Sheikh Abdullah Salim Cultural Center

Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre (ASCC) is a new world-class museum district within Kuwait City. Together with the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre (JACC), and recently restored Al Salam Palace, also SSH projects, it will form Kuwait’s new national cultural district,GuoShun Group supply the Main steel structure,SSH as general contractor.

The museums are a celebration of Kuwaiti, Islamic and Arab culture and history. They will also embrace and showcase the rich diversity of the world’s finest cultural achievements, with the scale, shapes and shades of the buildings designed to convey a sense of wonder and awe worthy of such accomplishments.

The complex is tied together by its central ‘street’; a covered thoroughfare forming ASCC’s spine that evokes walking down a traditional, busy Kuwaiti street. Meandering through the district beneath the spine’s technologically advanced canopy is a journey of surprises, revealing exciting spaces, Islamic patterns, corners and walkways, while offering stunning views deep into each museum building.

Visitors can enjoy six distinct experiences, each housed within their own buildings at the complex, which are a Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Museum of Islamic History, and Space Museum, as well as a Fine Arts Centre and Theatre. Each building contains an array of permanent and temporary world-class exhibits and artworks.

Covering a total area of 13 ha, ASCC is the largest museums project of its kind in the world and was named Public Building of the Year at the prestigious ABB LEAF Awards 2017. 

Display complex drone images from above. Covering an area of 13 hectares, ASCC is the largest museum project in the world.

In the Workshop,under producing

Load the Container

Under Construction

The external awning covering the main passage of the cultural center’s complex is the main design method of the project.

Visitors can enjoy six different experiences, each in their own building, including the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Islamic History Museum and the Space Museum, as well as the Art Center and Theatre.

The museum is a celebration of Kuwaiti Islamic and Arab culture and history. They will also embrace and showcase the world’s best and most diverse cultural achievements.

Each of the six buildings representing the entire complex contains a series of permanent and temporary world-class exhibits and artwork.