Heritage House

Here’s a true testimony to Dubai’s past. This traditional 19th-century house once belonged to the most famous pearl merchant in the region—back when pearl trading was one of the city’s main sources of income. Built in 1890, it showcases the typical architecture and decorative style you’d find at the time. As you explore the different rooms in the house, scenes are displayed to show what life was like in Dubai over a hundred years ago for upper-class families in the region. Expanded and modified over the years by its various owners, the house was purchased by the city in the 1990s. It will be renovated and opened to the public to preserve the memory of Dubai’s historic roots—a city that was once far from being the luxurious and world-famous city it is today.