Muscat – His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued a Royal Decree (No 15/2023) on establishing Oman Across Ages Museum and determining its specialisations on Sunday.

• Article 1 stipulates that a museum to be named ‘Oman Across Ages Museum’ will be established. It will have a legal entity and enjoy financial and administrative autonomy.
• Article 2 states that Oman Across Ages Museum will come under the honorary patronage of His Majesty the Sultan.
• Article 3 states that Oman Across Ages Museum will have its headquarters in the wilayat of Manah in the Governorate of Dakhliyah.
• Article 4 determines the specialisations of Oman Across Ages Museum as per the annex attached to this decree.
• Article 5 states that, as an exemption from the provisions of the State’s Administrative Apparatus System promulgated by Royal Decree No 75/2020, Oman Across Ages Museum will have a board of trustees under the chairmanship of the Secretary General of the Royal Court Affairs. A Royal Order will be issued appointing members of the board of trustees and determining the duration of their membership.
  The board of trustees will have the same powers assigned to boards of directors of public entities cited in the abovementioned State’s Administrative Apparatus System.
• Article 6 states that Oman Across Ages Museum will have a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) having grade of Director General and take the designation of Director General of the museum.
  The CEO will be appointed by virtue of a decision to be issued by the Chairman of the museum’s board of trustees after the board’s approval. The CEO will have the powers assigned to a Head of Unit cited in laws and Royal Decrees. The CEO will attend all meetings of the board of trustees without having a counted vote as stated in the aforementioned State’s Administrative Apparatus System.
• Article 7 states that all allocations, origins, rights, obligations, assets, archaeological antiques and material and moral testimonies of relevance to the museum will be transferred to Oman Across Ages Museum.
• Article 8 states that employees of the Royal Court Affair concerned with the museum’s affairs will be transferred to Oman Across Ages Museum, along with their financial grades. A decision will be issued by the Secretary General of the Royal Court Affairs specifying the aforementioned employees.
• Article 9 states that employees of Oman Across Ages Museum will be governed by the provisions of the Law Concerning the Financial System of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree No 128/91, the Law Concerning the Employee System of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree No 97/97, and the Law on Pensions and End of Service Gratuity for Omani Employees of the Diwan of Royal Court promulgated by Royal Decree No 86/96.
• Article 10 states that the Chairman of the board of trustees of Oman Across Ages Museum will issue bylaws and decisions necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this decree after the approval of the board. Till such time, the existing regulations and system implemented at the Royal Court Affairs will be applied to the museum without prejudice to the provisions of this decree.
• Article 11 cancels all that contradicts this decree or contravenes its provisions.
• Article 12 states that this decree will be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from its date of issue.