01 December 2021
The National Museum inaugurates “Incēnsum” exhibition
The National Museum inaugurated the “Incēnsum” exhibition on Wednesday 1st December 2021, under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said, Assistant Secretary-General of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, and in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman, and the (Perfumme) Foundation in Turin. It was established in 2017, intending to promote the culture of scent by organizing high-level cultural events.
The exhibition highlights the continuity of Omani-Italian relations through ages, embodied by trade caravans carrying precious frankincense and spices as popular consumer goods in the Western world. The exhibition will be open to visitors for a period of 3 months.