The UAE’s Vision 2030 imagines a nation where heritage and innovation live side by side. By 2030, museums will no longer be just storage spaces for fragile artifacts, but living laboratories of culture, where visitors can see, hear, touch, and even feel the past. 

Students will become the designers of Museum 2030, tasked with preserving fragile artifacts, revealing their stories in engaging, multi-sensory ways, and reimagining displays that merge heritage, technology, and imagination. Using inspiration from museum techniques and beyond, students will design a small- to medium-scale display that could actually be built, focusing on one sense—sight, sound, touch, or smell—that best suits their artifact and lets audiences experience it meaningfully.