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-{"15c3f796-e9e4-5984-a07b-97ea019d9da5":{"name":"Istanbul Archaeological Museums","description":"The name Istanbul Archaeological Museums denotes three museums under the same administration: the Archaeological Museum, the Ancient Orient Museum and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The museum, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is located in Sultanahmet, on the Osman Hamdi Bey slope connecting Gülhane Park with the Topkapı Palace.  \n  \nIstanbul Archaeological Museums, displaying artifacts from civilisations of different historical periods, is one of the ten most important world-class museums designed and used as a museum building. It is also the first institution in Turkey arranged as a museum. Besides its spectacular collections, the architectural aspects of the buildings and beautiful gardens in which they are situated are of historical and natural importance.","city":"Istanbul","address":"Alemdar Caddesi,  \nOsman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Sokak,  \n34122 Gülhane/Fatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey","website":"https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/arkeoloji","phone":"+90 212 520 77 40-41","email":"info@istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr"},"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola","description":"Located on the banks of the river Guadiana, the village of Mértola was of exceptional economic importance throughout the history of Iberia, right up until the period of its Christian Reconquest (1238 CE). This was due in large part to the vitality of its port which from the pre-Roman period onward traded in extracted metals from the nearby regions of Aljustrel and the mines of S. Domingos. The growing awareness of the city’s cultural richness owes largely to the heritage work done by the ‘Campo Arqueologico de Mértola’ (est. 1978) and the establishment of the Museum of Mértola on the back of finds from several excavations (est. 1982).  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum, with a geographical focus on the town and its municipality, has branched out to include archaeological sites representing several periods of history within its remit. These include a Roman house which was opened to the public in 1998, an early Christian basilica opened in 1993, as well as the church and necropolis of S. Sebastião which was inaugurated in 1999. Several other sites bring together important collections of archaeological materials, especially in the Castle Tower opened to the public in 1991 and the centre for Islamic Art which was opened in 2001. There is also an important collection of religious art with pieces dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries CE as well as ethnographic materials representative of traditional craftsmanship. These include a blacksmith’s forge and a weaving workshop where, at present, three weavers are in charge of preserving the centuries old tradition of Mértolan weaving.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum contributes significantly to the study and knowledge of the Islamic period in Portugal. While its initial focus concentrated on archaeology, in time the museum opened up to other avenues in promoting the heritage and knowledge of Islamic Mértola. This effort is visible in the Islamic Museum which showcases in a time when the region was the capital of a Taifa kingdom throughout the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.  \n  \nThese consist of objects from the excavations of the Almohad neighbourhood as well as a reconstruction of one of the excavated houses uncovered. Other elements make it possible to establish a synthesis of the missing Mértola. The model of the central mosque reminds us of the original Aljama or central mosque and funerary steles refer indicate the Islamic cemetery or maqbara which is now the subject of renewed excavation.  \n  \nThe ceramics collected during the excavations also evoke daily life in Islamic Mértola with particular reference of those crafted in the ‘cuerda seca’ technique. All in all, the Mértola Museum not only preserves the heritage of the region but also provides important insight and a basis for research into the relationship between the town and several Western Mediterranean ports during the medieval period.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network since 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"2b938ebe-ef9a-5f29-bf39-4d90124062e7":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the architectural capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"33f89573-8b54-5c1a-86ba-1663e604740f":{"name":"Jordan Archaeological Museum","description":"The museum was founded in 1951 by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan on the Citadel of Amman on a hill called Jabal al-Qal’a. The building has a total measurement of 525 m2 on two floors. The ground floor is used for storage, and the first floor comprises the display area, which consists of three exhibition halls, and administrative offices.  \n  \nThe museum holds many artefacts found in various archaeological sites in Jordan representing the path of civilization in this area throughout its long history. The extensive collection is arranged chronologically by historical periods, from the Stone Ages to the Islamic periods.  \n  \nThe Islamic art collection is displayed in an exhibition hall in eleven showcases that consist of: pottery vessels from the Umayyad period to the Mamluk period; glazed vessels from the Mamluk period to the Ottoman period; steatite vessels from the Umayyad period; coins of all types and periods; metalwork and pottery vessels from the Umayyad to Mamluk periods; iron shields and swords from the Mamluk period; carved stones from the Umayyad period; four plaster replicas of architectural elements from Khirbat al-Mafjar Palace in Jericho (windows, lintel and a dome from the bath).  \n  \nLack of space prohibits the display of temporary exhibitions; however, the museum participates in many local and international exhibitions held in Jordan and abroad to show the history and archaeology of Jordan throughout the ages.  \n  \nThree curators sharing the responsibility of looking after the whole collection of the museum.","city":"Amman","address":"Citadel of Amman  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 463 8795"},"36670bdc-150b-5f89-8906-79b8e4e2518d":{"name":"The David Collection","description":"The David Collection was founded by C. L. David (1878-1960), a prominent Danish attorney, who had begun to collect fine and decorative art in the 1910s. In this last field, he was aided by directors of the Danish Museum of Art and Design, who gradually also guided him to another area that had previously attracted little interest in Denmark: Islamic art. The Islamic part of David’s collection was, however, still rather modest at the time of his death in 1960.  \n  \nA bachelor and childless, C. L. David left his Copenhagen townhouse and works of art to a private foundation, along with financial means that made it possible to expand his collections. From the 1970s, a decision was consequently made to place increasing emphasis on expanding the Islamic holdings. The Islamic Collection has grown to become not only the museum’s most important, with over 4,000 objects, but also Scandinavia’s most significant in its field.  \n  \nThe Islamic Collection has been built up in keeping with the classical pattern for Western collections of this kind. It embodies works of art from Spain in the west to India in the east, but not works from Sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia. Chronologically, the collection ranges from works dating to shortly after the advent of Islam to the middle of the 19th century. The collection encompasses all types of materials, but since the small rooms of 19th-century buildings like C. L. David’s townhouse, now the museum’s home, make it impossible to exhibit large objects, the museum consequently has only a modest collection of carpets, and they are either of small size or fragments of larger carpets.  \n  \nFollowing the museum’s refurbishment and reinstallation of its collections in 2009, the David Collection is now divided into three parts: European 18th-Century Art, Danish Early Modern Art, and Islamic Art. The collection of Islamic Art is presented in a new, contemporary setting, enhanced by digital and other modern techniques used to elucidate the objects on display. The backbone of the collection is 20 chronological/geographical sections, but the display also contains special galleries for light-sensitive materials as well as others dedicated to themes such as cultural history and artistic techniques.","city":"Copenhagen","address":"Kronprinsessegade, 30  \nCopenhagen  \nDenmark  \n  \nPostal address: Kronprinsessegade 30-32","website":"http://www.davidmus.dk/en","phone":"+45 33734949","email":"museum@davidmus.dk"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"National Museum of Aleppo","description":"The earliest collection of art and archaeological artefacts for the National Museum of Aleppo dates back to 1928 and the museum was formally inaugurated in1931. Initially it was devoted to the pre-Greco-Roman era, with works no later than 333 BC, most of which were based on finds from Tell Halaf. It was decided to move the collection from its original location in an Ottoman period building, which had become overcrowded, into a modern purpose-built museum, begun in 1967 and formally opened in 1972. It includes the following wings:  \n  \nPre-historic art: dedicated to finds such as bones and pottery from the regions of Syria and the Euphrates Valley. Some items are about a million years old and the most recent piece dates to no later than 3,200 BC, after which writing was developed and art became historic.  \n  \nAncient Near Eastern art from Syria: one of the most important sections containing pieces from Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla and other significant sites of early Near Eastern civilisations, all displayed in chronological order in three large wings.  \n  \nClassical art from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods: pottery, coins, a number of limestone funerary carvings from the ancient city of Mambij, and a collection of Roman and Byzantine glass flasks used for perfume, eye-kohl and drugs are some of this section's main features, all displayed chronologically.  \n  \nArab Islamic art: The method of display here is based on the item's function and medium, such as pottery, ceramics, metalwork and glass of the various Islamic dynasties as well as a collection of gold and silver coins of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. A stone cenotaph carved in floriated kufic calligraphy is a masterpiece of this hall. Medieval military equipment and an Ottoman wooden ceiling featured in a side chamber are also presented.  \n  \nModern art: paintings by Syrian artists, particularly Aleppines, expressed in various styles such as realism, cubism, expressionism.","city":"Aleppo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"Founded on 7 May 1888, and considered one of the most important archaeological museums in the Maghreb, the Bardo National Museum is famous for its Roman mosaic panels. The museum resulted from the renovation of the palace of a *bey* (provincial governor) of the 19th century. It consists of a ground floor and two upper floors in which museum objects have been grouped in a chronological order that retraces the history of Tunisia.  \n  \nThe collection includes areas dedicated to:  \n  \n– Prehistory: the development of stone tools, ornaments, engraved stones, and especially to the rock and animal bone sanctuary known as “Hermaion of El-Guettar” that dates back to BC 40,000.  \n  \n– The Punic era, including ceramics, neo-Punic steles and jewellery, and pieces exhumed from several ancient sites in Tunisia.  \n  \n– The Roman era. In addition to ceramics and jewellery, this section is known for its significant collection of mosaics.  \n  \n– The Byzantine era. It contains sarcophagi, mosaics and terracottas whose designs display characteristics of African Christianity, and the large mosaic-covered Kelibia Baptistery.  \n  \n– Mediterranean treasures recovered from a shipwreck found off the coast of Mahdia that also contained bronze artefacts and Athenian marbles.  \n  \n– The Muslim period. One section, devoted to the Middle Ages, includes objects from the Sabra and Raqqada excavations: Fatimid glass, ivory and bronze figurines, ceramics with figurative designs, funeral steles, kufic inscriptions, parchment sheets from the Qur’an and Egyptian textiles. In the second section, popular arts and traditions are represented by weapons, musical instruments, copper objects, jewellery and ceremonial clothing from different regions of Tunisia.  \n  \nObjects are grouped by type and material within each section. The mosaics are presented in wall panels or form part of the palace floor. Smaller objects are displayed in glass cases. Statues are exhibited on their stands or in wall niches. These collections, which comprise the museum’s permanent exhibition, are made accessible to the general public through educational and cultural activities that take place in the museum.  \n  \n*On 18 March 2015, the museum was the site of an attack by an Islamist terrorist group that killed 22 people, most of them tourists.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Madaba Archaeological Park  \nHisban, Jordan  \n  \nSpanish Mission  \nAmman, Jordan"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Tavira Municipal Museum**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Ancient Art**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Moura Municipal Museum**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Santarém Municipal Museum**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Lisbon Cathedral**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Carmo Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**City Museum**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Cathedral of Braga Treasury**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Infante D. Henrique Archaeological and Lapidary Museum**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Évora Museum**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Queen Leonor Regional Museum**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Machado de Castro National Museum**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"77acfda5-2885-5fb7-ac55-8d070a83e4c2":{"name":"Department of Antiquities of Jordan","description":"The Department of Antiquities (DoA) of Jordan was established in 1923 under the management of Mr. Ridha Tawfeq who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. The first piece of Jordanian legislation concerning antiquities was written in 1934 and called Law No. 24. It was amended by Law No.21 in 1988, and in 2004 it was replaced with Law No.22.  \n  \nThe main goal of the DoA is to protect all antiquities. This was defined per the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered, or modified by human being. This includes caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products which indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilisations, or any addition or renovation.  \n  \nThe DoA is an independent department that has its own budget and director within the Jordanian Government.  \n  \nThe DoA is responsible for the implementation of archeological policy in Jordan. The DOA provides comprehensive information on antiquities and presents archaeological assets in a manner that supports national identity and serves the educational culture, while considering these as a major factor to attract tourism to the Kingdom.","city":"Amman","address":"Amman 3rd circle, abdel Munem al refae Street  \nP.O. Box 88,  \nAmman 11118  \nJordan","website":"http://www.doa.gov.jo","phone":"+962 64644336","email":"info@doa.gov.jo"},"8128a827-15fb-5166-902e-e23aab2a8fd7":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums","description":"**The Museum of Islamic Art is closed from October 2023 to March 2027 due to renovation and expansion works.**  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin is the only institution of its kind in Germany, the oldest in the West and with its c. 93,000 pieces it houses one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art from nearly all regions of Islamic rule.  \n  \nIts collections are especially rich in objects from an architectural context including the monumental façade of the caliphal palace of Mshatta (Jordan), dating from the mid-8th century. It is the largest artefact of Islamic Art in any museum worldwide. The unique dome from the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain) and 13th-century prayer niches from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey) are among the highlights. Most loved by our visitors is the finely painted wooden panelling of an upper-class house from Aleppo (Syria) from the early 17th century – it is the oldest surviving exemplar from the Ottoman World. Among the several archaeological groups from major excavations in the Islamic world the finds from the 9th-century caliphal capital of Samarra (Iraq) stand out. The collection also has a large number of important Ottoman and Persian carpets and bibliographical works of art, including numerous miniatures from the Mughal Empire.  \n  \nThe collection is displayed chronologically, allowing the visitor to follow the different stylistic phases of Islamic art and to develop a notion of the complex Islamic history and its artistic merits. Because of the large number of visitors (up to 900,000 yearly), only a small number of the most important works of art are on display. The museum will move inside Pergamon-Museum and will triple its exhibition space (3,000sq.m) by 2020. The layout and concept will discover new and innovative ways to present the cultural legacy.  \n  \nWith its rich art and archaeological collection, the Museum of Islamic Art is one of the leading research institutions dedicated to the material culture of the Middle East and neighbouring regions. Our many research, conservation and exhibition projects amount to a probing investigation of the urban legacies of the Near and Middle East. The institution houses important collections of archival photographs on Islamic art and architecture as well as an internationally outstanding library focused on art, architecture and archaeology in the world of Islam.","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"89f613d2-8723-5be8-8e46-487f9dae46f4":{"name":"Swiss National Museum","description":"Three museums – the National Museum Zurich, the Château de Prangins and the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz – as well as the collections centre in Affoltern am Albis – are united under the umbrella of the Swiss National Museum (SNM). The permanent exhibitions at the museums present Swiss history from its beginnings to the present, and give an insight into Swiss identities and the rich tapestry of our country’s history and culture. Temporary exhibitions on current topics add to the experience.","city":"Zurich","address":"Swiss National Museum  \nMuseumstrasse, 2  \nP.O. Box 8021  \nZurich  \nSwitzerland","website":"http://www.nationalmuseum.ch","phone":"+41 44 218 65 11","email":"info@nationalmuseum.ch"},"8cde1ffe-e1cc-52a8-9261-ee16bcaac48f":{"name":"National Museum of Romanian History","description":"The National Museum of Romanian History is Romania's most important museum, being the holder of the most valuable objects in the country's historical heritage. It was founded in 1970 and inaugurated two years later. The palace that hosts the museum is a neoclassical construction built between 1894 and 1900 by the Romanian architect Alexandru Savulescu and used until 1970 by the Romanian Postal Service.  \n  \nThe museum has a collection of 687,579 objects, constantly enriched through acquisitions, donations and new archeological discoveries. Because it is currently under renovation, most of the museum is closed to the public, who can visit only a part of its permanent exhibition, the Historical Treasure of Romania, which contains golden hoards and jewellery dating from Antiquity until the 20th century; Trajan's Column – a replica of the monument found in Rome, whose bas-reliefs tell the story of the Daco-Roman wars (101–102, 105–106 AD), which ended with Dacia (a province that was in present-day Romania's territory) being conquered by the Romans; and the Lapidarium – a collection of sculptures, architectural elements, different types of stone engravings (civil, honorific, funerary, votive monuments) from Antiquity to the 19th century. In addition, temporary exhibitions on various subjects are periodically organised, some of them in collaboration with other Romanian museums and cultural institutions or with foreign partners.","city":"Bucharest","address":"Victoria Avenue, 12, sector 3  \n030026 Bucharest  \nRomania","website":"http://www.mnir.ro/","phone":"+40 21 315 82 07","email":"direct@mnir.ro"},"95021a9d-9348-5201-bc82-c46c9467b353":{"name":"Imperial War Museums","description":"IWM (Imperial War Museums) **tells the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the First World War.**  \n  \nOur unique collections, made up of the everyday and the exceptional, reveal stories of people, places, ideas and events. Using these, we tell vivid personal stories and create powerful physical experiences across our five museums that reflect the realities of war as both a destructive and creative force. We challenge people to look at conflict from different perspectives, enriching their understanding of the causes, course and consequences of war and its impact on people’s lives.  \n  \n**IWM’s five branches which attract over 2 million visitors each year are IWM London**, which has recently transformed with new, permanent and free Second World War Galleries, The Holocaust Galleries and the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries; **IWM North**, housed in an iconic award-winning building designed by Daniel Libeskind; **IWM Duxford**, Britain's best preserved wartime airfield; Churchill War Rooms, housed in Churchill’s secret headquarters below Whitehall; and the Second World War cruiser **HMS *Belfast***.  \n  \n**IWM London**  \n  \nIWM London tells the stories of those whose lives have been shaped by war through the depth, breadth and impact of our Galleries, displays and events. Explore the First World War Galleries and iconic Atrium; extensive new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries; IWM’s rich and diverse art, film and photography collection in the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries or take in our latest major temporary exhibitions.","city":"London","address":"Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ","website":"http://www.iwm.org.uk/","phone":"+44 (0)20 7091 3067 (Customer","email":"No direct email use https://www.iwm.org.uk/contact-us"},"a3753de5-842a-5f0b-a8c7-50bb2e312ce6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","description":"The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) in Vienna is one of the foremost museums in the world, with rich holdings comprising artworks from seven millennia – from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century. The collections of Renaissance and Baroque art are of particular importance.  \n  \nThe KHM’s extensive holdings are on show at different locations: the main building on Ringstrasse houses the Picture Gallery, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, the Coin Collection and the Kunstkammer.  \n  \nOther collections are housed in the Neue Burg (the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, the Collection of Arms and Armour, and the Ephesus Museum), in Hofburg Palace (the Treasury) and in Schönbrunn Palace (the Collection of Historical Carriages).  \n  \nThe collections on show at Ambras Palace are also part of the holdings of the KHM.  \n  \nSince January 2001, the Museum of Ethnology on Heldenplatz and the Austrian Theatre Museum on Lobkowitz Square have been incorporated into the KHM.","city":"Vienna","address":"Burgring, 5  \n1010 Wien  \nAustria","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"a3feae57-66bd-5351-89da-2ae9a91af07c":{"name":"MIBACT | Egyptian Museum, Florence","description":"Florence’s Egyptian Museum is second only in Italy to the Egyptian Museum in Turin. Egyptian artefacts were already held in the 18th century in the Medici-Lorena collections, but during the 19th century these increased thanks to the efforts of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, who sponsored a scientific expedition to Egypt in 1828 and 1829. The expedition was led by Jean François Champollion, the hieroglyphics decipherer, and by Ippolito Rosellini, the father of Italian Egyptology; the material collected during the expedition was divided between the Louvre in Paris and Florence. In 1855 the Egyptian Museum in Florence was formally established. Ernesto Schiaparelli, its director, reorganised the collection in the 1880s. Currently the museum houses over 14,000 pieces ranging from prehistoric material to the Coptic period, with steles, statues and statuettes, coffins, textiles, furniture, vases and amulets.","city":"Florence","address":"Piazza SS Annunziata, 9/b  \n50121 Firenze  \nItaly","phone":"+39 055 23575"},"af01a84d-b174-5718-b9a7-b741c8957086":{"name":"The British Museum","description":"The British Museum was established by Act of Parliament in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all “studious and curious persons”. The founding collection was that of Sir Hans Sloane, a wealthy physician and collector. The original British Museum comprised three departments: Printed Books; Manuscripts (including coins); and Natural and Artificial Productions, which included everything from sculpture to mineral samples and zoological specimens. In January 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public.  \n  \nAs a product of the Enlightenment, the museum's job was to be a storehouse of knowledge for the use and benefit of the public, advancing all fields of scholarship. The museum therefore aimed to collect all kinds of material; it remains one of the few places in the world in which it is possible to see the world under one roof. During the 19th century the museum acquired representative collections of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities, as well as material from across the Islamic world.  \n  \nThe museum itself had to grow to offer space to display the growing collections. Between 1823 and 1847 the original building was replaced by four large wings built around a central courtyard. In 1854 construction began on the iconic Round Reading Room in the central courtyard. The natural history collections were given their own home in the new Museum of Natural History in 1881. By 1973 the British Library and British Museum were administratively separated, and in 1999 the new British Library building opened at St Pancras. The British Museum site was expanded and modernised. In 2000 the Great Court opened, envisioned as a sunny piazza at the centre of the building, with up-to-date facilities such as lecture theatres, an education centre and facilities for school children, as well as restaurants and shops. In 2014 the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre opened to the public, offering state-of-the-art facilities to care for, manage, research and display the collections.","city":"London","address":"Great Russell St.,  \nLondon WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"b132410f-9286-5691-bb2d-ecf8df460bd3":{"name":"Victoria and Albert Museum","description":"The Victoria and Albert (V&A) is the world’s leading museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. When the museum opened to the public in 1852, its mission was to reform design by making works of art available to all, improving the public’s understanding of the subject and providing inspiration for designers and manufacturers. Today, the V&A’s collections span over 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium and from many parts of the world.  \n  \nThe V&A comprises a family of sites, including the V&A in South Kensington, Young V&A located in Bethnal Green, V&A Dundee in Scotland, the V&A Wedgwood Collection housed in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, V&A Gallery at Design Society in Shekou, China, and opening in 2024/25 will be V&A East located within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. Across these sites the museum showcases its collections to a wide range of audiences and aims to champion design and creativity in all its forms.  \n  \nThe V&A holds the UK’s national collection of glass, and covers over 3,500 years of glassmaking. There is a small collection of very early glass from Ancient Egypt through to Ancient Rome acquired in the early years of the museum, but the core of the collection is particularly rich in vessel and art glass from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. The museum holds examples of work from the Italian Renaissance, the Middle-East, 17th-20th century Britain and Europe, and contemporary art glass from around the world. The V&A also holds an important collection of stained glass from the medieval period onwards.","city":"London","address":"Cromwell Road  \nSouth Kensington  \nSW7 2RL  \nLondon  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.vam.ac.uk","phone":"+44 207 9422000"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Madaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum was founded in 1974 in one of the old houses of Madaba that was purchased by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and transformed into a museum.  \n  \nThis museum holds artefacts and finds that have been recovered during excavations in many archaeological sites in Madaba region. These artefacts consist mainly of pottery and glass vessels, metalwork, coins and mosaic floors. Their dates range from the Iron Age to the Islamic periods.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189"},"c437d47d-865a-58fa-982d-c7443c17820b":{"name":"Aqaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum is located in the former house of Sharif Hussein bin Ali, which was acquired from the local government by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in 1979 and was opened to the public in 1990. The museum includes artefacts from excavated sites in the Aqaba district; they range in date from the mid-7th millennium BC to the beginning of the AD 12th century. Particularly important are the ceramic and steatite vessels excavated from Islamic Ayla (Aqaba), which include glazed- and lustrewares from Iraq and Egypt as well as celadons from China.","city":"Aqaba","address":"P.O.B. 971  \nAqaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 3 2019063"},"c8825cec-041d-5069-bbce-82c394d5e619":{"name":"National Museum Oman","description":"The National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman, established by royal decree in 2013 and opened July 30, 2016, is the Sultanate's flagship cultural institution, showcasing the nation’s heritage from the earliest human settlement in the Oman Peninsula some two million years ago through to the present day. As a national institution with global outreach, the museum is dedicated to ensuring that Oman’s cultural heritage is understood and appreciated not only within the Sultanate, but also internationally. Further, it aims to provide opportunities for cultural expression, innovation, and the transfer of traditional skills and knowledge from one generation to the next.  \n  \nThe museum is located in the heart of Muscat in a purpose-designed building. The total area of the building is 13,700 square metres (147,000 sq ft), including 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) allocated for 14 permanent galleries – The Land and the People Gallery, Maritime History Gallery, Arms and Armour Gallery, Aflaj Gallery, Currency Gallery, Prehistory and Ancient History Galleries, Splendours of Islam Gallery, Oman and the World Gallery, Intangible Heritage Gallery and Renaissance Gallery, among others. A further 400 square metres (4,300 sq ft) are allocated for temporary exhibitions.  \n  \nThe National Museum houses 5,466 objects and offers 43 digital immersive experiences, a fully equipped Learning Centre, conservation facilities, an ultra-high definition cinema, and discovery areas for children. It features an integrated infrastructure for special needs and is the first museum in the Middle East to adopt Arabic Braille script for the visually impaired. The museum contains a voluminous collection of prehistoric metallic artefacts. It also houses the region’s first open-plan museum storage concept, where visitors can learn about the various processes that artefacts go through before they are put on display.","city":"Muscat","address":"P.O.Box: (1105)  \n113 Muscat","website":"https://www.nm.gov.om/","email":"booking@nm.gov.om"},"dbeada8d-19e8-5b4c-af80-b2facb57070d":{"name":"The Jordan Museum","description":"The Jordan Museum is a national institution that aims to preserve and present Jordan's rich cultural heritage. Ras al-‘Ayn is located in the dynamic downtown area of Amman. 1.5 million years of Jordanian history, cultural heritage and innovation are presented in a series of beautifully designed galleries. In addition, the Jordan Museum heritage documentation and restoration centre serves as a comprehensive centre for archivists and scholars studying the history and culture of Jordan.  \n  \nThe Jordan Museum aims to persuade visitors to explore the cultural sites and cities in Jordan. Two main exhibitions are employed in the galleries; the chronological narrative of Jordanian history presented in nine main themes: the environment, food, art and architecture, cultural interaction and trade, politics and military, industry, communication and writing, religion, and day-to-day life in Jordan. Among the chronological galleries, are complementary thematic exhibits that present specific subjects irrespective of their time. The displays focus is on the story of innovation. The original context and the function of artefacts is emphasised rather than treating them as “objects d’art”. Treasures of Jordanian Art displays unique aesthetic objects from the collection. On permanent exhibit is the most ancient human statues in the world, the 9700-year-old *‘Ayn Ghazal’* statues, and the unique Dead Sea Copper Scroll.  \n  \nIn addition to the permanent galleries, there are temporary indoor and outdoor exhibition areas. On a rotating basis, the museum offers the opportunity to explore themes in depth using travelling exhibitions as well as in-house special exhibitions.","city":"Amman","address":"Amman Ras al-‘Ayn next to Greater Amman Municipality  \nP.O Box 830157,  \nAmman 11183  \nJordan","website":"http://www.jordanmuseum.jo/","phone":"+962 6 4629317","email":"info@jordanmuseum.jo"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Built during the 9th / 15th century by Sidi Kacem, the mausoleum has been transformed into a museum of ceramics. It consists of an entrance hall leading to a ceramics workshop, and to a patio surrounded by rooms and a funeral space. The courtyard galleries and alcoves have been converted into exhibition spaces for ceramic objects. This collection traces different eras of Muslim history in Tunisia, and also includes objects of Persian origin.  \n  \nCeramic objects dating back to the Aghlabid era can be identified by the use of metallic lustre, archaic Kufic script, and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic drawings as decoration. The pieces dating back to the Fatimid period are illustrated with animated scenes in blue on a white background.  \n  \nHafsid ceramics are distinguished by the absence of illustrated scenes in favour of geometric motifs with floral decoration in which cobalt blue and manganese brown dominate. There are also ceramic tiles dating back to the Ottoman era, some of which are decorated with bouquets of flowers.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452"},"e6fa35a4-4771-5864-be6c-839e8bac288a":{"name":"MIBACT | Borghese Gallery","description":"The Borghese Gallery is one of the seven museums under the Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio storico artistico ed etnoantropologico e per il Polo museale della città di Roma (Superintendence for the historical, artistic and ethno-anthropological heritage and the museums of Rome). The palace was built in the 17th century by the architects Ponzio and Vasanzio inside the largest park in Rome and was intended to provide a suburban villa and accommodate Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s passion for collecting. A kind of museum before the term existed, it houses one of the most enchanting collections of art in the world, with works by Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Domenichino, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Canova, the 18th-century room in Egyptian style and even a huge collection of Roman sculptures, ancient mosaics as well as precious wood furnishings.  \n  \nThe origin of the collection stemmed from Scipione’s interest in antique and classical art and his desire to exalt the nobility of his family, but later it was enriched with gifts and acquisitions. In particular, in 1607, through the requisition of the paintings from Cavalier d’Arpino workshop and the acquisition of Della Porta and Ceuli collections, the cardinal took possession of dozen of works of art; in 1608 he bought 71 extraordinary paintings belonging to Cardinal Sfondrato, including the famous *Amor sacro, Amor profano* by Titian.  \n  \nAt the end of 1700s Marco Antonio IV Borghese entrusted Antonio Asprucci to launch a radical renovation that followed the modern criteria of the neoclassical style. In 1805 Camillo Borghese commissioned the sculptor Canova to portray Pauline Bonaparte as a *Venus Victrix*. A serious loss was sustained in 1807, when over 695 works were sold to Napoleon and moved to the Louvre in Paris. Since 1833 a trust forbade any other dispersal until 1902, when the Galleria Borghese was acquired by the Italian state.","city":"Rome","address":"Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5  \nI-00197 Roma  \nItaly","website":"http://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/it","phone":"+39 06 8413979","email":"sspsae-rm.galleriaborghese@beniculturali.it"},"ee0a71f8-dc12-5d5d-b02a-4402969e8274":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art","description":"The Museum of Islamic Arts of Kairouan is located in Raqqada, in a former presidential palace that was converted into a cultural and educational centre in 1986. It contains four rooms on the main floor and upstairs.  \n  \nOn the ground floor are:  \n– The ceramics room, which houses objects dating back to the Aghlabid, Fatimid and Hafsid eras. Those of the Aghlabid era are characterised by the use of metallic lustre glazes, archaic Kufic script and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic images. This room displays a collection of blue Iznik ceramic tiles from Anatolia.  \n  \n– The hall of the Great Mosque, which houses religious objects such as friezes with floral and epigraphic motifs that form part of the roofing. There is also a reconstruction of the *mihrab* from the mosque and the door of the *maqsoura* (private enclosure).  \n  \n– The Lapidary Inscriptions Room, which is under development, will house flat, prismatic and column-barrel gravestones from the Kairouan Cemetery. It will also contain the inscription of the foundation of the city of Sabra al-Mansouriya, characterised by its writing style and its imposing size.  \n  \n\\- The Sabra al-Mansouriya Hall, expected to receive objects from the Sabra excavation, now contains the casting furnace found on the same site.  \n  \nUpstairs:  \nThe glass cases of the coin and jewellery room hold a large collection of coins dating back to the Aghlabid, Fatimid, Hafsid and Ottoman eras, showing their evolution over time. This room also contains glass objects from the Sabra site and the lantern from al-Mouiz.  \n  \nThe manuscript room contains a rich collection of parchment Qur’an folios from the library of the Great Mosque of Kairouan displaying the evolution of writing and ornamentation styles (3rd / 9th to the 13th / 19th century). The collection owes its unique reputation to the famous “blue parchment” of the 4th / 10th century. Enclosing these folios are leather bindings embossed with floral and geometric designs.  \n  \nAn exhibition such as this one helps us interpret the history of the city of Kairouan. The newer Sabra Hall, the Hall of Lapidary Inscriptions and the Hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan will further our understanding.","city":"Kairouan","address":"Musée des arts islamiques  \nKairouan-Raqqada","phone":"+216 77 228126"},"f6a3053d-d710-547e-be54-96097d448f7a":{"name":"National Museum of Damascus","description":"The National Museum in Damascus was established under the supervision of the Ministry of Education in 1919. The original core of this museum's contents was initially kept at the Madrasa al-'Adiliya. The collection gradually increased and the discovery of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi in the Syrian desert in 1936 further spurred into action plans for a newer and bigger museum. A building located next to Al-Takiyya al-Sulaymaniya was chosen for the establishment of the National Museum of Damascus.  \n  \nQasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi added new emphasis to the importance of devoting more attention to the Islamic period and the Directors of Antiquities decided to incorporate these palatial finds into the National Museum of Damascus. After much hard work and technical expertise, the front façade of the Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi was transposed and carefully reconstructed as the National Museum's main entrance. The side halls and the second floor were designated for the most important artistic finds of this early Islamic palace. The completion of the display took several years and the official opening was celebrated in 1950.  \n  \nIn 1953 a three-storey wing was added to house and display ancient oriental antiquities, the Islamic period, modern Syrian art, and temporary exhibitions.  \n  \nOne of the more recent extensions included three double halls for the Islamic period, a new lecture hall and a library. The lecture hall was furnished as a 19th-century Damascene reception hall, a masterpiece of late decoration and ornamentation in its own right. The opening of this extension took place in 1963.  \n  \nIn 1974 there were further additions, this time devoted to the Palaeolithic period. And lastly, in 2004, the temporary exhibition wing was transformed into a permanent collection of Neolithic antiquities.  \n  \nAt present, the National Museum of Damascus consists of the following sections:  \n  \n1\\. Palaeolithic.  \n2\\. Neolithic.  \n3\\. Ancient Syrian Oriental.  \n4\\. Classical.  \n5\\. Islamic.  \n6\\. Modern Arts.","city":"Damascus","address":"Qasr el-Heir Street  \nDamascus, Syria","phone":"+963 11 2234331","email":"sam.orient@mail.sy"},"f7e39862-fd17-55f3-bcf9-cb93787c8817":{"name":"MIBACT | National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”","description":"The National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography was founded in 1875 by Luigi Pigorini. The museum is the main Italian centre for the preservation and display of pre-historic and non-European collections. Its main tasks are: archaeological and anthropological research; study, documentation and conservation of the museum’s collections; management of permanent and temporary exhibitions; educational programmes; and training in conservation, museological, archaeological and anthropological fields.  \n  \nToday, testifying to the new Italian multicultural reality, the Pigorini Museum offers itself as a cultural point of reference and a privileged interlocutor for immigrants and for the ethnic minorities already settled in the country.","city":"Rome","address":"Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Roma  \nItaly","website":"www.pigorini.beniculturali.it","phone":"+39 06 549521","email":"s-mnpe@beniculturali.it"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Silves Archaeological Museum","description":"Brief History  \n  \nInaugurated in 1990, the Silves Museum was built around the magnificent 12th-13th century Almohad well-cistern, which was discovered through archaeological excavations in the 1980s. The site is currently classified as a national monument and is the centrepiece of the Silves Museum’s permanent exhibition. The museum space also integrates the Almohad era city wall, making it not only a museum that exhibits a significant historical collection, but also a rare jewel of present day Portuguese Islamic heritage.  \n  \nSince its inauguration the museum has left its permanent collection, consisting of around 800 mostly ceramic objects, open to public viewing. The museum also contains a plethora of objects in reserve which were acquired through several archaeological excavations conducted throughout Portugal.  \n  \nCollection  \n  \nChronologically divided into five sections, the museum includes a collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman era objects. Its collections are distinguished not just by the quantity but also by their exceptional quality and includes objects from the medieval Islamic periods. These constitute objects from the Umayyad Caliphate, the Taifa era, the Almoravid and the later Almohad dynasties, representing a long period of Islamic rule that ranged from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE. Due to the nature of the site, there is a strong representation of objects from the Almohad period between the 12th and 13th centuries, which attest to the richness and importance of Silves during this historic period.  \n  \nThe museum’s collection also exhibits a range of comparatively modern objects, from the 15th to the 17th centuries, which attest to the influential and complex network of trade routes between the city of Silves and other significant ports of the time.  \n  \nPublic Outreach  \n  \nThe museum has been developing a programme of temporary exhibitions from its own funds as a means to not only showcase certain presentations, but also strengthen cultural relations with countries that were historically linked to the municipality of Silves. Among these include projects with the Kingdom of Morocco.  \n  \nThe museum’s educational department plays a key role in the attraction and retention of the public awareness. This is done through prioritising communication with young audiences and providing them with tools that help interpret the museum’s archaeological collection.  \n  \nIt is through this approach that the pedagogic workshops were formed which, with the help of local artisans, offer a range of activities that help raise awareness towards the historic material culture showcased in the museum. These include pottery, ceramics, weaving and calligraphy. For other audiences who wish to experience a wider variety of themes, there are workshops centred on the local environment, heritage, playhouses, the sciences as well as tours that complement temporary exhibitions. Lastly, to stimulate further interest and promote the study of the collection, the museum has developed projects and activities with other international networks that have similar interests.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"}}
+{"15c3f796-e9e4-5984-a07b-97ea019d9da5":{"name":"Istanbul Archaeological Museums","description":"The name Istanbul Archaeological Museums denotes three museums under the same administration: the Archaeological Museum, the Ancient Orient Museum and the Tiled Kiosk Museum. The museum, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is located in Sultanahmet, on the Osman Hamdi Bey slope connecting Gülhane Park with the Topkapı Palace.  \n  \nIstanbul Archaeological Museums, displaying artifacts from civilisations of different historical periods, is one of the ten most important world-class museums designed and used as a museum building. It is also the first institution in Turkey arranged as a museum. Besides its spectacular collections, the architectural aspects of the buildings and beautiful gardens in which they are situated are of historical and natural importance.","city":"Istanbul","address":"Alemdar Caddesi,  \nOsman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Sokak,  \n34122 Gülhane/Fatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey","website":"https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/arkeoloji","phone":"+90 212 520 77 40-41","fax":"+90 212 527 43 00","email":"info@istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr"},"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola","description":"Located on the banks of the river Guadiana, the village of Mértola was of exceptional economic importance throughout the history of Iberia, right up until the period of its Christian Reconquest (1238 CE). This was due in large part to the vitality of its port which from the pre-Roman period onward traded in extracted metals from the nearby regions of Aljustrel and the mines of S. Domingos. The growing awareness of the city’s cultural richness owes largely to the heritage work done by the ‘Campo Arqueologico de Mértola’ (est. 1978) and the establishment of the Museum of Mértola on the back of finds from several excavations (est. 1982).  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum, with a geographical focus on the town and its municipality, has branched out to include archaeological sites representing several periods of history within its remit. These include a Roman house which was opened to the public in 1998, an early Christian basilica opened in 1993, as well as the church and necropolis of S. Sebastião which was inaugurated in 1999. Several other sites bring together important collections of archaeological materials, especially in the Castle Tower opened to the public in 1991 and the centre for Islamic Art which was opened in 2001. There is also an important collection of religious art with pieces dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries CE as well as ethnographic materials representative of traditional craftsmanship. These include a blacksmith’s forge and a weaving workshop where, at present, three weavers are in charge of preserving the centuries old tradition of Mértolan weaving.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum contributes significantly to the study and knowledge of the Islamic period in Portugal. While its initial focus concentrated on archaeology, in time the museum opened up to other avenues in promoting the heritage and knowledge of Islamic Mértola. This effort is visible in the Islamic Museum which showcases in a time when the region was the capital of a Taifa kingdom throughout the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.  \n  \nThese consist of objects from the excavations of the Almohad neighbourhood as well as a reconstruction of one of the excavated houses uncovered. Other elements make it possible to establish a synthesis of the missing Mértola. The model of the central mosque reminds us of the original Aljama or central mosque and funerary steles refer indicate the Islamic cemetery or maqbara which is now the subject of renewed excavation.  \n  \nThe ceramics collected during the excavations also evoke daily life in Islamic Mértola with particular reference of those crafted in the ‘cuerda seca’ technique. All in all, the Mértola Museum not only preserves the heritage of the region but also provides important insight and a basis for research into the relationship between the town and several Western Mediterranean ports during the medieval period.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network since 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","fax":"+351 286 610 101","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"2b938ebe-ef9a-5f29-bf39-4d90124062e7":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the architectural capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","fax":"+34 91 432 68 40","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"33f89573-8b54-5c1a-86ba-1663e604740f":{"name":"Jordan Archaeological Museum","description":"The museum was founded in 1951 by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan on the Citadel of Amman on a hill called Jabal al-Qal’a. The building has a total measurement of 525 m2 on two floors. The ground floor is used for storage, and the first floor comprises the display area, which consists of three exhibition halls, and administrative offices.  \n  \nThe museum holds many artefacts found in various archaeological sites in Jordan representing the path of civilization in this area throughout its long history. The extensive collection is arranged chronologically by historical periods, from the Stone Ages to the Islamic periods.  \n  \nThe Islamic art collection is displayed in an exhibition hall in eleven showcases that consist of: pottery vessels from the Umayyad period to the Mamluk period; glazed vessels from the Mamluk period to the Ottoman period; steatite vessels from the Umayyad period; coins of all types and periods; metalwork and pottery vessels from the Umayyad to Mamluk periods; iron shields and swords from the Mamluk period; carved stones from the Umayyad period; four plaster replicas of architectural elements from Khirbat al-Mafjar Palace in Jericho (windows, lintel and a dome from the bath).  \n  \nLack of space prohibits the display of temporary exhibitions; however, the museum participates in many local and international exhibitions held in Jordan and abroad to show the history and archaeology of Jordan throughout the ages.  \n  \nThree curators sharing the responsibility of looking after the whole collection of the museum.","city":"Amman","address":"Citadel of Amman  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 463 8795","fax":"+962 6 461 9768"},"36670bdc-150b-5f89-8906-79b8e4e2518d":{"name":"The David Collection","description":"The David Collection was founded by C. L. David (1878-1960), a prominent Danish attorney, who had begun to collect fine and decorative art in the 1910s. In this last field, he was aided by directors of the Danish Museum of Art and Design, who gradually also guided him to another area that had previously attracted little interest in Denmark: Islamic art. The Islamic part of David’s collection was, however, still rather modest at the time of his death in 1960.  \n  \nA bachelor and childless, C. L. David left his Copenhagen townhouse and works of art to a private foundation, along with financial means that made it possible to expand his collections. From the 1970s, a decision was consequently made to place increasing emphasis on expanding the Islamic holdings. The Islamic Collection has grown to become not only the museum’s most important, with over 4,000 objects, but also Scandinavia’s most significant in its field.  \n  \nThe Islamic Collection has been built up in keeping with the classical pattern for Western collections of this kind. It embodies works of art from Spain in the west to India in the east, but not works from Sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia. Chronologically, the collection ranges from works dating to shortly after the advent of Islam to the middle of the 19th century. The collection encompasses all types of materials, but since the small rooms of 19th-century buildings like C. L. David’s townhouse, now the museum’s home, make it impossible to exhibit large objects, the museum consequently has only a modest collection of carpets, and they are either of small size or fragments of larger carpets.  \n  \nFollowing the museum’s refurbishment and reinstallation of its collections in 2009, the David Collection is now divided into three parts: European 18th-Century Art, Danish Early Modern Art, and Islamic Art. The collection of Islamic Art is presented in a new, contemporary setting, enhanced by digital and other modern techniques used to elucidate the objects on display. The backbone of the collection is 20 chronological/geographical sections, but the display also contains special galleries for light-sensitive materials as well as others dedicated to themes such as cultural history and artistic techniques.","city":"Copenhagen","address":"Kronprinsessegade, 30  \nCopenhagen  \nDenmark  \n  \nPostal address: Kronprinsessegade 30-32","website":"http://www.davidmus.dk/en","phone":"+45 33734949","fax":"+45 33734948","email":"museum@davidmus.dk"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"National Museum of Aleppo","description":"The earliest collection of art and archaeological artefacts for the National Museum of Aleppo dates back to 1928 and the museum was formally inaugurated in1931. Initially it was devoted to the pre-Greco-Roman era, with works no later than 333 BC, most of which were based on finds from Tell Halaf. It was decided to move the collection from its original location in an Ottoman period building, which had become overcrowded, into a modern purpose-built museum, begun in 1967 and formally opened in 1972. It includes the following wings:  \n  \nPre-historic art: dedicated to finds such as bones and pottery from the regions of Syria and the Euphrates Valley. Some items are about a million years old and the most recent piece dates to no later than 3,200 BC, after which writing was developed and art became historic.  \n  \nAncient Near Eastern art from Syria: one of the most important sections containing pieces from Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla and other significant sites of early Near Eastern civilisations, all displayed in chronological order in three large wings.  \n  \nClassical art from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods: pottery, coins, a number of limestone funerary carvings from the ancient city of Mambij, and a collection of Roman and Byzantine glass flasks used for perfume, eye-kohl and drugs are some of this section's main features, all displayed chronologically.  \n  \nArab Islamic art: The method of display here is based on the item's function and medium, such as pottery, ceramics, metalwork and glass of the various Islamic dynasties as well as a collection of gold and silver coins of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. A stone cenotaph carved in floriated kufic calligraphy is a masterpiece of this hall. Medieval military equipment and an Ottoman wooden ceiling featured in a side chamber are also presented.  \n  \nModern art: paintings by Syrian artists, particularly Aleppines, expressed in various styles such as realism, cubism, expressionism.","city":"Aleppo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400","fax":"+963 21 2122402"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"Founded on 7 May 1888, and considered one of the most important archaeological museums in the Maghreb, the Bardo National Museum is famous for its Roman mosaic panels. The museum resulted from the renovation of the palace of a *bey* (provincial governor) of the 19th century. It consists of a ground floor and two upper floors in which museum objects have been grouped in a chronological order that retraces the history of Tunisia.  \n  \nThe collection includes areas dedicated to:  \n  \n– Prehistory: the development of stone tools, ornaments, engraved stones, and especially to the rock and animal bone sanctuary known as “Hermaion of El-Guettar” that dates back to BC 40,000.  \n  \n– The Punic era, including ceramics, neo-Punic steles and jewellery, and pieces exhumed from several ancient sites in Tunisia.  \n  \n– The Roman era. In addition to ceramics and jewellery, this section is known for its significant collection of mosaics.  \n  \n– The Byzantine era. It contains sarcophagi, mosaics and terracottas whose designs display characteristics of African Christianity, and the large mosaic-covered Kelibia Baptistery.  \n  \n– Mediterranean treasures recovered from a shipwreck found off the coast of Mahdia that also contained bronze artefacts and Athenian marbles.  \n  \n– The Muslim period. One section, devoted to the Middle Ages, includes objects from the Sabra and Raqqada excavations: Fatimid glass, ivory and bronze figurines, ceramics with figurative designs, funeral steles, kufic inscriptions, parchment sheets from the Qur’an and Egyptian textiles. In the second section, popular arts and traditions are represented by weapons, musical instruments, copper objects, jewellery and ceremonial clothing from different regions of Tunisia.  \n  \nObjects are grouped by type and material within each section. The mosaics are presented in wall panels or form part of the palace floor. Smaller objects are displayed in glass cases. Statues are exhibited on their stands or in wall niches. These collections, which comprise the museum’s permanent exhibition, are made accessible to the general public through educational and cultural activities that take place in the museum.  \n  \n*On 18 March 2015, the museum was the site of an attack by an Islamist terrorist group that killed 22 people, most of them tourists.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842","fax":"+216 71 514050"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Madaba Archaeological Park  \nHisban, Jordan  \n  \nSpanish Mission  \nAmman, Jordan"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Tavira Municipal Museum**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Ancient Art**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Moura Municipal Museum**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Santarém Municipal Museum**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Lisbon Cathedral**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Carmo Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**City Museum**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Cathedral of Braga Treasury**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Infante D. Henrique Archaeological and Lapidary Museum**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Évora Museum**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Queen Leonor Regional Museum**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Machado de Castro National Museum**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","fax":"+34 91 432 68 40","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"77acfda5-2885-5fb7-ac55-8d070a83e4c2":{"name":"Department of Antiquities of Jordan","description":"The Department of Antiquities (DoA) of Jordan was established in 1923 under the management of Mr. Ridha Tawfeq who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. The first piece of Jordanian legislation concerning antiquities was written in 1934 and called Law No. 24. It was amended by Law No.21 in 1988, and in 2004 it was replaced with Law No.22.  \n  \nThe main goal of the DoA is to protect all antiquities. This was defined per the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered, or modified by human being. This includes caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products which indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilisations, or any addition or renovation.  \n  \nThe DoA is an independent department that has its own budget and director within the Jordanian Government.  \n  \nThe DoA is responsible for the implementation of archeological policy in Jordan. The DOA provides comprehensive information on antiquities and presents archaeological assets in a manner that supports national identity and serves the educational culture, while considering these as a major factor to attract tourism to the Kingdom.","city":"Amman","address":"Amman 3rd circle, abdel Munem al refae Street  \nP.O. Box 88,  \nAmman 11118  \nJordan","website":"http://www.doa.gov.jo","phone":"+962 64644336","fax":"+962 64615848","email":"info@doa.gov.jo"},"8128a827-15fb-5166-902e-e23aab2a8fd7":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums","description":"**The Museum of Islamic Art is closed from October 2023 to March 2027 due to renovation and expansion works.**  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin is the only institution of its kind in Germany, the oldest in the West and with its c. 93,000 pieces it houses one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art from nearly all regions of Islamic rule.  \n  \nIts collections are especially rich in objects from an architectural context including the monumental façade of the caliphal palace of Mshatta (Jordan), dating from the mid-8th century. It is the largest artefact of Islamic Art in any museum worldwide. The unique dome from the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain) and 13th-century prayer niches from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey) are among the highlights. Most loved by our visitors is the finely painted wooden panelling of an upper-class house from Aleppo (Syria) from the early 17th century – it is the oldest surviving exemplar from the Ottoman World. Among the several archaeological groups from major excavations in the Islamic world the finds from the 9th-century caliphal capital of Samarra (Iraq) stand out. The collection also has a large number of important Ottoman and Persian carpets and bibliographical works of art, including numerous miniatures from the Mughal Empire.  \n  \nThe collection is displayed chronologically, allowing the visitor to follow the different stylistic phases of Islamic art and to develop a notion of the complex Islamic history and its artistic merits. Because of the large number of visitors (up to 900,000 yearly), only a small number of the most important works of art are on display. The museum will move inside Pergamon-Museum and will triple its exhibition space (3,000sq.m) by 2020. The layout and concept will discover new and innovative ways to present the cultural legacy.  \n  \nWith its rich art and archaeological collection, the Museum of Islamic Art is one of the leading research institutions dedicated to the material culture of the Middle East and neighbouring regions. Our many research, conservation and exhibition projects amount to a probing investigation of the urban legacies of the Near and Middle East. The institution houses important collections of archival photographs on Islamic art and architecture as well as an internationally outstanding library focused on art, architecture and archaeology in the world of Islam.","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","fax":"+49 30 266 42 5202","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"89f613d2-8723-5be8-8e46-487f9dae46f4":{"name":"Swiss National Museum","description":"Three museums – the National Museum Zurich, the Château de Prangins and the Forum of Swiss History Schwyz – as well as the collections centre in Affoltern am Albis – are united under the umbrella of the Swiss National Museum (SNM). The permanent exhibitions at the museums present Swiss history from its beginnings to the present, and give an insight into Swiss identities and the rich tapestry of our country’s history and culture. Temporary exhibitions on current topics add to the experience.","city":"Zurich","address":"Swiss National Museum  \nMuseumstrasse, 2  \nP.O. Box 8021  \nZurich  \nSwitzerland","website":"http://www.nationalmuseum.ch","phone":"+41 44 218 65 11","fax":"+41 44 211 29 49","email":"info@nationalmuseum.ch"},"8cde1ffe-e1cc-52a8-9261-ee16bcaac48f":{"name":"National Museum of Romanian History","description":"The National Museum of Romanian History is Romania's most important museum, being the holder of the most valuable objects in the country's historical heritage. It was founded in 1970 and inaugurated two years later. The palace that hosts the museum is a neoclassical construction built between 1894 and 1900 by the Romanian architect Alexandru Savulescu and used until 1970 by the Romanian Postal Service.  \n  \nThe museum has a collection of 687,579 objects, constantly enriched through acquisitions, donations and new archeological discoveries. Because it is currently under renovation, most of the museum is closed to the public, who can visit only a part of its permanent exhibition, the Historical Treasure of Romania, which contains golden hoards and jewellery dating from Antiquity until the 20th century; Trajan's Column – a replica of the monument found in Rome, whose bas-reliefs tell the story of the Daco-Roman wars (101–102, 105–106 AD), which ended with Dacia (a province that was in present-day Romania's territory) being conquered by the Romans; and the Lapidarium – a collection of sculptures, architectural elements, different types of stone engravings (civil, honorific, funerary, votive monuments) from Antiquity to the 19th century. In addition, temporary exhibitions on various subjects are periodically organised, some of them in collaboration with other Romanian museums and cultural institutions or with foreign partners.","city":"Bucharest","address":"Victoria Avenue, 12, sector 3  \n030026 Bucharest  \nRomania","website":"http://www.mnir.ro/","phone":"+40 21 315 82 07","fax":"+40 21 311 33 56","email":"direct@mnir.ro"},"95021a9d-9348-5201-bc82-c46c9467b353":{"name":"Imperial War Museums","description":"IWM (Imperial War Museums) **tells the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since the First World War.**  \n  \nOur unique collections, made up of the everyday and the exceptional, reveal stories of people, places, ideas and events. Using these, we tell vivid personal stories and create powerful physical experiences across our five museums that reflect the realities of war as both a destructive and creative force. We challenge people to look at conflict from different perspectives, enriching their understanding of the causes, course and consequences of war and its impact on people’s lives.  \n  \n**IWM’s five branches which attract over 2 million visitors each year are IWM London**, which has recently transformed with new, permanent and free Second World War Galleries, The Holocaust Galleries and the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries; **IWM North**, housed in an iconic award-winning building designed by Daniel Libeskind; **IWM Duxford**, Britain's best preserved wartime airfield; Churchill War Rooms, housed in Churchill’s secret headquarters below Whitehall; and the Second World War cruiser **HMS *Belfast***.  \n  \n**IWM London**  \n  \nIWM London tells the stories of those whose lives have been shaped by war through the depth, breadth and impact of our Galleries, displays and events. Explore the First World War Galleries and iconic Atrium; extensive new Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries; IWM’s rich and diverse art, film and photography collection in the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries or take in our latest major temporary exhibitions.","city":"London","address":"Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ","website":"http://www.iwm.org.uk/","phone":"+44 (0)20 7091 3067 (Customer","email":"No direct email use https://www.iwm.org.uk/contact-us"},"a3753de5-842a-5f0b-a8c7-50bb2e312ce6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","description":"The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) in Vienna is one of the foremost museums in the world, with rich holdings comprising artworks from seven millennia – from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century. The collections of Renaissance and Baroque art are of particular importance.  \n  \nThe KHM’s extensive holdings are on show at different locations: the main building on Ringstrasse houses the Picture Gallery, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, the Coin Collection and the Kunstkammer.  \n  \nOther collections are housed in the Neue Burg (the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, the Collection of Arms and Armour, and the Ephesus Museum), in Hofburg Palace (the Treasury) and in Schönbrunn Palace (the Collection of Historical Carriages).  \n  \nThe collections on show at Ambras Palace are also part of the holdings of the KHM.  \n  \nSince January 2001, the Museum of Ethnology on Heldenplatz and the Austrian Theatre Museum on Lobkowitz Square have been incorporated into the KHM.","city":"Vienna","address":"Burgring, 5  \n1010 Wien  \nAustria","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"a3feae57-66bd-5351-89da-2ae9a91af07c":{"name":"MIBACT | Egyptian Museum, Florence","description":"Florence’s Egyptian Museum is second only in Italy to the Egyptian Museum in Turin. Egyptian artefacts were already held in the 18th century in the Medici-Lorena collections, but during the 19th century these increased thanks to the efforts of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, who sponsored a scientific expedition to Egypt in 1828 and 1829. The expedition was led by Jean François Champollion, the hieroglyphics decipherer, and by Ippolito Rosellini, the father of Italian Egyptology; the material collected during the expedition was divided between the Louvre in Paris and Florence. In 1855 the Egyptian Museum in Florence was formally established. Ernesto Schiaparelli, its director, reorganised the collection in the 1880s. Currently the museum houses over 14,000 pieces ranging from prehistoric material to the Coptic period, with steles, statues and statuettes, coffins, textiles, furniture, vases and amulets.","city":"Florence","address":"Piazza SS Annunziata, 9/b  \n50121 Firenze  \nItaly","phone":"+39 055 23575","fax":"+39 055 242213"},"af01a84d-b174-5718-b9a7-b741c8957086":{"name":"The British Museum","description":"The British Museum was established by Act of Parliament in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all “studious and curious persons”. The founding collection was that of Sir Hans Sloane, a wealthy physician and collector. The original British Museum comprised three departments: Printed Books; Manuscripts (including coins); and Natural and Artificial Productions, which included everything from sculpture to mineral samples and zoological specimens. In January 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public.  \n  \nAs a product of the Enlightenment, the museum's job was to be a storehouse of knowledge for the use and benefit of the public, advancing all fields of scholarship. The museum therefore aimed to collect all kinds of material; it remains one of the few places in the world in which it is possible to see the world under one roof. During the 19th century the museum acquired representative collections of Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities, as well as material from across the Islamic world.  \n  \nThe museum itself had to grow to offer space to display the growing collections. Between 1823 and 1847 the original building was replaced by four large wings built around a central courtyard. In 1854 construction began on the iconic Round Reading Room in the central courtyard. The natural history collections were given their own home in the new Museum of Natural History in 1881. By 1973 the British Library and British Museum were administratively separated, and in 1999 the new British Library building opened at St Pancras. The British Museum site was expanded and modernised. In 2000 the Great Court opened, envisioned as a sunny piazza at the centre of the building, with up-to-date facilities such as lecture theatres, an education centre and facilities for school children, as well as restaurants and shops. In 2014 the World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre opened to the public, offering state-of-the-art facilities to care for, manage, research and display the collections.","city":"London","address":"Great Russell St.,  \nLondon WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","fax":"+44 20 7323 8616","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"b132410f-9286-5691-bb2d-ecf8df460bd3":{"name":"Victoria and Albert Museum","description":"The Victoria and Albert (V&A) is the world’s leading museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. When the museum opened to the public in 1852, its mission was to reform design by making works of art available to all, improving the public’s understanding of the subject and providing inspiration for designers and manufacturers. Today, the V&A’s collections span over 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium and from many parts of the world.  \n  \nThe V&A comprises a family of sites, including the V&A in South Kensington, Young V&A located in Bethnal Green, V&A Dundee in Scotland, the V&A Wedgwood Collection housed in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, V&A Gallery at Design Society in Shekou, China, and opening in 2024/25 will be V&A East located within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. Across these sites the museum showcases its collections to a wide range of audiences and aims to champion design and creativity in all its forms.  \n  \nThe V&A holds the UK’s national collection of glass, and covers over 3,500 years of glassmaking. There is a small collection of very early glass from Ancient Egypt through to Ancient Rome acquired in the early years of the museum, but the core of the collection is particularly rich in vessel and art glass from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. The museum holds examples of work from the Italian Renaissance, the Middle-East, 17th-20th century Britain and Europe, and contemporary art glass from around the world. The V&A also holds an important collection of stained glass from the medieval period onwards.","city":"London","address":"Cromwell Road  \nSouth Kensington  \nSW7 2RL  \nLondon  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.vam.ac.uk","phone":"+44 207 9422000","fax":"+44 207 9422335"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Madaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum was founded in 1974 in one of the old houses of Madaba that was purchased by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and transformed into a museum.  \n  \nThis museum holds artefacts and finds that have been recovered during excavations in many archaeological sites in Madaba region. These artefacts consist mainly of pottery and glass vessels, metalwork, coins and mosaic floors. Their dates range from the Iron Age to the Islamic periods.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189","fax":"+962 5 3244189"},"c437d47d-865a-58fa-982d-c7443c17820b":{"name":"Aqaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum is located in the former house of Sharif Hussein bin Ali, which was acquired from the local government by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in 1979 and was opened to the public in 1990. The museum includes artefacts from excavated sites in the Aqaba district; they range in date from the mid-7th millennium BC to the beginning of the AD 12th century. Particularly important are the ceramic and steatite vessels excavated from Islamic Ayla (Aqaba), which include glazed- and lustrewares from Iraq and Egypt as well as celadons from China.","city":"Aqaba","address":"P.O.B. 971  \nAqaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 3 2019063","fax":"+962 3 2022023"},"c8825cec-041d-5069-bbce-82c394d5e619":{"name":"National Museum Oman","description":"The National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman, established by royal decree in 2013 and opened July 30, 2016, is the Sultanate's flagship cultural institution, showcasing the nation’s heritage from the earliest human settlement in the Oman Peninsula some two million years ago through to the present day. As a national institution with global outreach, the museum is dedicated to ensuring that Oman’s cultural heritage is understood and appreciated not only within the Sultanate, but also internationally. Further, it aims to provide opportunities for cultural expression, innovation, and the transfer of traditional skills and knowledge from one generation to the next.  \n  \nThe museum is located in the heart of Muscat in a purpose-designed building. The total area of the building is 13,700 square metres (147,000 sq ft), including 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) allocated for 14 permanent galleries – The Land and the People Gallery, Maritime History Gallery, Arms and Armour Gallery, Aflaj Gallery, Currency Gallery, Prehistory and Ancient History Galleries, Splendours of Islam Gallery, Oman and the World Gallery, Intangible Heritage Gallery and Renaissance Gallery, among others. A further 400 square metres (4,300 sq ft) are allocated for temporary exhibitions.  \n  \nThe National Museum houses 5,466 objects and offers 43 digital immersive experiences, a fully equipped Learning Centre, conservation facilities, an ultra-high definition cinema, and discovery areas for children. It features an integrated infrastructure for special needs and is the first museum in the Middle East to adopt Arabic Braille script for the visually impaired. The museum contains a voluminous collection of prehistoric metallic artefacts. It also houses the region’s first open-plan museum storage concept, where visitors can learn about the various processes that artefacts go through before they are put on display.","city":"Muscat","address":"P.O.Box: (1105)  \n113 Muscat","website":"https://www.nm.gov.om/","email":"booking@nm.gov.om"},"dbeada8d-19e8-5b4c-af80-b2facb57070d":{"name":"The Jordan Museum","description":"The Jordan Museum is a national institution that aims to preserve and present Jordan's rich cultural heritage. Ras al-‘Ayn is located in the dynamic downtown area of Amman. 1.5 million years of Jordanian history, cultural heritage and innovation are presented in a series of beautifully designed galleries. In addition, the Jordan Museum heritage documentation and restoration centre serves as a comprehensive centre for archivists and scholars studying the history and culture of Jordan.  \n  \nThe Jordan Museum aims to persuade visitors to explore the cultural sites and cities in Jordan. Two main exhibitions are employed in the galleries; the chronological narrative of Jordanian history presented in nine main themes: the environment, food, art and architecture, cultural interaction and trade, politics and military, industry, communication and writing, religion, and day-to-day life in Jordan. Among the chronological galleries, are complementary thematic exhibits that present specific subjects irrespective of their time. The displays focus is on the story of innovation. The original context and the function of artefacts is emphasised rather than treating them as “objects d’art”. Treasures of Jordanian Art displays unique aesthetic objects from the collection. On permanent exhibit is the most ancient human statues in the world, the 9700-year-old *‘Ayn Ghazal’* statues, and the unique Dead Sea Copper Scroll.  \n  \nIn addition to the permanent galleries, there are temporary indoor and outdoor exhibition areas. On a rotating basis, the museum offers the opportunity to explore themes in depth using travelling exhibitions as well as in-house special exhibitions.","city":"Amman","address":"Amman Ras al-‘Ayn next to Greater Amman Municipality  \nP.O Box 830157,  \nAmman 11183  \nJordan","website":"http://www.jordanmuseum.jo/","phone":"+962 6 4629317","fax":"+962 6 4629312","email":"info@jordanmuseum.jo"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Built during the 9th / 15th century by Sidi Kacem, the mausoleum has been transformed into a museum of ceramics. It consists of an entrance hall leading to a ceramics workshop, and to a patio surrounded by rooms and a funeral space. The courtyard galleries and alcoves have been converted into exhibition spaces for ceramic objects. This collection traces different eras of Muslim history in Tunisia, and also includes objects of Persian origin.  \n  \nCeramic objects dating back to the Aghlabid era can be identified by the use of metallic lustre, archaic Kufic script, and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic drawings as decoration. The pieces dating back to the Fatimid period are illustrated with animated scenes in blue on a white background.  \n  \nHafsid ceramics are distinguished by the absence of illustrated scenes in favour of geometric motifs with floral decoration in which cobalt blue and manganese brown dominate. There are also ceramic tiles dating back to the Ottoman era, some of which are decorated with bouquets of flowers.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452","fax":"+216 71 562452"},"e6fa35a4-4771-5864-be6c-839e8bac288a":{"name":"MIBACT | Borghese Gallery","description":"The Borghese Gallery is one of the seven museums under the Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio storico artistico ed etnoantropologico e per il Polo museale della città di Roma (Superintendence for the historical, artistic and ethno-anthropological heritage and the museums of Rome). The palace was built in the 17th century by the architects Ponzio and Vasanzio inside the largest park in Rome and was intended to provide a suburban villa and accommodate Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s passion for collecting. A kind of museum before the term existed, it houses one of the most enchanting collections of art in the world, with works by Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Lanfranco, Domenichino, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Canova, the 18th-century room in Egyptian style and even a huge collection of Roman sculptures, ancient mosaics as well as precious wood furnishings.  \n  \nThe origin of the collection stemmed from Scipione’s interest in antique and classical art and his desire to exalt the nobility of his family, but later it was enriched with gifts and acquisitions. In particular, in 1607, through the requisition of the paintings from Cavalier d’Arpino workshop and the acquisition of Della Porta and Ceuli collections, the cardinal took possession of dozen of works of art; in 1608 he bought 71 extraordinary paintings belonging to Cardinal Sfondrato, including the famous *Amor sacro, Amor profano* by Titian.  \n  \nAt the end of 1700s Marco Antonio IV Borghese entrusted Antonio Asprucci to launch a radical renovation that followed the modern criteria of the neoclassical style. In 1805 Camillo Borghese commissioned the sculptor Canova to portray Pauline Bonaparte as a *Venus Victrix*. A serious loss was sustained in 1807, when over 695 works were sold to Napoleon and moved to the Louvre in Paris. Since 1833 a trust forbade any other dispersal until 1902, when the Galleria Borghese was acquired by the Italian state.","city":"Rome","address":"Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5  \nI-00197 Roma  \nItaly","website":"http://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/it","phone":"+39 06 8413979","fax":"+39 06 8840756","email":"sspsae-rm.galleriaborghese@beniculturali.it"},"ee0a71f8-dc12-5d5d-b02a-4402969e8274":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art","description":"The Museum of Islamic Arts of Kairouan is located in Raqqada, in a former presidential palace that was converted into a cultural and educational centre in 1986. It contains four rooms on the main floor and upstairs.  \n  \nOn the ground floor are:  \n– The ceramics room, which houses objects dating back to the Aghlabid, Fatimid and Hafsid eras. Those of the Aghlabid era are characterised by the use of metallic lustre glazes, archaic Kufic script and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic images. This room displays a collection of blue Iznik ceramic tiles from Anatolia.  \n  \n– The hall of the Great Mosque, which houses religious objects such as friezes with floral and epigraphic motifs that form part of the roofing. There is also a reconstruction of the *mihrab* from the mosque and the door of the *maqsoura* (private enclosure).  \n  \n– The Lapidary Inscriptions Room, which is under development, will house flat, prismatic and column-barrel gravestones from the Kairouan Cemetery. It will also contain the inscription of the foundation of the city of Sabra al-Mansouriya, characterised by its writing style and its imposing size.  \n  \n\\- The Sabra al-Mansouriya Hall, expected to receive objects from the Sabra excavation, now contains the casting furnace found on the same site.  \n  \nUpstairs:  \nThe glass cases of the coin and jewellery room hold a large collection of coins dating back to the Aghlabid, Fatimid, Hafsid and Ottoman eras, showing their evolution over time. This room also contains glass objects from the Sabra site and the lantern from al-Mouiz.  \n  \nThe manuscript room contains a rich collection of parchment Qur’an folios from the library of the Great Mosque of Kairouan displaying the evolution of writing and ornamentation styles (3rd / 9th to the 13th / 19th century). The collection owes its unique reputation to the famous “blue parchment” of the 4th / 10th century. Enclosing these folios are leather bindings embossed with floral and geometric designs.  \n  \nAn exhibition such as this one helps us interpret the history of the city of Kairouan. The newer Sabra Hall, the Hall of Lapidary Inscriptions and the Hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan will further our understanding.","city":"Kairouan","address":"Musée des arts islamiques  \nKairouan-Raqqada","phone":"+216 77 228126","fax":"+216 77 228469"},"f6a3053d-d710-547e-be54-96097d448f7a":{"name":"National Museum of Damascus","description":"The National Museum in Damascus was established under the supervision of the Ministry of Education in 1919. The original core of this museum's contents was initially kept at the Madrasa al-'Adiliya. The collection gradually increased and the discovery of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi in the Syrian desert in 1936 further spurred into action plans for a newer and bigger museum. A building located next to Al-Takiyya al-Sulaymaniya was chosen for the establishment of the National Museum of Damascus.  \n  \nQasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi added new emphasis to the importance of devoting more attention to the Islamic period and the Directors of Antiquities decided to incorporate these palatial finds into the National Museum of Damascus. After much hard work and technical expertise, the front façade of the Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi was transposed and carefully reconstructed as the National Museum's main entrance. The side halls and the second floor were designated for the most important artistic finds of this early Islamic palace. The completion of the display took several years and the official opening was celebrated in 1950.  \n  \nIn 1953 a three-storey wing was added to house and display ancient oriental antiquities, the Islamic period, modern Syrian art, and temporary exhibitions.  \n  \nOne of the more recent extensions included three double halls for the Islamic period, a new lecture hall and a library. The lecture hall was furnished as a 19th-century Damascene reception hall, a masterpiece of late decoration and ornamentation in its own right. The opening of this extension took place in 1963.  \n  \nIn 1974 there were further additions, this time devoted to the Palaeolithic period. And lastly, in 2004, the temporary exhibition wing was transformed into a permanent collection of Neolithic antiquities.  \n  \nAt present, the National Museum of Damascus consists of the following sections:  \n  \n1\\. Palaeolithic.  \n2\\. Neolithic.  \n3\\. Ancient Syrian Oriental.  \n4\\. Classical.  \n5\\. Islamic.  \n6\\. Modern Arts.","city":"Damascus","address":"Qasr el-Heir Street  \nDamascus, Syria","phone":"+963 11 2234331","fax":"+963 11 2247983","email":"sam.orient@mail.sy"},"f7e39862-fd17-55f3-bcf9-cb93787c8817":{"name":"MIBACT | National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”","description":"The National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography was founded in 1875 by Luigi Pigorini. The museum is the main Italian centre for the preservation and display of pre-historic and non-European collections. Its main tasks are: archaeological and anthropological research; study, documentation and conservation of the museum’s collections; management of permanent and temporary exhibitions; educational programmes; and training in conservation, museological, archaeological and anthropological fields.  \n  \nToday, testifying to the new Italian multicultural reality, the Pigorini Museum offers itself as a cultural point of reference and a privileged interlocutor for immigrants and for the ethnic minorities already settled in the country.","city":"Rome","address":"Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Roma  \nItaly","website":"www.pigorini.beniculturali.it","phone":"+39 06 549521","fax":"+39 06 54952310","email":"s-mnpe@beniculturali.it"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Silves Archaeological Museum","description":"Brief History  \n  \nInaugurated in 1990, the Silves Museum was built around the magnificent 12th-13th century Almohad well-cistern, which was discovered through archaeological excavations in the 1980s. The site is currently classified as a national monument and is the centrepiece of the Silves Museum’s permanent exhibition. The museum space also integrates the Almohad era city wall, making it not only a museum that exhibits a significant historical collection, but also a rare jewel of present day Portuguese Islamic heritage.  \n  \nSince its inauguration the museum has left its permanent collection, consisting of around 800 mostly ceramic objects, open to public viewing. The museum also contains a plethora of objects in reserve which were acquired through several archaeological excavations conducted throughout Portugal.  \n  \nCollection  \n  \nChronologically divided into five sections, the museum includes a collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman era objects. Its collections are distinguished not just by the quantity but also by their exceptional quality and includes objects from the medieval Islamic periods. These constitute objects from the Umayyad Caliphate, the Taifa era, the Almoravid and the later Almohad dynasties, representing a long period of Islamic rule that ranged from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE. Due to the nature of the site, there is a strong representation of objects from the Almohad period between the 12th and 13th centuries, which attest to the richness and importance of Silves during this historic period.  \n  \nThe museum’s collection also exhibits a range of comparatively modern objects, from the 15th to the 17th centuries, which attest to the influential and complex network of trade routes between the city of Silves and other significant ports of the time.  \n  \nPublic Outreach  \n  \nThe museum has been developing a programme of temporary exhibitions from its own funds as a means to not only showcase certain presentations, but also strengthen cultural relations with countries that were historically linked to the municipality of Silves. Among these include projects with the Kingdom of Morocco.  \n  \nThe museum’s educational department plays a key role in the attraction and retention of the public awareness. This is done through prioritising communication with young audiences and providing them with tools that help interpret the museum’s archaeological collection.  \n  \nIt is through this approach that the pedagogic workshops were formed which, with the help of local artisans, offer a range of activities that help raise awareness towards the historic material culture showcased in the museum. These include pottery, ceramics, weaving and calligraphy. For other audiences who wish to experience a wider variety of themes, there are workshops centred on the local environment, heritage, playhouses, the sciences as well as tours that complement temporary exhibitions. Lastly, to stimulate further interest and promote the study of the collection, the museum has developed projects and activities with other international networks that have similar interests.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","fax":"+351 282 440 856","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"}}

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-{"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Área Arqueológica y Museo de Mértola","description":"Situada en la orilla del río Guadiana, la villa de Mértola tuvo una importancia económica excepcional a lo largo de la historia de Iberia hasta el período de su Reconquista Cristiana (1238 d.C.). Esto se debió en gran parte a la vitalidad de su puerto, que desde la época prerromana comercializaba metales extraídos de las comarcas cercanas de Aljustrel y las minas de São Domingos. La creciente conciencia de la riqueza cultural de la ciudad se debe en gran parte al trabajo patrimonial realizado por el \"Campo Arqueológico de Mértola\" (est. 1978) y al establecimiento del Museo de Mértola sobre la base de los hallazgos de varias excavaciones (est. 1982).  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola, con un enfoque geográfico en la ciudad y su municipio, se ha diversificado para incluir yacimientos arqueológicos que representan varios períodos de la historia dentro de su competencia. Estos incluyen una casa romana que se abrió al público en 1998, una basílica paleocristiana inaugurada en 1993, así como la iglesia y necrópolis de São Sebastião que fue inaugurada en 1999. Varios otros sitios reúnen colecciones importantes de materiales arqueológicos, especialmente en la torre del castillo abierta al público en 1991 y el centro de arte islámico que se inauguró en 2001. También hay una colección importante de arte religioso con piezas que datan de los siglos XV al XVIII d.C., así como materiales etnográficos representativos de la artesanía tradicional. Estos incluyen una forja de herrería y un taller de tejido donde, en la actualidad, tres tejedores se encargan de preservar la tradición centenaria del tejido mertolense.  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola contribuye significativamente al estudio y conocimiento del período islámico en Portugal. Si bien su enfoque inicial se concentró en la arqueología, con el tiempo el museo se abrió a otras vías para promover el patrimonio y el conocimiento de la Mértola islámica. Este esfuerzo es visible en el museo islámico, que muestra una época en que la región fue la capital de un reino taifa durante los siglos XI y XIII.  \n  \nSe trata de objetos procedentes de las excavaciones del barrio almohade, así como de una reconstrucción de una de las casas excavadas descubiertas. Otros elementos permiten establecer una síntesis de la Mértola desaparecida. El modelo de la mezquita central nos recuerda a la Aljama original o mezquita central, y las estelas funerarias hacen referencia al cementerio islámico, o maqbara, que ahora es objeto de una nueva excavación.  \n  \nLas cerámicas recogidas durante las excavaciones también evocan la vida cotidiana en la Mértola islámica con referencia especial a aquellas elaboradas con la técnica de la cuerda seca. Entre todo, el Museo de Mértola no solo conserva el patrimonio de la región, sino que también proporciona un entendimiento importante y una base para la investigación de la relación entre la ciudad y varios puertos del Mediterráneo occidental durante la época medieval.  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola forma parte de la Red Portuguesa de Museos desde 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"33f89573-8b54-5c1a-86ba-1663e604740f":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Jordania","description":"El museo fue fundado en 1951 por el Departamento de Antigüedades de Jordania en la Ciudadela de Ammán en una colina llamada Jabal al-Qal’a. El edificio tiene una medida total de 525 m2 en dos plantas. La planta baja se utiliza para almacenamiento y el primer piso comprende el área de exposición, que consta de tres salas y oficinas administrativas.  \n  \nEl museo contiene muchos artefactos encontrados en varios sitios arqueológicos de Jordania que representan el camino de la civilización en esta área a lo largo de su larga historia. La extensa colección está ordenada cronológicamente por períodos históricos, desde la Edad de Piedra hasta los períodos islámicos.  \n  \nLa colección de arte islámico se exhibe en una sala de exposiciones en once vitrinas que consisten en: vasijas de cerámica desde el período omeya hasta el período mameluco; vasijas vidriadas desde el período mameluco hasta el período otomano; vasijas de esteatita del período omeya; monedas de todo tipo y época; vasijas de orfebrería y cerámica desde los períodos omeya hasta mameluco; escudos y espadas de hierro del período mameluco; piedras talladas del período omeya; cuatro réplicas de yeso de elementos arquitectónicos del Palacio Khirbat al-Mafjar en Jericó (ventanas, dintel y una cúpula del baño).  \n  \nLa falta de espacio no permite exposiciones temporales; sin embargo, el museo participa en muchas exposiciones nacionales e internacionales para difundir el conocimiento de la historia y de la arqueología de Jordania a lo largo de los siglos.  \n  \nTres conservadores comparten la responsabilidad de toda la colección del museo.","city":"Amman","address":"Citadel of Amman  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 463 8795"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Alepo","description":"La colección más antigua de arte y artefactos arqueológicos del Museo Nacional de Alepo data del 1928; la inauguración oficial del museo ocurrió en 1931. Inicialmente se dedicó a la época pre-grecorromana con obras que se remontan no más tarde de 333 a. C., la mayoría de las cuales fueron parte de los hallazgos de Tell Halaf. Se decidió mover la colección de su localización original, en un edificio del periodo otomano que estaba abarrotado, a un museo moderno construido específicamente para ella, comenzado en 1967 e inaugurado formalmente en 1972. Incluye las siguientes alas:  \n  \nArte prehistórico: Es dedicado a hallazgos como huesos y cerámica de las regiones de Siria y el valle del Éufrates. Algunos objetos tienen un millón de años y la pieza más reciente se remonta no más tarde de 3,200 a. C., después del cual la escritura fue desarrollada y el arte se volvió histórico.  \n  \nArte antiguo del Cercano Oriente en Siria: Es una de las secciones más importantes que contienen piezas de Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla y otros sitios importantes de las primeras civilizaciones del Cercano Oriente, todas exhibidas en orden cronológico en tres alas grandes.  \n  \nArte clásica de los periodos griego, romano y bizantino: Cerámica, monedas, un número de tallas funerarias en piedra caliza de la antigua ciudad de Mambij y una colección de botellas de cristal romanas y bizantinas utilizadas para perfume, kohl y medicinas, todas exhibidas en orden cronológico.  \n  \nArte islámica árabe: Aquí los objetos representan diferentes dinastías islámicas y son exhibidos según la función del objeto y el material, como la alfarería, la cerámica, la metalistería y el vidrio. Además, hay una colección de monedas de oro y plata de los periodos omeya, abasí, ayubí y mameluco. Un cenotafio de piedra tallada en caligrafía cúfica floreada es la obra maestra de esta sala. También se presentan un equipo militar medieval y un techo de madera otomano en una cámara lateral.  \n  \nArte moderno: Pinturas realizadas por artistas sirios, particularmente de Alepo, que reflejan diversos estilos de expresión como el realismo, el cubismo y el expresionismo.","city":"Alepo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"El Museo Nacional del Bardo, fundado el 7 de mayo de 1888, es considerado uno de los museos arqueológicos más importantes en el Magreb, siendo reconocido por sus paneles de mosaicos romanos. El museo es fruto de la renovación del palacio de un *bey* (gobernador provincial) del siglo XIX. Consiste de una planta baja y dos superiores, en las que se exhibe la historia de Túnez de manera cronológica.  \n  \nLa colección incluye áreas dedicadas a:  \n  \n– La prehistoria: el desarrollo de herramientas de piedra, ornamentos, piedras grabadas y, sobre todo, el santuario de rocas y huesos de animales conocido como \"Hermaion de El-Guettar\", que se remonta al año 40,000 a. C.  \n  \n– La época púnica: aquí se incluyen cerámicas, estelas y joyería neopúnicas, además de artículos exhumados de varios yacimientos de Túnez.  \n  \n– La época romana: aparte de la cerámica y la joyería, esta sección destaca por su notable colección de mosaicos.  \n  \n– La época bizantina: cuenta con sarcófagos, mosaicos y terracotas cuyos diseños reflejan las características del cristianismo africano, así como el voluminoso bautisterio de Kélibia recubierto de mosaicos.  \n  \n– Tesoros mediterráneos recuperados de un naufragio hallado frente a la costa de Mahdia, el cual también guardaba en su interior artículos de bronce y mármoles atenienses.  \n  \n– La época musulmana: una de las secciones, dedicada a la Edad Media, comprende objetos procedentes de las excavaciones de Sabra y Raqqada, como vidrio fatimí, figurillas de marfil y bronce, cerámica con diseños figurativos, estelas funerarias, inscripciones cúficas, hojas de pergamino del Corán y textiles egipcios. En la segunda sección se exponen las artes y tradiciones populares, representadas por armas, instrumentos musicales, objetos de cobre, joyería y vestimenta ceremonial de diferentes regiones de Túnez.  \n  \nDentro de cada sección, los objetos están agrupados por tipo y material. Los mosaicos se encuentran en paneles murales o forman parte del suelo del palacio, mientras que los objetos más pequeños se exponen en vitrinas. Las estatuas se exponen sobre peanas o en nichos en las paredes. Estas colecciones constituyen la exposición permanente del museo, y son visibles al público general a través de actividades educativas y culturales llevadas a cabo en el museo.  \n  \n*El 18 de marzo 2015, el museo fue escenario de un atentado por parte de un grupo terrorista islamista que mató a 22 personas, la mayoría de ellas turistas.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"Parque Arqueológico de Madaba  \nHisban, Jordania  \n  \nMisión Arqueológica Española  \nAmmán, Jordania"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"**Museo Municipal de Tavira**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional de Arte Antiguo**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Municipal de Moura**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Municipal de Santarém**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Catedral de Lisboa**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Arqueológico de Carmo**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo de la Ciudad**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Tesoro de la Catedral de Braga**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Arqueológico y Lapidario Infante D. Henrique**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo de Évora**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional de Arqueología**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Regional Reina Doña Leonor**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional Machado de Castro**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico Nacional","description":"El Museo Arqueológico Nacional (MAN) es el museo de historia más relevante de España. Conserva, investiga y presenta al público sus colecciones de arqueología, historia y arte, con el fin de ofrecer a todos los visitantes una interpretación rigurosa, atractiva, interesante y crítica del significado de los objetos del pasado, de manera que el conocimiento de su historia les sea útil para analizar y comprender la realidad actual. Por la relevancia y amplitud de sus colecciones, el MAN es equiparable en su especialidad a grandes museos españoles (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía o Galería de las Colecciones Reales), al mostrar la diversidad y riqueza de nuestro país en materia de historia cultural. El Museo se ubica en un monumental edificio, en pleno barrio de Salamanca, una de las zonas comerciales y de ocio más transitadas de la ciudad, perfectamente integrado en el eje Recoletos-Prado, donde se concentra la mayor oferta cultural de la ciudad. El magnífico edificio del MAN ofrece, en el corazón de Madrid, una infraestructura histórica —dotada de edificio, jardín y verja—, totalmente renovada y accesible.  \n  \nCreado en 1867, y cerca de cumplir 160 años, el MAN no ha cesado de crecer y evolucionar transformándose para dar cabida a las necesidades del siglo XXI. Tras la profunda obra de reforma desarrollada entre 2008 y 2014, reabrió sus puertas en abril de 2014 renovado íntegramente, convirtiéndose en uno de los museos más modernos de Europa. Distribuido en seis plantas, con una superficie total de casi 30.000 m2, el edificio del MAN cuenta con 18.304 m2 destinados a usos públicos (9.239 m2 dedicados a la exposición permanente). El Museo se ha dotado de diversas áreas de servicio, como un amplio vestíbulo, cafetería, tienda y salas de actividades.  \n  \nSu extraordinaria colección, en la que figuran un elevado número de piezas de incalculable valor histórico y cultural, está formada por más de un millón de objetos de carácter arqueológico, histórico y artístico. Sus fondos albergan desde el bifaz paleolítico que durante milenios fue casi la única herramienta, a los delicados marfiles que aúnan el gusto estético con la función para la que fueron creados; de los grabados prehistóricos de la Cueva del Castillo, muestra de las primeras expresiones artísticas y simbólicas de la humanidad, pasando por la estética abstracta del llamado Ídolo de Extremadura, hasta la belleza clásica y permanente de la Dama de Elche; de las esculturas romanas, del extraordinario tesoro de Guarrazar o el crucifijo románico de Don Fernando y Doña Sancha hasta el bello Héctor ecuestre de Filarete o las pinturas de Luis Paret que ornan la barroca silla de mano.  \n  \nLa colección de Arte y cultura Islámica del Museo procede en gran medida de los diferentes periodos históricos de Al-Ándalus, nombre que los musulmanes dieron al territorio que conquistaron en la Península Ibérica. La calidad estética alcanzada por la cultura andalusí queda demostrada en los capiteles, arcos, paneles de mármol y decoraciones de alabastro y yeso de la época, especialmente del Califato de Córdoba. A esto se suma la colección del museo de objetos decorativos y de gran refinamiento elaborados en los talleres palaciegos andaluces, como metales, marfiles y cerámica vidriada. Asimismo, se conserva una importante colección de objetos que muestran la simbiosis de las formas andalusíes y cristianas en la Península Ibérica, como la cúpula del Palacio de Torrijos.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"8128a827-15fb-5166-902e-e23aab2a8fd7":{"name":"Museum for Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"a3753de5-842a-5f0b-a8c7-50bb2e312ce6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","city":"Vienna","address":"Burgring, 5  \n1010 Wien  \nAustria","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"af01a84d-b174-5718-b9a7-b741c8957086":{"name":"British Museum","city":"London","address":"Great Russell St.,  \nLondon WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Madaba","description":"Este museo se estableció en 1974 en una de las casas antiguas de Madaba compradas por el Departamento de Antigüedades de Jordania. Fue transformada en un museo que posee artefactos y hallazgos recuperados durante excavaciones en varios sitios arqueológicos en la región de Madaba. Estos artefactos consisten principalmente de alfarería y vasijas de vidrio, metalistería, monedas y pisos de mosaico. Sus fechas varían desde la Edad del Hierro hasta los periodos islámicos.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189"},"c437d47d-865a-58fa-982d-c7443c17820b":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Aqaba","description":"Este museo se localiza en el antiguo hogar de Sharif Hussein bin Ali, el cual fue adquirido del gobierno local por el Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades en 1979 y fue abierto al público en 1990. El museo incluye artefactos de los sitios excavados en el distrito Aqaba; varían en fecha desde la mitad del VII milenio a. C. hasta el comienzo del siglo XII d. C. Tienen una importancia particular las vasijas de cerámica y esteatita excavadas en el Ayla islámico (Aqaba), que incluyen cerámica esmaltada y decorada en reflejo metálico de Iraq y Egipto, además de los celadón de China.","city":"Aqaba","address":"P.O.B. 971  \nAqaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 3 2019063"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Construido durante el siglo IX / XV por Sidi Qasem, el mausoleo ha sido transformado en un museo de cerámica. Consta de un vestíbulo de entrada que conduce a un taller de cerámica y a un patio rodeado de salas y un espacio funerario. Las galerías del patio y las alcobas han sido convertidas en espacios de exposición para objetos de cerámica. Esta colección recorre diferentes épocas de la historia musulmana en Túnez, además de incluir objetos de origen persa.  \n  \nLos objetos de cerámica de la época aglabí se identifican por el uso del lustre metálico, escritura cúfica arcaica e imágenes zoomórficas y antropomórficas estilizadas como decoración. Las piezas del período fatimí están ilustradas con escenas animadas de color azul sobre un fondo blanco.  \n  \nLa cerámica hafsí se singulariza por la ausencia de escenas ilustradas en favor de motivos geométricos con decoración floral, en las que predominan el azul cobalto y el marrón manganeso. También hay azulejos de la época otomana, algunos de los cuales están decorados con ramos de flores.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452"},"ee0a71f8-dc12-5d5d-b02a-4402969e8274":{"name":"Museo de Arte Islámico","description":"El Museo de Artes Islámicas de Kairuán está ubicado en Raqqada, en un expalacio presidencial que fue convertido en un centro cultural y educativo en 1986. Consta de cuatro salas en la planta baja y la planta superior.  \n  \nEn la planta baja se encuentran:  \n– La sala de cerámicas, que alberga objetos pertenecientes a las épocas aglabí, fatimí y hafsí. Los objetos de la época aglabí se caracterizan por el uso de esmaltes de brillo metálico, escritura cúfica arcaica e imágenes zoomórficas y antropomórficas estilizadas. Esta sala expone una colección de azulejos de Iznik procedentes de Anatolia.  \n  \n– La sala de la Mezquita Mayor, que acoge artículos religiosos, como frisos con motivos florales y epigráficos que forman parte de su techumbre. También destaca la reconstrucción de un *mihrab* de la mezquita y la puerta de la *maqsura* (zona privada).  \n  \n– La sala de inscripciones lapidarias que, aunque está en fase de desarrollo, contendrá una serie de lápidas del cementerio de Kairuán, al igual que incluirá la inscripción de la fundación de la ciudad de Sabra al-Mansuriya, marcada por su estilo de escritura y su imponente tamaño.  \n  \n– La sala de Sabra al-Mansuriya, que se espera que reciba objetos del yacimiento de Sabra, pero que por ahora alberga el horno de fundición encontrado en dicho yacimiento.  \n  \nEn el piso superior:  \nLas vitrinas en la sala de monedas y joyería conservan una gran colección de monedas que datan de las épocas aglabí, fatimí, hafsí y otomana, evidenciando su evolución en el tiempo. Esta sala también contiene objetos de vidrio del yacimiento de Sabra y la lámpara de al-Muizz.  \n  \nLa sala de manuscritos reúne una abundante colección de folios de Corán en pergamino procedentes de la biblioteca de la Mezquita Mayor de Kairuán, los cuales permiten apreciar la evolución de los estilos de escritura y ornamentación (siglos III-XIII / IX-XIX). La colección tiene un prestigio único gracias al famoso \"Corán azul\" del siglo IV / X. Estos folios están encuadernados en cuero con diseños florales y geométricos.  \n  \nUna exposición como esta nos permite interpretar la historia de la ciudad de Kairuán. La nueva sala de Sabra, la sala de inscripciones lapidarias y la sala de la Mezquita Mayor de Kairuán contribuirán a nuestra comprensión.","city":"Kairouan","address":"Musée des arts islamiques  \nKairouan-Raqqada","phone":"+216 77 228126"},"f6a3053d-d710-547e-be54-96097d448f7a":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Damasco","description":"El Museo Nacional de Damasco se estableció bajo la supervisión del Ministerio de Educación en 1919. El núcleo original del contenido de este museo se mantuvo inicialmente en la Madrasa al-'Adiliya. La colección aumentó gradualmente y el descubrimiento del palacio Omeya de Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi en el desierto sirio en 1936 impulsó aún más los planes de acción para un museo más nuevo y más grande. Se eligió un edificio ubicado junto a Al-Takiyya al-Sulaymaniya para el establecimiento del Museo Nacional de Damasco.  \n  \nQasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi agregó un nuevo énfasis a la importancia de dedicar más atención al período Islámico y los directores de antigüedades decidieron incorporar estos hallazgos palaciegos en el Museo Nacional de Damasco. Después de mucho trabajo y experiencia técnica, la fachada frontal de Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi se traspuso y reconstruyó cuidadosamente como la entrada principal del Museo Nacional. Los pasillos laterales y el segundo piso fueron designados para los hallazgos artísticos más importantes de este antiguo palacio Islámico. La finalización de la exhibición tomó varios años y la inauguración oficial se celebró en 1950.  \n  \nEn 1953 se añadió un ala de tres pisos para albergar y exhibir antiguas antigüedades orientales, el período islámico, el arte sirio moderno y exposiciones temporales.  \n  \nUna de las ampliaciones más recientes incluyó tres salas dobles para el período islámico, una nueva sala de conferencias y una biblioteca. La sala de conferencias fue amueblada como una sala de recepción damasquinada del siglo XIX, una obra maestra de la decoración y ornamentación tardía por derecho propio. La apertura de esta ampliación tuvo lugar en 1963.  \n  \nEn 1974 hubo más adiciones, esta vez dedicada al período Paleolítico. Y por último, en 2004, el ala de exposiciones temporales se transformó en una colección permanente de antigüedades neolíticas.  \n  \nEn la actualidad, el Museo Nacional de Damasco consta de las siguientes secciones:  \n  \n1\\. Paleolítico.  \n2\\. Neolítico.  \n3\\. Oriental Sirio Antiguo.  \n4\\. Clásico.  \n5\\. Islámico.  \n6\\. Artes Modernas.","city":"Damasco","address":"Qasr el-Heir Street  \nDamascus, Syria","phone":"+963 11 2234331","email":"sam.orient@mail.sy"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Museo Municipal de Arqueología de Silves","description":"Historia breve  \n  \nInaugurada en 1990, el Museo de Silves fue construido alrededor de un magnifico pozo-aljibe almohade de los siglos XII y XIII, el cual fue descubierto durante las excavaciones arqueológicas en los años 1980. El sitio está actualmente clasificado como un monumento nacional y es el elemento principal de la exhibición permanente del Museo de Silves. El espacio del museo también integra la muralla de la ciudad almohade, convirtiéndolo en más que un museo que presenta una colección histórica significativa, sino también en una joya excepcional del patrimonio islámico portugués actual.  \n  \nDesde su inauguración, el museo ha mantenido su colección permanente abierta al público, consistiendo mayormente en alrededor de 800 piezas de cerámica. También incluye una plétora de objetos en reserva que fueron adquiridos durante varias excavaciones arqueológicas conducidas por todo Portugal.  \n  \nColección  \n  \nDividida en cinco secciones por orden cronológico, el museo posee una colección de piezas de las eras paleolítica, neolítica, calcolítica, de Bronce, de Hierro y romana. Sus colecciones se distinguen no solo por la cantidad, sino también por la calidad excepcional. Incluyen objetos de los periodos islámicos medievales, compuestos de piezas del califato omeya, la era de taifas, los almorávides y las posteriores dinastías almohades, representando un largo periodo del reinado islámico que se extendió desde el siglo VIII al XIII EC. Debido a la naturaleza del sitio, hay una gran representación de objetos del periodo almohade entre los siglos XII y XIII, demostrando la riqueza e importancia de Silves durante este periodo histórico.  \n  \nLa colección del museo también presenta una variedad de objetos del periodo moderno, entre el siglo XV y XVII, lo cual evidencia la influencia y la complejidad de la red de rutas comerciales entre la ciudad de Silves y otros puertos importantes de esa época.  \n  \nDifusión pública  \n  \nEl museo ha desarrollado un programa de exhibiciones temporales con sus propios fondos para no tan solo exponer ciertas presentaciones, sino también para fortalecer las relaciones culturales con países vinculados históricamente con el municipio de Silves. Entre estos se incluyen los proyectos con el Reino de Marruecos.  \n  \nEl departamento de educación del museo juega un papel importante en el interés y la retención del conocimiento público. Esto se realiza al darle prioridad a la comunicación con el público joven y proveer herramientas para ayudarlos a interpretar la colección arqueológica del museo.  \n  \nA través de este enfoque, se crearon talleres pedagógicos que, con la ayuda de artesanos locales, ofrecen diversas actividades que ayudan a crear conciencia de la cultura material histórica exhibida en el museo. Estas incluyen alfarería, cerámica, tejido y caligrafía. Para otros públicos que deseen experimentar una variedad más amplia de temas, hay talleres enfocados en el ambiente local, el patrimonio, los teatros, las ciencias, además de los recorridos que complementan las exhibiciones temporales. Por último, para estimular aún más el interés y para promover el estudio de la colección, el museo ha desarrollado proyectos y actividades con otras redes internacionales que tienen intereses similares.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"}}
+{"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Área Arqueológica y Museo de Mértola","description":"Situada en la orilla del río Guadiana, la villa de Mértola tuvo una importancia económica excepcional a lo largo de la historia de Iberia hasta el período de su Reconquista Cristiana (1238 d.C.). Esto se debió en gran parte a la vitalidad de su puerto, que desde la época prerromana comercializaba metales extraídos de las comarcas cercanas de Aljustrel y las minas de São Domingos. La creciente conciencia de la riqueza cultural de la ciudad se debe en gran parte al trabajo patrimonial realizado por el \"Campo Arqueológico de Mértola\" (est. 1978) y al establecimiento del Museo de Mértola sobre la base de los hallazgos de varias excavaciones (est. 1982).  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola, con un enfoque geográfico en la ciudad y su municipio, se ha diversificado para incluir yacimientos arqueológicos que representan varios períodos de la historia dentro de su competencia. Estos incluyen una casa romana que se abrió al público en 1998, una basílica paleocristiana inaugurada en 1993, así como la iglesia y necrópolis de São Sebastião que fue inaugurada en 1999. Varios otros sitios reúnen colecciones importantes de materiales arqueológicos, especialmente en la torre del castillo abierta al público en 1991 y el centro de arte islámico que se inauguró en 2001. También hay una colección importante de arte religioso con piezas que datan de los siglos XV al XVIII d.C., así como materiales etnográficos representativos de la artesanía tradicional. Estos incluyen una forja de herrería y un taller de tejido donde, en la actualidad, tres tejedores se encargan de preservar la tradición centenaria del tejido mertolense.  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola contribuye significativamente al estudio y conocimiento del período islámico en Portugal. Si bien su enfoque inicial se concentró en la arqueología, con el tiempo el museo se abrió a otras vías para promover el patrimonio y el conocimiento de la Mértola islámica. Este esfuerzo es visible en el museo islámico, que muestra una época en que la región fue la capital de un reino taifa durante los siglos XI y XIII.  \n  \nSe trata de objetos procedentes de las excavaciones del barrio almohade, así como de una reconstrucción de una de las casas excavadas descubiertas. Otros elementos permiten establecer una síntesis de la Mértola desaparecida. El modelo de la mezquita central nos recuerda a la Aljama original o mezquita central, y las estelas funerarias hacen referencia al cementerio islámico, o maqbara, que ahora es objeto de una nueva excavación.  \n  \nLas cerámicas recogidas durante las excavaciones también evocan la vida cotidiana en la Mértola islámica con referencia especial a aquellas elaboradas con la técnica de la cuerda seca. Entre todo, el Museo de Mértola no solo conserva el patrimonio de la región, sino que también proporciona un entendimiento importante y una base para la investigación de la relación entre la ciudad y varios puertos del Mediterráneo occidental durante la época medieval.  \n  \nEl Museo de Mértola forma parte de la Red Portuguesa de Museos desde 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","fax":"+351 286 610 101","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"33f89573-8b54-5c1a-86ba-1663e604740f":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Jordania","description":"El museo fue fundado en 1951 por el Departamento de Antigüedades de Jordania en la Ciudadela de Ammán en una colina llamada Jabal al-Qal’a. El edificio tiene una medida total de 525 m2 en dos plantas. La planta baja se utiliza para almacenamiento y el primer piso comprende el área de exposición, que consta de tres salas y oficinas administrativas.  \n  \nEl museo contiene muchos artefactos encontrados en varios sitios arqueológicos de Jordania que representan el camino de la civilización en esta área a lo largo de su larga historia. La extensa colección está ordenada cronológicamente por períodos históricos, desde la Edad de Piedra hasta los períodos islámicos.  \n  \nLa colección de arte islámico se exhibe en una sala de exposiciones en once vitrinas que consisten en: vasijas de cerámica desde el período omeya hasta el período mameluco; vasijas vidriadas desde el período mameluco hasta el período otomano; vasijas de esteatita del período omeya; monedas de todo tipo y época; vasijas de orfebrería y cerámica desde los períodos omeya hasta mameluco; escudos y espadas de hierro del período mameluco; piedras talladas del período omeya; cuatro réplicas de yeso de elementos arquitectónicos del Palacio Khirbat al-Mafjar en Jericó (ventanas, dintel y una cúpula del baño).  \n  \nLa falta de espacio no permite exposiciones temporales; sin embargo, el museo participa en muchas exposiciones nacionales e internacionales para difundir el conocimiento de la historia y de la arqueología de Jordania a lo largo de los siglos.  \n  \nTres conservadores comparten la responsabilidad de toda la colección del museo.","city":"Amman","address":"Citadel of Amman  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 463 8795","fax":"+962 6 461 9768"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Alepo","description":"La colección más antigua de arte y artefactos arqueológicos del Museo Nacional de Alepo data del 1928; la inauguración oficial del museo ocurrió en 1931. Inicialmente se dedicó a la época pre-grecorromana con obras que se remontan no más tarde de 333 a. C., la mayoría de las cuales fueron parte de los hallazgos de Tell Halaf. Se decidió mover la colección de su localización original, en un edificio del periodo otomano que estaba abarrotado, a un museo moderno construido específicamente para ella, comenzado en 1967 e inaugurado formalmente en 1972. Incluye las siguientes alas:  \n  \nArte prehistórico: Es dedicado a hallazgos como huesos y cerámica de las regiones de Siria y el valle del Éufrates. Algunos objetos tienen un millón de años y la pieza más reciente se remonta no más tarde de 3,200 a. C., después del cual la escritura fue desarrollada y el arte se volvió histórico.  \n  \nArte antiguo del Cercano Oriente en Siria: Es una de las secciones más importantes que contienen piezas de Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla y otros sitios importantes de las primeras civilizaciones del Cercano Oriente, todas exhibidas en orden cronológico en tres alas grandes.  \n  \nArte clásica de los periodos griego, romano y bizantino: Cerámica, monedas, un número de tallas funerarias en piedra caliza de la antigua ciudad de Mambij y una colección de botellas de cristal romanas y bizantinas utilizadas para perfume, kohl y medicinas, todas exhibidas en orden cronológico.  \n  \nArte islámica árabe: Aquí los objetos representan diferentes dinastías islámicas y son exhibidos según la función del objeto y el material, como la alfarería, la cerámica, la metalistería y el vidrio. Además, hay una colección de monedas de oro y plata de los periodos omeya, abasí, ayubí y mameluco. Un cenotafio de piedra tallada en caligrafía cúfica floreada es la obra maestra de esta sala. También se presentan un equipo militar medieval y un techo de madera otomano en una cámara lateral.  \n  \nArte moderno: Pinturas realizadas por artistas sirios, particularmente de Alepo, que reflejan diversos estilos de expresión como el realismo, el cubismo y el expresionismo.","city":"Alepo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400","fax":"+963 21 2122402"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"El Museo Nacional del Bardo, fundado el 7 de mayo de 1888, es considerado uno de los museos arqueológicos más importantes en el Magreb, siendo reconocido por sus paneles de mosaicos romanos. El museo es fruto de la renovación del palacio de un *bey* (gobernador provincial) del siglo XIX. Consiste de una planta baja y dos superiores, en las que se exhibe la historia de Túnez de manera cronológica.  \n  \nLa colección incluye áreas dedicadas a:  \n  \n– La prehistoria: el desarrollo de herramientas de piedra, ornamentos, piedras grabadas y, sobre todo, el santuario de rocas y huesos de animales conocido como \"Hermaion de El-Guettar\", que se remonta al año 40,000 a. C.  \n  \n– La época púnica: aquí se incluyen cerámicas, estelas y joyería neopúnicas, además de artículos exhumados de varios yacimientos de Túnez.  \n  \n– La época romana: aparte de la cerámica y la joyería, esta sección destaca por su notable colección de mosaicos.  \n  \n– La época bizantina: cuenta con sarcófagos, mosaicos y terracotas cuyos diseños reflejan las características del cristianismo africano, así como el voluminoso bautisterio de Kélibia recubierto de mosaicos.  \n  \n– Tesoros mediterráneos recuperados de un naufragio hallado frente a la costa de Mahdia, el cual también guardaba en su interior artículos de bronce y mármoles atenienses.  \n  \n– La época musulmana: una de las secciones, dedicada a la Edad Media, comprende objetos procedentes de las excavaciones de Sabra y Raqqada, como vidrio fatimí, figurillas de marfil y bronce, cerámica con diseños figurativos, estelas funerarias, inscripciones cúficas, hojas de pergamino del Corán y textiles egipcios. En la segunda sección se exponen las artes y tradiciones populares, representadas por armas, instrumentos musicales, objetos de cobre, joyería y vestimenta ceremonial de diferentes regiones de Túnez.  \n  \nDentro de cada sección, los objetos están agrupados por tipo y material. Los mosaicos se encuentran en paneles murales o forman parte del suelo del palacio, mientras que los objetos más pequeños se exponen en vitrinas. Las estatuas se exponen sobre peanas o en nichos en las paredes. Estas colecciones constituyen la exposición permanente del museo, y son visibles al público general a través de actividades educativas y culturales llevadas a cabo en el museo.  \n  \n*El 18 de marzo 2015, el museo fue escenario de un atentado por parte de un grupo terrorista islamista que mató a 22 personas, la mayoría de ellas turistas.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842","fax":"+216 71 514050"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"Parque Arqueológico de Madaba  \nHisban, Jordania  \n  \nMisión Arqueológica Española  \nAmmán, Jordania"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"**Museo Municipal de Tavira**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional de Arte Antiguo**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Municipal de Moura**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Municipal de Santarém**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Catedral de Lisboa**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Arqueológico de Carmo**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo de la Ciudad**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Tesoro de la Catedral de Braga**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Arqueológico y Lapidario Infante D. Henrique**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo de Évora**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional de Arqueología**  \nLisboa, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Regional Reina Doña Leonor**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Museo Nacional Machado de Castro**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico Nacional","description":"El Museo Arqueológico Nacional (MAN) es el museo de historia más relevante de España. Conserva, investiga y presenta al público sus colecciones de arqueología, historia y arte, con el fin de ofrecer a todos los visitantes una interpretación rigurosa, atractiva, interesante y crítica del significado de los objetos del pasado, de manera que el conocimiento de su historia les sea útil para analizar y comprender la realidad actual. Por la relevancia y amplitud de sus colecciones, el MAN es equiparable en su especialidad a grandes museos españoles (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía o Galería de las Colecciones Reales), al mostrar la diversidad y riqueza de nuestro país en materia de historia cultural. El Museo se ubica en un monumental edificio, en pleno barrio de Salamanca, una de las zonas comerciales y de ocio más transitadas de la ciudad, perfectamente integrado en el eje Recoletos-Prado, donde se concentra la mayor oferta cultural de la ciudad. El magnífico edificio del MAN ofrece, en el corazón de Madrid, una infraestructura histórica —dotada de edificio, jardín y verja—, totalmente renovada y accesible.  \n  \nCreado en 1867, y cerca de cumplir 160 años, el MAN no ha cesado de crecer y evolucionar transformándose para dar cabida a las necesidades del siglo XXI. Tras la profunda obra de reforma desarrollada entre 2008 y 2014, reabrió sus puertas en abril de 2014 renovado íntegramente, convirtiéndose en uno de los museos más modernos de Europa. Distribuido en seis plantas, con una superficie total de casi 30.000 m2, el edificio del MAN cuenta con 18.304 m2 destinados a usos públicos (9.239 m2 dedicados a la exposición permanente). El Museo se ha dotado de diversas áreas de servicio, como un amplio vestíbulo, cafetería, tienda y salas de actividades.  \n  \nSu extraordinaria colección, en la que figuran un elevado número de piezas de incalculable valor histórico y cultural, está formada por más de un millón de objetos de carácter arqueológico, histórico y artístico. Sus fondos albergan desde el bifaz paleolítico que durante milenios fue casi la única herramienta, a los delicados marfiles que aúnan el gusto estético con la función para la que fueron creados; de los grabados prehistóricos de la Cueva del Castillo, muestra de las primeras expresiones artísticas y simbólicas de la humanidad, pasando por la estética abstracta del llamado Ídolo de Extremadura, hasta la belleza clásica y permanente de la Dama de Elche; de las esculturas romanas, del extraordinario tesoro de Guarrazar o el crucifijo románico de Don Fernando y Doña Sancha hasta el bello Héctor ecuestre de Filarete o las pinturas de Luis Paret que ornan la barroca silla de mano.  \n  \nLa colección de Arte y cultura Islámica del Museo procede en gran medida de los diferentes periodos históricos de Al-Ándalus, nombre que los musulmanes dieron al territorio que conquistaron en la Península Ibérica. La calidad estética alcanzada por la cultura andalusí queda demostrada en los capiteles, arcos, paneles de mármol y decoraciones de alabastro y yeso de la época, especialmente del Califato de Córdoba. A esto se suma la colección del museo de objetos decorativos y de gran refinamiento elaborados en los talleres palaciegos andaluces, como metales, marfiles y cerámica vidriada. Asimismo, se conserva una importante colección de objetos que muestran la simbiosis de las formas andalusíes y cristianas en la Península Ibérica, como la cúpula del Palacio de Torrijos.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","fax":"+34 91 432 68 40","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"8128a827-15fb-5166-902e-e23aab2a8fd7":{"name":"Museum for Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","fax":"+49 30 266 42 5202","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"a3753de5-842a-5f0b-a8c7-50bb2e312ce6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","city":"Vienna","address":"Burgring, 5  \n1010 Wien  \nAustria","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"af01a84d-b174-5718-b9a7-b741c8957086":{"name":"British Museum","city":"London","address":"Great Russell St.,  \nLondon WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","fax":"+44 20 7323 8616","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Madaba","description":"Este museo se estableció en 1974 en una de las casas antiguas de Madaba compradas por el Departamento de Antigüedades de Jordania. Fue transformada en un museo que posee artefactos y hallazgos recuperados durante excavaciones en varios sitios arqueológicos en la región de Madaba. Estos artefactos consisten principalmente de alfarería y vasijas de vidrio, metalistería, monedas y pisos de mosaico. Sus fechas varían desde la Edad del Hierro hasta los periodos islámicos.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189","fax":"+962 5 3244189"},"c437d47d-865a-58fa-982d-c7443c17820b":{"name":"Museo Arqueológico de Aqaba","description":"Este museo se localiza en el antiguo hogar de Sharif Hussein bin Ali, el cual fue adquirido del gobierno local por el Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades en 1979 y fue abierto al público en 1990. El museo incluye artefactos de los sitios excavados en el distrito Aqaba; varían en fecha desde la mitad del VII milenio a. C. hasta el comienzo del siglo XII d. C. Tienen una importancia particular las vasijas de cerámica y esteatita excavadas en el Ayla islámico (Aqaba), que incluyen cerámica esmaltada y decorada en reflejo metálico de Iraq y Egipto, además de los celadón de China.","city":"Aqaba","address":"P.O.B. 971  \nAqaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 3 2019063","fax":"+962 3 2022023"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Construido durante el siglo IX / XV por Sidi Qasem, el mausoleo ha sido transformado en un museo de cerámica. Consta de un vestíbulo de entrada que conduce a un taller de cerámica y a un patio rodeado de salas y un espacio funerario. Las galerías del patio y las alcobas han sido convertidas en espacios de exposición para objetos de cerámica. Esta colección recorre diferentes épocas de la historia musulmana en Túnez, además de incluir objetos de origen persa.  \n  \nLos objetos de cerámica de la época aglabí se identifican por el uso del lustre metálico, escritura cúfica arcaica e imágenes zoomórficas y antropomórficas estilizadas como decoración. Las piezas del período fatimí están ilustradas con escenas animadas de color azul sobre un fondo blanco.  \n  \nLa cerámica hafsí se singulariza por la ausencia de escenas ilustradas en favor de motivos geométricos con decoración floral, en las que predominan el azul cobalto y el marrón manganeso. También hay azulejos de la época otomana, algunos de los cuales están decorados con ramos de flores.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452","fax":"+216 71 562452"},"ee0a71f8-dc12-5d5d-b02a-4402969e8274":{"name":"Museo de Arte Islámico","description":"El Museo de Artes Islámicas de Kairuán está ubicado en Raqqada, en un expalacio presidencial que fue convertido en un centro cultural y educativo en 1986. Consta de cuatro salas en la planta baja y la planta superior.  \n  \nEn la planta baja se encuentran:  \n– La sala de cerámicas, que alberga objetos pertenecientes a las épocas aglabí, fatimí y hafsí. Los objetos de la época aglabí se caracterizan por el uso de esmaltes de brillo metálico, escritura cúfica arcaica e imágenes zoomórficas y antropomórficas estilizadas. Esta sala expone una colección de azulejos de Iznik procedentes de Anatolia.  \n  \n– La sala de la Mezquita Mayor, que acoge artículos religiosos, como frisos con motivos florales y epigráficos que forman parte de su techumbre. También destaca la reconstrucción de un *mihrab* de la mezquita y la puerta de la *maqsura* (zona privada).  \n  \n– La sala de inscripciones lapidarias que, aunque está en fase de desarrollo, contendrá una serie de lápidas del cementerio de Kairuán, al igual que incluirá la inscripción de la fundación de la ciudad de Sabra al-Mansuriya, marcada por su estilo de escritura y su imponente tamaño.  \n  \n– La sala de Sabra al-Mansuriya, que se espera que reciba objetos del yacimiento de Sabra, pero que por ahora alberga el horno de fundición encontrado en dicho yacimiento.  \n  \nEn el piso superior:  \nLas vitrinas en la sala de monedas y joyería conservan una gran colección de monedas que datan de las épocas aglabí, fatimí, hafsí y otomana, evidenciando su evolución en el tiempo. Esta sala también contiene objetos de vidrio del yacimiento de Sabra y la lámpara de al-Muizz.  \n  \nLa sala de manuscritos reúne una abundante colección de folios de Corán en pergamino procedentes de la biblioteca de la Mezquita Mayor de Kairuán, los cuales permiten apreciar la evolución de los estilos de escritura y ornamentación (siglos III-XIII / IX-XIX). La colección tiene un prestigio único gracias al famoso \"Corán azul\" del siglo IV / X. Estos folios están encuadernados en cuero con diseños florales y geométricos.  \n  \nUna exposición como esta nos permite interpretar la historia de la ciudad de Kairuán. La nueva sala de Sabra, la sala de inscripciones lapidarias y la sala de la Mezquita Mayor de Kairuán contribuirán a nuestra comprensión.","city":"Kairouan","address":"Musée des arts islamiques  \nKairouan-Raqqada","phone":"+216 77 228126","fax":"+216 77 228469"},"f6a3053d-d710-547e-be54-96097d448f7a":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Damasco","description":"El Museo Nacional de Damasco se estableció bajo la supervisión del Ministerio de Educación en 1919. El núcleo original del contenido de este museo se mantuvo inicialmente en la Madrasa al-'Adiliya. La colección aumentó gradualmente y el descubrimiento del palacio Omeya de Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi en el desierto sirio en 1936 impulsó aún más los planes de acción para un museo más nuevo y más grande. Se eligió un edificio ubicado junto a Al-Takiyya al-Sulaymaniya para el establecimiento del Museo Nacional de Damasco.  \n  \nQasr Al-Hayr Al-Gharbi agregó un nuevo énfasis a la importancia de dedicar más atención al período Islámico y los directores de antigüedades decidieron incorporar estos hallazgos palaciegos en el Museo Nacional de Damasco. Después de mucho trabajo y experiencia técnica, la fachada frontal de Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi se traspuso y reconstruyó cuidadosamente como la entrada principal del Museo Nacional. Los pasillos laterales y el segundo piso fueron designados para los hallazgos artísticos más importantes de este antiguo palacio Islámico. La finalización de la exhibición tomó varios años y la inauguración oficial se celebró en 1950.  \n  \nEn 1953 se añadió un ala de tres pisos para albergar y exhibir antiguas antigüedades orientales, el período islámico, el arte sirio moderno y exposiciones temporales.  \n  \nUna de las ampliaciones más recientes incluyó tres salas dobles para el período islámico, una nueva sala de conferencias y una biblioteca. La sala de conferencias fue amueblada como una sala de recepción damasquinada del siglo XIX, una obra maestra de la decoración y ornamentación tardía por derecho propio. La apertura de esta ampliación tuvo lugar en 1963.  \n  \nEn 1974 hubo más adiciones, esta vez dedicada al período Paleolítico. Y por último, en 2004, el ala de exposiciones temporales se transformó en una colección permanente de antigüedades neolíticas.  \n  \nEn la actualidad, el Museo Nacional de Damasco consta de las siguientes secciones:  \n  \n1\\. Paleolítico.  \n2\\. Neolítico.  \n3\\. Oriental Sirio Antiguo.  \n4\\. Clásico.  \n5\\. Islámico.  \n6\\. Artes Modernas.","city":"Damasco","address":"Qasr el-Heir Street  \nDamascus, Syria","phone":"+963 11 2234331","fax":"+963 11 2247983","email":"sam.orient@mail.sy"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Museo Municipal de Arqueología de Silves","description":"Historia breve  \n  \nInaugurada en 1990, el Museo de Silves fue construido alrededor de un magnifico pozo-aljibe almohade de los siglos XII y XIII, el cual fue descubierto durante las excavaciones arqueológicas en los años 1980. El sitio está actualmente clasificado como un monumento nacional y es el elemento principal de la exhibición permanente del Museo de Silves. El espacio del museo también integra la muralla de la ciudad almohade, convirtiéndolo en más que un museo que presenta una colección histórica significativa, sino también en una joya excepcional del patrimonio islámico portugués actual.  \n  \nDesde su inauguración, el museo ha mantenido su colección permanente abierta al público, consistiendo mayormente en alrededor de 800 piezas de cerámica. También incluye una plétora de objetos en reserva que fueron adquiridos durante varias excavaciones arqueológicas conducidas por todo Portugal.  \n  \nColección  \n  \nDividida en cinco secciones por orden cronológico, el museo posee una colección de piezas de las eras paleolítica, neolítica, calcolítica, de Bronce, de Hierro y romana. Sus colecciones se distinguen no solo por la cantidad, sino también por la calidad excepcional. Incluyen objetos de los periodos islámicos medievales, compuestos de piezas del califato omeya, la era de taifas, los almorávides y las posteriores dinastías almohades, representando un largo periodo del reinado islámico que se extendió desde el siglo VIII al XIII EC. Debido a la naturaleza del sitio, hay una gran representación de objetos del periodo almohade entre los siglos XII y XIII, demostrando la riqueza e importancia de Silves durante este periodo histórico.  \n  \nLa colección del museo también presenta una variedad de objetos del periodo moderno, entre el siglo XV y XVII, lo cual evidencia la influencia y la complejidad de la red de rutas comerciales entre la ciudad de Silves y otros puertos importantes de esa época.  \n  \nDifusión pública  \n  \nEl museo ha desarrollado un programa de exhibiciones temporales con sus propios fondos para no tan solo exponer ciertas presentaciones, sino también para fortalecer las relaciones culturales con países vinculados históricamente con el municipio de Silves. Entre estos se incluyen los proyectos con el Reino de Marruecos.  \n  \nEl departamento de educación del museo juega un papel importante en el interés y la retención del conocimiento público. Esto se realiza al darle prioridad a la comunicación con el público joven y proveer herramientas para ayudarlos a interpretar la colección arqueológica del museo.  \n  \nA través de este enfoque, se crearon talleres pedagógicos que, con la ayuda de artesanos locales, ofrecen diversas actividades que ayudan a crear conciencia de la cultura material histórica exhibida en el museo. Estas incluyen alfarería, cerámica, tejido y caligrafía. Para otros públicos que deseen experimentar una variedad más amplia de temas, hay talleres enfocados en el ambiente local, el patrimonio, los teatros, las ciencias, además de los recorridos que complementan las exhibiciones temporales. Por último, para estimular aún más el interés y para promover el estudio de la colección, el museo ha desarrollado proyectos y actividades con otras redes internacionales que tienen intereses similares.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","fax":"+351 282 440 856","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"}}