Manama Craft Centre

Manama


Home to a variety of showrooms and workshops, this centre promotes the revival of traditional Bahraini crafts, such as weaving, palm-leaf paper making, pottery, jewellery making and ironwork. All the work is for sale, and the workshops close an hour earlier than the showrooms, so get there early if you want to see the artisans at work.


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