The center is located in the heart of the old city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, and has inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh / Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla – Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Quwain on Wednesday, 15.06.2014, in the presence of a number of dignitaries, and the center has two halls to view the artifacts discovered in archaeological sites in the emirate by the time its history, also includes a small laboratory for the restoration of artifacts and also includes a place equipped for lectures and seminars.

The oldest pearl in the history of human kind which goes back to the Neolithic age some 7,500 years old was found in Umm alquwain . It goes back to 5500 BC after it was tested by Carbon 14.The peael is the oldest known in the Arabian Peninsula and across the world.