Established in 1912, Al Ahmadiya School was the first regular school in Dubai, located in the Al-Ras area of Deira. The two-storey building was renovated in 1995 for use as a museum of education.

Al Ain National Museum, located next to the Sultan or Eastern Fort, is the oldest museum in the UAE. It was built under the direction of HH the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan who believed that a country without a past has “neither a present nor a future”.

The construction date of this building goes back to the late 50s.It became the headquarters of Dubai Municipality offices until 1964, and then the Municipality offices were moved to another building. In 2006, this museum was opened it included halls, exhibits and documents.

Al Fahidi Fort, which houses the Dubai Museum, was built around 1787, and once guarded the landward approaches to the town.

The House, known as "Beit Al-Rekkab" (House of the Camels), was built in the forties of the the twentieth Century in Al-Shindagha, next to the house of the late Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Al-Maktoum, It belongs to the late Sheikh Rashed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum and was constructed along several phases.

The building was established in the forties of the last century in Al-Shindagha to be used as a home for the late Sheikha Moza bint Saeed Al-Maktoum. The Building was refurbished and designed to house the "Horse Museum" to explain the history of Horses, there prestige to the Arabs.

Naif Fort built in a strategic location in the main commercial district in Deira, was the first headquarters of Dubai Police. The fort was also used as a prison.

The Palace of HH the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan was built in 1937. It was converted into a museum and opened to the public in 2001. The simplicity of the buildings combined with the cool, secluded gardens and the green palm trees, made a deep impression upon all those who had journeyed.

If you want to see how the handicrafts displayed in the shops of Abu Dhabi are really made visit the Women's Handicraft Centre. There are the exhibition of different traditional crafts like woven bags, covers, shawls, carpets and rugs,and many others which are made in the center.