In November 2021, the Centre des monuments nationaux and the Al Thani Collection Foundation opened the museum space dedicated to showing artworks from The Al Thani Collection at the Hôtel de la Marine.
The inaugural exhibition showcased a rich diversity of approximately 120 artworks drawn from across the Collection, bringing together exceptional works of art from antiquity to the early modern period. Celebrating the unifying force of art across cultures, it juxtaposed superlative works of art from different civilisations, sharing with the public high points of creative expression across periods and geographies. Highlights ranged from an Egyptian head of a royal figure carved from red jasper (1475-1292 BC) and a Chinese gilt-bronze sculpture of a seated bear (Han Dynasty, 206 BC-AD 25) to a Maya mask pendant (200-600 AD) and the jade wine cup of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (1569-1627).