The Dates Museum, participating in the Dates Festival in Dumat Al-Jandal Governorate, highlights the profound historical relationship between humans and the date palm. The exhibition explores the role of dates as a cornerstone of food security and features references from the Holy Quran and the Prophet’s Sunnah that underscore the importance of the date palm and its fruit.
Through engaging visual presentations, visitors discover the historical and social significance of dates, traditional customs associated with the annual harvest, and ancient names of various date varieties.
The museum also displays antique tools once used for storing and weighing dates, and provides explanations of the different parts of the date palm and their practical uses, offering a comprehensive look into this treasured element of the Kingdom’s cultural and agricultural legacy.
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