Established in a two-story building near the Gold Souk, Al Ahmadiya School was the first school in Dubai. At the time, the school attracted the finest scientists and scholars from the region and upheld a high standard of education from 1912 until it closed in 1958. Al Ahmadiya School Dubai was a semi-formal private school in Al Ras, Dubai, UAE, which is now owned and managed as a museum by the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority. The Dubai government worked on the restoration of Al Ahmadiya School in mid-1994 and converted it into a museum that was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on March 20, 2000, representing the genesis of semi-formal education in Dubai. When visiting we will be able to see a galore of old desks and chairs upon which Emarati students have graduated.