Jeddah’s Red Sea Museum Sets Out Its January Cultural Programme
Jeddah Red Sea Museum January cultural program has been announced with a month-long calendar of workshops, talks, screenings, performances, and family activities across the museum’s spaces in Historic Jeddah.
Jeddah’s Red Sea Museum has announced a public cultural programme for January 2026, with a schedule that combines artistic workshops, cultural talks, live performances, film screening, and family activities across its spaces in Historic Jeddah.
The programme is designed as a month-long calendar hosted across the museum’s galleries, courtyards, and adjacent heritage venues, linking the Red Sea’s cultural heritage with contemporary creative practice through public-facing formats that work for different age groups.
Themes and areas of focus
The Jeddah Red Sea Museum January cultural program is structured as a public-facing schedule designed to connect Red Sea heritage with contemporary cultural formats.
The January agenda spans themes including traditional architecture, historical photography, music, travel literature, and the history of navigation and public health in the Red Sea. Activities are presented through a cultural and educational format that positions the museum as a knowledge platform as well as an exhibition space.
Key dates on the calendar
The programme begins in mid-January with a children’s mapmaking workshop titled “Junior Cartographers” in the museum’s Discovery Room, designed for ages 6 to 12 and focused on the fundamentals of navigation through interactive activities.
Later in the month, a workshop titled “Alchemy of Light: Albumen Prints” takes place in the auditorium, exploring the historical albumen printing process and 19th-century photographic aesthetics through a contemporary lens.
A talk on Historic Jeddah is scheduled to examine traditional architecture and its relationship with heritage and modernity, followed by a hands-on workshop titled “Navigation from Past to Present” exploring how navigation methods evolved over time through practical activities.
The programme also includes a screening of the animated film “The Menace from Above” in the auditorium, alongside a live performance at Bab Al-Bunt Courtyard by Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra, described as an ensemble composed entirely of blind female musicians who perform using Braille musical notation.
Additional talks include “The Gate of Gates”, focused on the transformations of the Bab Al-Bunt building and the human histories connected to it, and “Encounters: Travel Literature,” which explores journeys to Andalusia and Sicily and the continuing presence of Islamic heritage through place and culture.
The programme concludes with a closing lecture examining the development of quarantine systems and public health monitoring in the Red Sea, highlighting Bab Al-Bunt’s historical role as a quarantine centre for pilgrims.
