Red Sea Museum’s Packed January Cultural Programme

The Red Sea Museum in Historic Jeddah, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading institutions dedicated to preserving and reinterpreting the maritime, urban and cultural histories of the Red Sea, has unveiled a month-long public programme for January 2026. Spanning the newly opened museum’s galleries, courtyards and surrounding heritage venues, the programme brings the region’s layered past into conversation with contemporary creative practice.

Launching on 13 January, the cross-generational line-up invites young mapmakers, lovers of 19th-century photographic aesthetics and architecture enthusiasts to explore traditional navigation, urban heritage and evolving visual cultures. Through hands-on artistic workshops and educational historical talks, the programme foregrounds how knowledge, craft and storytelling have travelled across the Red Sea for centuries.

Highlights include a live performance by the Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra - the world’s only orchestra composed entirely of blind female musicians - alongside a screening of the animated film The Menace from Above, and a series of talks and activations that further expand the museum’s mission to make heritage accessible, dynamic and deeply contemporary.