museum of islamic art

Photo: Museum of Islamic Art
Location: Doha, Qatar
By: lhon_m2ice




The Museum of Islamic Art is design by Chinese American Architect Leoh Min Pei also known as "I. M. Pei".



The Museum showcases artifacts that the Al Thanis - Qatar's Royal Family - have been collecting for many years. The collection of artifacts for the Museum has stepped up in recent years, with vast sums being spent on Islamic Art, although more recently the buying has been hit by scandal over the vast sums spent.
As well as the Qatar National Collection of Islamic Art - a collection of metal work, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork and glass collected from three continents - the Museum will include 600 year old artifacts of ivory and silk inscribed with Islamic and Arabic inscriptions.
Examples of exhibits to be shown include panels lined with gold thread that decorated the imperial tents of Iran and Central Asia in the thirteenth century, as well as a curtain decorated with calligraphy that lined the walls of Al Hambra in fifteenth century Muslim Spain


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