Bilingual Wayfinding Panels for Sharjah Al Hisn Museum

Sharjah Al Hisn Museum, the restored fort at the heart of old Sharjah, engaged Sun Studio to produce custom printed directional and informational signage panels.

With visitor flow and historical context both critical inside a protected historic structure, the panels had to stay legible and durable on an aluminium substrate.

Bilingual Arabic and English wayfinding panel printed on aluminium at Sharjah Al Hisn Museum

Project snapshot

Client
Sharjah Al Hisn Museum (Sharjah Fort)
Location
Sharjah
Material
Aluminium
Printing service
Signage and metal printing
Application
Directional and information panels
Languages
Arabic and English on a single panel

The brief

High-contrast text and icons that stay legible in changing daylight, bilingual Arabic and English content sharing one cohesive panel with maps and symbols, and surfaces that survive constant handling and cleaning — all without physically compromising a protected building.

A companion wayfinding panel installed in the fort, mapping another floor with the same bilingual layout and red you-are-here marker

Our approach

Both languages were set on the same panel alongside the maps and symbols, so a visitor reads one sign rather than choosing between two.

The graphics were printed direct onto aluminium, giving a surface that can be cleaned repeatedly without the print being the part that wears.

The bilingual Armoury interpretation panel mounted on the fort’s plastered wall

The result

Clear, durable directional panels that improve visitor navigation and carry the historical narrative, while leaving the heritage structure untouched.

Have signage to produce?

Send the sign schedule, the substrate and the artwork, including any Arabic and braille content.

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