Museum report·Doha
Qatar Museums rolls out a month of talks, workshops and a new photography exhibition
Qatar Museums announced its October public programme on 1 October, spanning talks, workshops, creative classes, storytelling and family activities across its museums and creative hubs. Highlights include the opening of the photography exhibition 'As the Image Unfolds – The Language of Athar' at Bayt Al Wakrah, a week exploring wool as a design material at Liwan Design Studios and Labs, and QC Talks pairing Mathaf with VCUarts Qatar and Lusail Museum with Georgetown University in Qatar.

Qatar Museums has published its public programme for October, a month-long slate of talks, workshops, creative classes, storytelling sessions, book clubs and family activities across its museums and creative hubs, announced via the Qatar News Agency on 1 October. The headline opening is As the Image Unfolds – The Language of Athar, a photography exhibition launching at Bayt Al Wakrah. It runs alongside a dedicated week at Liwan Design Studios and Labs exploring wool as a design material, and a series of hands-on workshops tied to Uzbekistan: Heritage in Motion, the exhibition currently showing at the Museum of Islamic Art. Programmes are aimed at children, teenagers, adults and families, with activities scheduled across Doha throughout the month. The month's discussion programme, QC Talks, continues as part of the Fall/Winter 2026–2027 season. One session brings together Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art and the painting and printmaking programme at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, while another is organised between Lusail Museum and Georgetown University in Qatar. The talks are designed to put audiences in direct contact with artists and cultural practitioners and to surface the ideas driving contemporary creative practice in the country. At the National Museum of Qatar, the October calendar leans toward family audiences, with guided tours, library sessions and interactive experiences exploring heritage, maritime history, traditional dress and cultural practices. The breadth of the programme reflects Qatar Museums' push to keep its institutions in constant public use: rather than concentrating activity around blockbuster openings, the October slate threads smaller exhibitions, craft-focused workshops and academic partnerships through the everyday life of the city's museums.


