Here is a daytime view of the Dubai Museum from our hotel room window at the Arabian Courtyard Hotel. In front of the museum is a traditional dhow and beyond the Museum are the minarets of the Grand Mosque. Dubai Museum is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, an imposing building that once guarded the city from landward approaches. The fort was built around 1787 and is thought to be Dubai's oldest building. Since that time it has served as a garrison, a palace and a prison. In 1970, the fort was renovated and turned into a museum, and in 1995 additional galleries were completed.