Al Hashemi Marine Museum

Maritime fanatics will enjoy this fascinating museum with its impressive collection of large, scale-model dhows (traditional cargo boats), sailing equipment and boards detailing the history of seafaring in the area. Al Hashemi II, the huge wooden dhow adjacent to the museum, is the largest handmade wooden boat on earth, measuring a world-record-breaking 80.4m long and 18.7m wide and weighing an estimated 2500 tonnes. The museum has a 2002 Guinness Book of Records certificate to prove it.