Bin Matar House

The Bin Matar House pays homage to the memory of Salman Matar and his family. It still stands today and has for many years, a symbol for generations’ ties to the unique architecture of Muharraq and distinctive quality that has distinguished this building since its founding. Throughout the restoration work, great care was taken to preserve the unique architectural features while transforming part of it into an arts space which has since its opening in 2009 hosted a number of local, Arab and international exhibitions. The building also serves as a beautiful embodiment at the same time of the relationship between the merchant Salman bin Matar, his family, and the pearl trade. This history can be found in the main showrooms at the heart of the place.

Beautiful house and the exhibition "Between two seas" of the artist Zuhair Al Saeed very interesting... about the evolution of Bahrain, the fight between nature and concrete... I loved it !

Art 🖼️

Lovely little gallery made in historical house

A very beautiful place to check if you're interested in art.

I attended an exhibition about CERN took place here. The exhibition was excellent, well organized and informative with much effort put into it. What made it nicer was the historical building that it took place in, that was a very well maintained and adjusted historical building to modern standards. This gives you a taste of the bahraini culture merged in modern era.

A quite large art gallery, easily accessible on foot from the Pearl Trail. Contains an interesting collection of art from a prominent local artist. Good for around 20 mins or so.

Went to see the CERN exhibition at Bin Matar House and it was fantastic. Definitely recommend it. The exhibition was brilliant and the setting of Bin Matar House was excellent.