The expansive new museum will be situated on Doha’s picturesque corniche, opposite the city’s restored old port and the international ferry terminal. The main building will encompass 80,000 square meters of interior space, including 23,000 square meters dedicated to galleries and exhibitions, with the remainder housing offices, cafés, educational facilities and conservation labs. The collection inside will feature international art assembled over the past 40 years, with multidisciplinary works of great diversity dating from 1850 to the present. In additional to visual art, the museum will also present architecture and design, films and film props, fashion and craft, among other genres.