100% FREEA desk for your next creative idea
Read, write and research at the Alserkal Arts Foundation Common Room, with shared resources for cultural practitioners and researchers.
Alserkal Avenue location photo; not the Common Room interior.
Al Quoz, Dubai · Common Room, Warehouse 51, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1
Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.
When to go
Saturday 10am–6pm; confirm Monday–Thursday hours with the Foundation.
Who can go
Free registration
What’s free & what to know
- Free registration is required; intended for cultural practitioners and academic researchers.
- Desk space is subject to availability. Ask reception about research resources.
- Closed Fridays and Sundays. The published Monday–Thursday start time contains a typo, so confirm weekday hours before visiting.
- Academic research students can enquire about registration; general student status alone does not establish eligibility.
Student offer
The Foundation explicitly offers free registration for academic researchers and cultural practitioners using the research and group-study space.
- For academic researchers and cultural practitioners, including eligible research students; register first.
- This is not an unrestricted public study café. Confirm eligibility and weekday opening hours with the Foundation.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 23 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
Current original page explicitly confirms free participation/registration and current availability; dates, venues and restrictions inspected. Retain CommonRoom weekday10PM–8PM typo disclosure; no guessed weekdayopening. FifthSense24Oct17:00WH23 free/no-registration. Cyanotype31Oct15–18WH35A free/no-registration withcoffee tasting.
Alserkal Arts FoundationPhoto: Fuzheado / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0 · CC0 1.0 · Resized and compressed; cropped to fit the display.