Zayed National Museum Opens First Show on 7,000 Years of Camels
Abu Dhabi – October 14, 2026 -- Visitors to Zayed National Museum can see 6,500-year-old wild camel bones when the museum opens its first temporary exhibition, Tracks Through Time: The Camel in Society, Trade and Art, in early December 2026.
The show coincides with the museum's first anniversary. The museum describes it as the world's first exhibition to comprehensively explore more than 7,000 years of camel history in the UAE and the wider region.
Ancient bones show wild camels, then domesticated ones
Wild camel bones from the Baynunah archaeological site in Abu Dhabi date to the Neolithic Period (4,500-4,000 BCE). They are on loan from Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. Remains from Al Sufouh in Dubai date to the Bronze Age (2,500-1,300 BCE) and come from Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. According to the museum, it is the first time detailed evidence of the now-extinct wild camel species will be shown to the public.