6-Hour Kuwait City Museum Tour with Oil History and Dickson House

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Explore the Ahmad Al-Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition and Kuwait's oil history
• 02 Learn about the Kuwait Oil Company's role in managing major oil reserves
• 03 Discover archives on British-Kuwait relations at the Dickson House Cultural Center
• 04 View photographs from the British Protectorate era and a replica of the Dicksons' residential quarters

Discover two of Kuwait City's key cultural institutions on this 6-hour tour. Explore the Ahmad Al-Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition to learn about the history of oil in Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company's role in managing many of the world's oil reserves. Continue to the Dickson House Cultural Center, where archives on British-Kuwait relations from the 1960s, photographs from the British Protectorate era, and a replica of the Dicksons' residential quarters bring the past to life.

Discover two of Kuwait City's key cultural institutions on this 6-hour tour.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Ahmad Al-Jaber Exhibition and Dickson House Visit

• Leave your hotel and visit the Ahmad Al-Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition. Here, you will learn about the Kuwait Oil Company, responsible for managing many of the world's oil reserves.
• Afterward, go to the Dickson House Cultural Center, where you can view an archive on British-Kuwait relations dating back to the 1960s, photographs from the British Protectorate era, and a replica museum of the Dicksons' residential quarters.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Transportation
• English-speaking Kuwait tour guide

What's Not Included

• Entrance tickets, if applicable
• Food

Know before you go

• Ahmad Al-Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition is named after Kuwait's 10th ruler, who served as Kuwait's Amir from 1921 to 1950, and it was during his reign that the birth of the oil industry began. The exhibition recognizes the important historical role Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah played in the shaping of modern Kuwait.
• Dickson House Cultural Center was originally a Kuwaiti home built in 1870 but was given to Britain to be used as a residential headquarters.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Tour start

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.