(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Interest in establishing specialised house museums is growing among Qatari collectors who appreciate the value of preserving historical items.
"Many people are interested in establishing house museums which are very attractive as they specialise in certain domains," said Abdel Aziz Al Sayed, a Qatari collector who plans to set up a specialised museum.
Al Sayed was speaking at a panel discussion organised by Qatar Museums as part of a conference to observe International Museum Day on Monday at Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Auditorium.
"Since I love desert and hunting, I have collected a lot of desert hunting tools and was thinking of establishing a museum that covers more than 20 aspects of desert life," he said.
In its 38th year, International Museum Day's theme this year was 'Museums for a Sustainable Society' and observed in more than 35,000 museums in over 140 countries around the world.
House museums are seen as an added value to sparking and sustaining interest in the appreciation of museums among people.
"Specialised museums attract people because they can relate to them if they like the domain the museum deals with," explained Al Sayed, whose interest in collection of artefacts started as a hobby.
"It is an expensive hobby but makes me happy and enjoy life. I remember the past and old people gone through the objects I preserve," he said.
"Purchasing rare objects you have been waiting for is sometimes dearer to your heart than your daily needs.
"This is a feeling only people who love to collect know deeply. The challenge of looking for what is rare and unique is a continuous and endless journey," said Al Sayed. He is in the process of looking for objects used in falcon-hunting and those on desert history to put up his museum.
He has a wide collection of old and rare issues of newspapers, magazines and journals from Qatar and all over the region.
Qatari collector Saeed Ibrahim Al Mohannadi collects archaeological artefacts and World War I and II objects. My penchant in the field of archaeology started with my interest in exploring the desert.
"I would go to the desert and find things worth exploiting and discovering.
"Fossils were the first things I collected. Then I started collecting artefacts from the First and Second World War.
"Whenever I travel, I go for a quest for these objects," said Al Mohannadi.
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