The opening ceremony of The Museum of the Future, the world’s most beautiful building, finally took place tonight, and social media is already abuzz with every gorgeous moment.
Missed it? Watch the whole thing here:
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the UAE, inaugurated the magnificent structure with his two sons.
The lights from the opening ceremony could be seen across Dubai, reminiscent of the historic opening of the Burj Khalifa more than 10 years ago.
The stand out moment, however, happened mid-ceremony, and trust us, it has to be seen to be believed:
The Arabian Philharmonic Orchestra played the UAE National Anthem to start off the event, and it remained as gorgeous as ever.
And those lights were truly something else.
Museum of the Future: How to get tickets
Don’t have tickets yet? You’re going to want to book those as soon as possible before it’s open to the public tomorrow, February 23.
Here’s how.
Tickets will be AED 145, and are already available to book here.
If you’re bringing anyone under the age of 3, or you are a person of determination or an Emirati over the age of 60, great news, as tickets are free.
What is the Museum of the Future?
What’s inside the museum, anyways? To answer it simply, it’s the year 2071. Yep—the museum is set 100 years after the founding of the UAE, showing scenarios of what the future could be like, covering resource development, bioengineering, futuristic ecosystems, as well as the future of health, wellness and even spirituality.
There are also space-themed exhibitions, including New Moon, which shows how the moon may be used as a source of renewable energy in the future.
The façade of the museum outside of the museum is made entirely of stainless steel and glass, made up of a staggering 1,024 panels that were produced using automated robotic arms–the future of production, one might say.
Each of the layers is completely unique because of the building’s complex design, so each piece had to be precast and made “with numerous prototypes designed and manufactured before a winning formula could be achieved”.
Museum of the Future: Sheikh Mohammed’s quotes
And if you guessed it was made with Arabic calligraphy, you’re right–and they’re actually the words of HH Sheikh Mohammed, The Vice President of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai, himself.
“We may not live for hundreds of years, but the products of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone.”
“The future belongs to those who can imagine it, design it, and execute it.”
“The future does not wait. The future can be designed and built today.”
Museum of the Future: Jet pack man delivers tickets
If you already got tickets today, perhaps it was from a flying man on a jet pack?
He touched down in Dubai’s Downtown, near Ain Dubai on Bluewaters Island, as well as outside the museum itself on Sheikh Zayed Road. He also visited a school in Dubai.
The real-life Iron Man is Richard Browning of Gravity Industries, who has been spending the day delivering tickets to Dubai’s Museum of the Future, set to finally be inaugurated tomorrow, February 22, 2022.
His journey was shared on social media as well.
Browning is credited with creating the world’s first patented jet suit, ad himself is the chief test pilot and founder of Gravity Industries.
It’s powered by five gas turbines, and can reach nearly 4000 meters in the air.
Browning was a Royal Marines reservist for six years back in his home of England, and was trading oil before he started testing his jet pack back in 2016.
Museum of the Future: UFOs and more
It’s been a busy lead up to the launch. Social media was abuzz Friday night after a video began circulating of a UFO landed on the stunning downtown museum, already being called the world’s most beautiful building.
Dubai Media Office released the footage, that caused many to speculate over whether it was real. After all, anything is possible in Dubai–though it’s likely CGI.
Watch here:
The video shows the upper segment of the building opening up with a UFO spacecraft landing safely inside on some sort of pad.
In the video, traffic continues on normally down Sheikh Zayed Road as the UFO descends.
Many have speculated over what the UFO ship might be, but no one yet has been able to identify it.
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