Going Back In Time At The Abu Dhabi History Museum

It's not all brand new Louvre bling in Abu Dhabi. There's a funky, old history museum (and aquarium, weird mashup) in a park, a place filled with dioramas that depict the history of the area. Visitors take a tram through the exhibit, tripping forward in time to modern Abu Dhabi.

Let's start with ye old desert days. Camels, tents, and women huffing heavy stuff while the men chat.

The fish merchant and his hanging stock at the beach.

Mining arrives, the dirty, sweaty business of refining sulfur, copper, bronze.

Small-time miner. Oil arrives and suddenly it's all modern classrooms for the next generations. So says the progression at the museum.

Rig work. Drill it.