点评:This museum tells the natural and human history of Qatar. It’s a brief and very simple story but the curator has done an amazing job of making this one of the most immersive museum experiences that I have witnessed. One side exhibit was of three cars, a garish one-off Cobra, a State Mercedes 600 and a Ferrari 250 GTO LWB. Not the most interesting collection, and not the best exhibit in the museum, but I was there, in the most stylish space, alone with one knowledgeable staff member, within touching distance of the cars, for 30 minutes. The building itself, desert rose crystal facsimile designed by Jean Nouvel is one of the finest examples of modern architecture I have ever experienced; and you experience it rather than just see it. I’m a lucky chap who has visited national museums on every continent, except The Antarctic, from the Smithsonian to the Falkland Islands Museum, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to the Melbourne Museum in Oz and, if you’re visiting Qatar, then the museum of Qatar is a must.
翻译:这家博物馆讲述了卡塔尔的自然和人文历史。故事虽然简短易懂,但策展人却出色地打造了一次身临其境的参观体验,是我见过的最具沉浸感的博物馆之一。其中一个侧展区展出了三辆车:一辆造型奇特的独一无二的眼镜蛇跑车、一辆奔驰600轿车和一辆法拉利250 GTO长轴距版。这并非最引人入胜的藏品,也不是博物馆里最精彩的展品,但我却在如此优雅的空间里,独自一人,只有一位知识渊博的工作人员陪伴,近距离地欣赏了这些车,足足有30分钟。博物馆建筑本身,由让·努维尔设计的沙漠玫瑰水晶复制品,是我见过的最杰出的现代建筑之一;在这里,你不仅能欣赏它,更能身临其境地感受它。我是一个幸运的人,除了南极洲以外,我参观过各大洲的国家博物馆,从史密森尼博物馆到福克兰群岛博物馆,从开罗的埃及博物馆到澳大利亚的墨尔本博物馆,如果你去卡塔尔旅游,那么卡塔尔博物馆是必去之地。