Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family

The ruling family of Qatar, known as the House of Thani, is deeply involved in the field of art. For more than two decades, its members have been accumulating numerous pieces of artwork.

The project Qatar National Vision 2030 promotes the creation of new schools, new universities, and new museums. The cultural development, characterized by new museums and exhibitions, is closely linked to the socio-economic motive of building a "knowledge-based economy" in Qatar by 2030.

The journalist Barbara Pollack underlines the central role of the Al-Thani family while comparing Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's cultural policies: "While Abu Dhabi is making a name for itself by building dramatic local satellites of the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the British Museum, Qatar’s scheme of cultural nation building is much more homegrown, establishing its own museums rooted in the collections of its own royal family."

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