The Museum of the Future in Dubai is a time machine that shows visitors what life could be like in the year 2071.<\/p>\n
From futuristic jobs faraway on a space station to how ecosystems can be saved 49 years from now the experience is entertaining as well as educational.<\/p>\n
The two-hour experience is meant to be thought-provoking and leaves visitors wondering steps that can be taken now to create a better future.<\/p>\n
The museum uses technology to represent art in the most remarkable ways, including screens with impressive graphics of a rocket launch and a DNA library that features more than 4,500 species.<\/p>\n
An avatar called Aya guides visitors throughout their journey.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, a day after its official opening, The National went on a media tour of the museum. Here are five of the most interesting displays:<\/p>\n
An avatar known as 'Aya' speaks to visitors at the Museum of the Future. Chris Whiteoak \/ The National <\/p>\n
If you want to be an astronaut for a day, this is the experience for you.<\/p>\n
It involves boarding a spacecraft called Hope, named after the UAEs Mars orbiter, and launching to the OSS Hope space station 600 kilometres above Earth.<\/p>\n
Visitors are taken inside a room with metal walls, designed to look like a spacecraft, with screens all around that act as windows to show the stunning views during lift-off.<\/p>\n
Aerial views of Dubais coastline, including The Palm Jumeirah, are visible, and then the delicate atmosphere of the planet, as the spacecraft enters space.<\/p>\n
It is a four-minute experience that also shows the spacecraft docking with the OSS Hope space station.<\/p>\n
Then, you enter the space station, where you learn about futuristic jobs astronauts can have in future, such as Mars colony ambassador to Earth.<\/p>\n
The Heal Institute at the Museum of the Future. Chris Whiteoak \/ The National <\/p>\n
The next part of the experience is the \"heal institute\", where you learn about nature.<\/p>\n
A large screen shows the DNA of the Amazon, with footage actually filmed in the rainforest.<\/p>\n
At Heal, we are working to repair the Earths natural ecosystems, with the help of artificial intelligence and biodesign, Aya says, as visitors enter the exhibition.<\/p>\n
The Amazon is amazing. The forest generates half of its own rainfall by recycling water through trees.<\/p>\n
Sadly, in some parts of the Amazon, years of deforestation have broken this cycle, changing huge parts of this ancient forest to dry savannah.<\/p>\n
Another part of the Heal Institute is the DNA library, which has more than 2,400 models of species on display inside glass cases.<\/p>\n
The colourful exhibition is meant to help visitors learn about different kinds of mammals, angiosperms, annelids and molluscs.<\/p>\n
It is partially immersive, as visitors can collect a few species in a device given to them at the start and use it in the next exhibition to see how it could heal the ecosystem.<\/p>\n
This is the Heal Observatory, where some species are grown in a nursery.<\/p>\n
Visitors can release these species into the outdoors, including the ones collected in their device from the DNA library, to see how they behave and if the ecosystem heals.<\/p>\n
It is an educational exhibition that would benefit researchers, as well as students and teachers.<\/p>\n
Once the species are released, a large screen shows the progress being made in that ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Al Waha is a futuristic spa, where visitors experience restorative effects of movement and meditation.<\/p>\n
Visitors are welcomed with a vapour hand sanitiser that is blowing out of a structure that looks like a futuristic water fountain.<\/p>\n
There is also a digital floor with a special carpet that gives the illusion of walking on a beach.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid inaugurated Dubai's Museum of the Future on Tuesday night. Photos: Dubai Media Office <\/p>\n
Updated: February 23rd 2022, 4:54 PM<\/p>\n
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