Muscat – H H Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al Said will preside over the closing ceremony of the second edition of the Bilarab bin Haitham Award for Architectural Design on Tuesday.

The winner of a design competition for Oman’s pavilion at Expo 2025 Japan will also be announced at the ceremony.

A statement issued by the office of the award said, ‘This edition of the award involves designing the Maritime History Museum to be built in Sur, South Sharqiyah.’ Three winning projects will be honoured at the event.

The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has provided coastal land for the Maritime History Museum project measuring 14,154sqm.