In pictures: Things to do in last week of Qasr Al Hosn Festival

The Lest We Forget project team has recreated three studio backdrops from some of the old photographs. Visitors can stand in front of one and have their photograph taken on a Polaroid camera as a souvenir of the day.

Polaroid Photographs collected as part of the Lest We Forget project at the Qasr Al Hosn Exhibition.

Make sure to watch the mesmerising documentary film of some of the city’s oldest inhabitants talking about their memories of Qasr Al Hosn and what life was like before the discovery of oil.

People lining up for the Qasr Al Hosn fort tour.

Girls plant seeds as The Gardening Club offers visitors an opportunity to learn something about the native plants of the region.

The Gardening Club offers visitors seeds from one of three plants: the arta shrub, Thafra’s shrub or the ghaf tree to plant.

Set up inside the Cultural Foundation, visitors get to smell and taste the different types of coffee blends as they enter a modern tent against a backdrop of traditional rababa music.

Visitors also have the option to drink traditional Emirati coffee with ginger or cinnamon, and for those who don’t like coffee, there’s the option of haleeb, which is milk with cinnamon, cardamom and saffron.

Each costing Dh10, the pavilion serves classic Emirati gahwa, which has cardamom in it; aromatic, which also includes saffron; and a “special” option that features all three plus rose water.

Children can also work with a volunteer to sew their own cloth doll and style its hair, dress (polka dots being the most popular choice) and burqa at the Cultural Foundation hall.

Children and adults can unfurl their imaginations at cultural workshops inside the Cultural Foundation hall.

The National takes a look at things to do in the final week of the Qasr Al Hosn festival. All photos by Mona Al-Marzooqi / The National