david: you are building another art museum called the guggenheim. the louvre is big enough, why do you need a guggenheim next door? mohamed: it is a good question. the beautiful thing about uae and abu dhabi is we have over 200 nationalities. we have become a part of the country's and city's fabric so we need to celebrate everybody's heritage and history. what a beautiful way in doing so with these beautiful institutions. the museums are educational and community institutions. we wanted to curate a story where you come to the cultural district and you start off at the museum. at the natural history museum to get an understanding of how we came to be, how are earth and universe came to be from a scientific perspective. once you leave you go to the national museum. you understand the history of the great land. not just a history of the country but the people who have been a part of this land for over 300,000 years. you get a glimpse of the past, present and future in the uae. and then you moved to the louvre abu dhabi, a beautiful universal museum. there, you ba

david: you are building another art museum of the guggenheim. the louvre is big enough. why do you need a guggenheim in connection door? mr. al mubarak: great question. the great thing about the u.e. we live with over 200 nationalities and they have become part of the country's fabric and we need to celebrate everybody's identity, background and history. what a beautiful way in this institutions. they are educational institutions and community institutions so we want it curate a story where you come to the culture and you start at the naturalist museum you get a understanding of how we came to be, how the earth and universe came to be. once you leave the naturalist museum you go to the national museum. there you understand the history of the great land not just the history of the country but people that have been part of the land over 300,000 years. you get a glimpse of the past and present and future is like in the u.e. then you maneuver to the louvre which is a beautiful museum. it is universal in the them approach and you see part of you with the entire world then you

david: you are building another art museum called the guggenheim. the louvres big enough, why do you need the guggenheim right next door? mohamed: the beautiful thing is we live with over 200 nationalities. and in doing so they have become a part of the country and city fabric. we need to celebrate that. we need to celebrate everybody's identity, everybody's background and heritage, everybody's history. and what a beautiful way of doing so with these beautiful institutions. these museums are community institutions. we wanted to curate a story where you come to the cultural district and you start out at the natural history museum. you get a glimpse and understanding of how we came to be. how our earth and universe came to be from a scientific perspective. once you leave the natural history museum, you go to the national museum. there you understand the history of this great land. not just a history of the country, but the people of this land who have been part of this land for over 300,000 years. you get a glimpse of what the past, present and future looks like

laughter] people who want to see rate art often go to the louvre in paris, and now there is another in abu dhabi and there's about to be a guggenheim as well. who is behind this? the chairman of the department of culture and tourism in abu dhabi. i sat down with him to talk about why abu dhabi wants to be a major cultural center and tourist attraction. for those people not familiar with abu dhabi, where is it? >> it's the capital city of united arab emirates, it sits on the arabian peninsula. we are the connecting point between east and west, present day and throughout our history. david: the other major city people know in the uae is dubai. dubai and abu dhabi have attracted a lot of attention in recent years because they have a fair amount of wealth and a lot of tourism attractions. let's talk about what your main mission is as the minister of tourism and culture. >> what makes this job interesting is the passion it instills. in myself and my colleagues. we have something quite special in abu dhabi. what is special is the continuous pursuit of the enhancement of quality of life. that's not just for tourists, it's for residents an