Qatar-TotalEnergies Playground at the National Museum of Qatar Inaugurated by Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa

The Qatar-TotalEnergies Playground, located in the outdoor National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) was inaugurated on December 4 by Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at TotalEnergies. It will provide a unique experience for families to explore and discover the story of energy in Qatar through meaningful play.

The playground is part of the partnership between TotalEnergies and Qatar Museums and was designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL) with the construction work carried out by Ashghal.

It is designed to provide a fully immersive and educational experience in which visitors of all ages can learn about the various energies deployed in Qatar from the oil, gas and liquefied natural gas to the renewable energies and electricity. Sustainability is also addressed through topics such as carbon capture, recycling of polymers and road safety.

Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums, said: Qatar Museums has always been a key player in promoting education through creativity and play. In a playful ecosystem children learn through play making knowledge accessible through experience to all age groups and backgrounds.  This is one of many playgrounds that we have developed across the country, and hope our communities and visitors enjoy them by connecting with family, friends, nature and being outdoors.  We are grateful for our partnership with TotalEnergies, where we can engage with the wider community and visitors to showcase Qatar’s rich heritage and by default enhancing the quality of our lives.”

“TotalEnergies is thrilled about its partnership with Qatar Museums and in particular about this unique project dedicated to our children, which harmoniously combines education and entertainment in such an iconic environment. Together with culture, energy is an important part of Qatar’s history; and this family-friendly playground is a successful connection between culture and energy” , said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at TotalEnergies. He continued by saying “TotalEnergies was enthusiastic to support Qatar Museums in the concept definition and the execution of this multi-energy playground that also included green electricity and energy efficiency studies aiming at reducing its carbon footprint.”

The playground’s maze-like architecture includes 15 interactive playing pods, one per energy and a series of crawl tunnels in the form of oversized ‘pipes’ for children form pathways. The playground also contains a water play area and aims to create a sustainable outdoor environment that is stimulated by human energy.  Other features include dry mist fans arranged to provide more comfortable microclimates throughout the pods.

Finally, the playground’s design is sustainable as it is partially powered by green electricity from nearby installed solar panels.