are open to ages 15+.
MICROFORMER LAGREE (LADIES ONLY, SEMI-PRIVATE)
A ladies-only Micro Former session taking place beneath the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. This high-intensity, low-impact workout strengthens your core and sharpens your mind. Begin your week with intention and presence.
A ladies-only Micro Former session taking place beneath the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. This high-intensity, low-impact workout strengthens your core and sharpens your mind. Begin your week with intention and presence.
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Dates: Monday, 6 July 2026; Tuesday, 7 July 2026; Monday, 13 July 2026
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Time: 8:30 – 9:30 AM
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Location: Under the Sauropods – Museum Atrium
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Age: Ages 15+, ladies only
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Registration:
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Monday, 6 July 2026: https://luma.com/0e52w8a4
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Tuesday, 7 July 2026: https://luma.com/75tw30nd
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Monday, 13 July 2026: https://luma.com/9d9yhhn6
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YOGA (MIXED)
A mixed, open yoga session held in the museum’s Atrium beneath the dinosaurs. Whether you are new to yoga or a regular practitioner, this session offers a calming and grounding experience for all. Pause, reset, and reflect in this unique setting of 13.8 billion years of history.
A mixed, open yoga session held in the museum’s Atrium beneath the dinosaurs. Whether you are new to yoga or a regular practitioner, this session offers a calming and grounding experience for all. Pause, reset, and reflect in this unique setting of 13.8 billion years of history.
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Dates: Tuesday, 21 July 2026; Monday, 27 July 2026
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Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
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Location: Under the Sauropods – Museum Atrium
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Age: Ages 15+
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Registration:
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Tuesday, 21 July 2026: https://luma.com/68h6csip
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Monday, 27 July 2026: https://luma.com/1yyx7w78
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MICRO FORMER (MIXED)
A mixed evening Micro Former session taking place beneath the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. This high-intensity, low-impact workout strengthens your core and sharpens your mind. End your month with intention, movement, and connection.
A mixed evening Micro Former session taking place beneath the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. This high-intensity, low-impact workout strengthens your core and sharpens your mind. End your month with intention, movement, and connection.
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Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2026
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Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
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Location: Under the Sauropods – Museum Atrium
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Age: Ages 15+
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Registration https://luma.com/xj5nfa9p
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Ahmed Abdul Wasey
Managing Editor, Eat ‘N Stays
Ahmed Abdul Wasey is the Managing Editor in Eat ‘N Stays, overseeing all editorial coverage of travel, hospitality, and food across Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region. He sets the publication’s editorial direction and reviews coverage across hotels, restaurants, tourism, cruise, and industry news before it publishes.
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