Ukraine Deputy Minister of Culture Visits National Museum in Riyadh

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy Anastasia Bondar during her visit to the National Museum, in King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh. (SPA)
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy Anastasia Bondar during her visit to the National Museum, in King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh. (SPA)
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Ukraine Deputy Minister of Culture Visits National Museum in Riyadh

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy Anastasia Bondar during her visit to the National Museum, in King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh. (SPA)
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy Anastasia Bondar during her visit to the National Museum, in King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh. (SPA)

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy Anastasia Bondar visited on Wednesday the National Museum, in King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh.

The official was in Saudi Arabia to take part in the 45th UNESCO World Heritage Committee that was hosted by the Kingdom.

She visited eight galleries at the museum, which display items based on heritage, history, culture, politics and Islam, featuring collections that reflect thousands of years of rich Saudi cultural history.

She also toured the "Hijrah: in the Footsteps of the Prophet" exhibition, in its second edition, which displays the most important journey of the Prophet, from Makkah to Madinah.

The exhibition is curated by King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra).



Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO Launch Innovating Documentary Heritage Conference

Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO launch innovating documentary heritage conference. (SPA)
Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO launch innovating documentary heritage conference. (SPA)
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Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO Launch Innovating Documentary Heritage Conference

Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO launch innovating documentary heritage conference. (SPA)
Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO launch innovating documentary heritage conference. (SPA)

The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), in partnership with UNESCO, launched its international conference titled “Innovating Documentary Heritage for Sustainable Development in AlUla and Saudi Arabia,” to be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on April 29 and 30.

The conference is held under UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” program and will host leading experts, institutions concerned with historical memory, and cultural policymakers. It will discuss ways to utilize documentary heritage in supporting education, promoting cultural dialogue, and advancing sustainable development goals in Saudi Arabia and the Arab region.

Alongside the conference, an exhibition titled “Words on Memory: A Window into Saudi Arabia’s Documentary Heritage” is being held at UNESCO headquarters from April 28 to May 2. It will showcase archival materials and historical narratives of the Kingdom, in partnership with national memory institutions, for the first time internationally.

The initiative reflects RCU’s commitment to preserving AlUla’s natural and cultural heritage in support of Saudi Vision 2030 and to establishing AlUla as a regional center for cultural leadership and heritage-driven development.

The conference also extends RCU’s partnership with UNESCO under the “Memory of the World” program and the Kingdoms Institute, reaffirming their joint efforts in documentary heritage preservation, capacity building, and global knowledge exchange.