The best do thing in Kuwait

 

Tareq Rajab Museum

Housed in the storm cellar of a huge estate, this stunning ethnographic gallery ought not be missed. There are trimmed instruments suspended in glass cupboards, Omani silver and Saudi gold adornments, hats from the modest petition cap to the Mongol protective cap, ensembles worn by princesses and goat herders, pieces of jewelry for living goddesses in Nepal, Jaipur polish and Bahraini pearls. In spite of all these brilliantly introduced pieces, it's the Arabic original copies in the Calligraphy Museum that give the assortment its worldwide significance.

Numerous accounts emerged from the severe Iraqi intrusion and control of Kuwait in 1990, a large number of them excessively agonizing or lamentable to tell. However, there is one uplifting news story that is striking in its effortlessness. While the National Museum was being plundered by Iraqi officers, the caretakers of the Tareq Rajab Museum bricked up the entryway at the lower part of the passage steps and littered the means with waste. The Iraqis addressed why the steps prompted no place except for tolerantly didn't seek after the issue and the assortment endure unblemished.

Mirror House

For a splendidly peculiar craftsmanship in real life experience, visit this private house covered with reflect mosaics. It's the production of radiantly erratic Italian-Kuwaiti craftsman Lidia Al Qattan, who engages with her accounts and clarifications of each room, including a mirror-clad restroom and universe themed room. Work on the house began in 1966 and was done in 2006, requiring exactly 70 tons of mirror.
At various points in the tour, guests take a seat while Lidia turns off the lights to reveal glow-in-the-dark displays, hula rings covered in flashing lights, sometimes while creepy galactic music plays. Lidia asks visitors to stare into the mirrors and imagine they are in a galaxy far far away. It's a trippy experience, certainly one for the open-minded. On the 2nd floor, most rooms are dedicated to the work of Lidia's late husband and politically controversial Kuwaiti artist Khalifa Al Qattan. Part way through the tour, Lidia invites guests to play her self-made game, which involves throwing art-covered tiles at a velcro wall. There's also a gift shop filled with peculiar sculptures made from reused items.

  The Avenues

The largest shopping mall in Kuwait, and the second largest in the Middle East, is quite an experience. Within its different zones, it has long palm tree-lined shopping 'avenues' designed like European streets, with similar shopfront architecture to Venice or London (some with mock 2nd floors, windows, arches, ornate alcoves and flower boxes). More than just a place to shop, it's a destination and hang-out space for Kuwaitis, who promenade these 'streets' of an evening in their national dress.