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What Exactly Is a ‘Museum of the Future’?
May 25, 2022
(updated June 24, 2022)
Published by artistvenu
Inside the “OSS Hope” display at the Museum of the Future, Dubai. © TG MEDIA
In one of the galleries in Dubai’s recently opened Museum of Future, near the beginning of its futuristic displays, flickers in lavender-green neon the ancient Chinese proverb, written in three languages, Arabic, English, and Mandarin: “The ancestors plant the trees / the descendants enjoy the shade.”
The writing on the wall is literally and figuratively clear. Given the multiple pressing challenges our planet faces today, it becomes all the more paramount for the present generation to acknowledge and address these mounting crises to safeguard the planet for future ones. It’s a task that no doubt must be a collective, concerted undertaking.