The navigation strategy mapped primary and secondary circulation routes, key decision points and representative user journeys. This analysis established where information was required and how the hierarchy of sign types should relate to the museum’s existing spatial logic.

The approach treated architecture as an important source of orientation. Rather than introducing a separate visual language, the system drew from forms already present in the building, using its pentagonal and cellular geometry as a basis for integrating physical signage into the environment.

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LIMAH reviewed the existing signage family and identified specific refinements to improve consistency and completeness. These included adjustments to text spacing and alignment, reducing content to essential information, streamlining external directional sign types and identifying additional sign types required across the system.

The work also considered visual coherence, maintainability and the relationship between the signage family, architectural setting and museum identity.

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The project considered movement from the coastal pedestrian connections of Saadiyat Island into the museum and onward through its internal circulation. Pentagonal forms drawn from the architecture informed the physical language of the signage, allowing identification and directional information to be integrated with the geometry of the building.

The museum opened to the public on 22 November 2025.

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