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		Antiquities Museum One of the houses at the entrance of the Palace has been transformed to Antiquity Museum. The museum opens Saturdays thru Wednesdays.
Display of Treasures This museum of Antiquities, relatively very small, has some very interesting antiques in display that were in use in the region during 18th and 19th centuries. Mabkhara (insence burner), Qara (dried pumpkin used as a milk/ghee container), Qirba (a leather bucket for fetching and keeping water) and Shidad Masama (a wooden saddle to be put on a camel's back for carrying loads) are a few of those in display. This wide inner courtyard in the middle of the building, surrounded by an open gallery is called "Musbah" and was very common in the design of traditional buildings those days.
		Mih'ala Mih'ala is a wooden wheel used in the past to draw water from the well. Displayed in the antiquities museum.
Dalow This is a leather bucket used for lifting water from wells. On display in the museum

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