Shiekh Zayed Palace Museum is one of the best-reinstated forts in the Abu Dhabi emirate. The museum showcases the everyday life in a ruler's fort when the late Sheikh Zayed and his family resided in the palace prior to 1966. The Bedouin style architecture dates back to 1937 and was converted into a museum in 1998 as a main cultural and tourist attraction. We can see the contrast of modern design elements with traditional Emirati influences throughout the property. The Palace was built and restored using locally sourced and environmentally friendly building materials including clay, adobe and plaster stones, as well as palm tree elements for roofing rooms, ceilings, doors, and windows.

The fort complex at Al Jahili contains within one site many of the different individual elements of traditional mudbrick architecture preserved singly in other parts of Al Ain, including a round watchtower, a square fort with defensive towers at its corners, two large walled enclosures and a mosque outside the walls. Recent work has uncovered the remains of a falaj or covered irrigation channel.

A visit to the camel and livestock market, The wealth of culture to be found in the formerly vital desert trading center includes a bazaar that dates back to the 18th century.