The First Couple of Maldives has toured the Bahrain National Museum and the Beit Al Quran Facility in Bahrain.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and First Lady Fazna Ahmed visited the Bahrain National Museum and the Beit Al Quran Facility, on Friday, as part of the First Couple’s Official Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The Bahrain National Museum was officially inaugurated by the late Amir H.H. Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa on 15, December, 1988. The museum complex is composed of two connected buildings that house the permanent exhibition area, temporary exhibition halls, an art gallery, and a lecture hall, among other amenities. The Museum is the repository of 6000 years of Bahrain’s history.

The Beit Al Quran Facility is a multi-purpose complex established in 1990. The complex is most famous for its Islamic Museum, which is one of the most renowned Islamic museums in the world. It was built to accommodate a comprehensive and valuable collection of the Quran and other rare Islamic manuscripts.

The institution and its museum house historic Quranic manuscripts from various parts of the Islamic world, including China in the East and Spain in the West, which represent the progression of calligraphic traditions from the first Hijri century (622–722 AD) and of the Islamic Golden Age, to the present day.

The President and First Lady are currently on a State Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain at the invitation of the King, H.M. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.