Sadu House is an artistic house and museum in
Kuwait City,
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
, located near the
Kuwait National Museum
The Kuwait National Museum is the national museum of Kuwait, located in Kuwait City. It was established in 1983 and designed by architect Michel Ecochard.
The museum comprises five buildings set around a central garden, their organization is pa ...
.
History
It was established by the Al Sadu Society in 1980 to protect the interests of the
Bedouins and their ethnic handicrafts, Sadu weaving, which is an embroidery form in geometrical shapes hand woven by Bedouin people. The original house originally existed as a mud building in the early twentieth century but was destroyed during the
1936 Kuwaiti floods.
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By 1984, Sadu House had registered 300 Bedouin women, producing about seventy items every week. A major tourist attraction in Kuwait City, Sadu House has several chambers each decorated with pottered motifs of houses, mosques etc.
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1980 establishments in Kuwait
Museums established in 1980
Buildings and structures in Kuwait City
Museums in Kuwait
Cultural centers in Kuwait
Art museums and galleries in Kuwait
History of Kuwait
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