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The collection is arranged along different classes of production including; ceramics, metal works, miniatures, manuscripts, numismatics, jewellery, textile art, glass, arms & armour and wood.  \n  \nOf particular importance is the collection of archaeological finds from the palace of the Ghaznavid Sultan, Mas’ud III (1099-1115 CE) in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The archaeology of the site and its associated finds was brought to light by excavations conducted by the Archaeological Mission of the IsMEO (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente) in the 1960’s. These consist mainly of elements of architectural decorations in brick and marble, marble funerary stones, ceramics and metals.  \n  \nThe museum's collection of Persian objects can be dated from the 8th to the 19th centuries. Ceramics from the Samanid (9th- 10th century) and Seljuk (11th -12th century) periods are well represented in the Museum collections. Ilkhanid period ceramics (13th -14th century), known for their use of ‘lajvardina’ glaze technique is also visible in the collections. The majority of metal objects within the Islamic collection stem from the Khorasan region of Eastern Iran and Western Afghanistan, a well-known historic centre for metallurgical production.  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \nSince September 2016, the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome has merged into the new Museum of Civilisation, definitively closing in October 2017 for the transfer to its new headquarters in the Palazzo delle Scienze. While awaiting the definitive re-arrangement planned for the end of 2021, a temporary exhibition called “Open for Works” exhibits over 650 objects from the Oriental Museum (of which about 60 is considered Islamic Art) in the rooms of the Pigorini Museum.","city":"Rome","address":"Museo delle Civiltà | Museo d’arte orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”  \nPiazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Rome, Italy","website":"https://www.museodellecivilta.it/","phone":"+39 06 549521","email":"mu-civ@cultura.gov.it"},"2a23d23f-5624-56f3-828f-3db6b5689a95":{"name":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art","description":"The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City – The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.  \n  \nSince it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.  \n  \nThe Met Fifth Avenue  \n1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)  \nNew York, NY 10028  \n+1 212 535 7710  \nSunday–Thursday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nFriday and Saturday: 10:00am–9:00pm  \n  \nThe Met Breuer  \n945 Madison Avenue  \nNew York, NY 10021  \n+1 212 731 1675  \nClosed Monday  \nTuesday and Wednesday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nThursday and Friday: 10:00am–9:00pm  \nSaturday and Sunday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \n  \nThe Met Cloisters  \n99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park  \nNew York, NY 10040  \n+1 212 923 3700  \nMarch–October: 10:00am–5:15pm  \nMay 27–September 2, 2016: Open late on Fridays until 7:30pm  \nNovember–February: 10:00am–4:45pm  \n  \nAll locations closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1. The Met Fifth Avenue closed the first Monday in May.","city":"New York","address":"The Met Fifth Avenue  \n1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)  \nNew York, NY 10028  \nSunday–Thursday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nFriday and Saturday: 10:00am–9:00pm","website":"http://www.metmuseum.org","phone":"+1 212 535 7710"},"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"},"3b73a306-1129-5c8d-acba-8e34a39e132f":{"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., London WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"42fb6391-e1f6-527a-85db-f9638b02d667":{"name":"Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba","description":"The Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia (ISHCT) is a research centre for contemporary history in Tunisia. It houses a microfilm archive, audio-visual witness records, a collection of photographs and a library available on request to researchers, journalists, activists and students wishing to conduct in-depth research into the history of the colonisation and decolonisation of Tunisia. There are four research and study units (UER) bringing together historical researchers dedicated to using the different resources to improve understanding of this period of Tunisian history: UER Archives, UER Repositories of Memory and Museums, UER Oral History and UER History. Through the publication of a review (RAWAFID), conference papers, seminars and scientific meetings, memories from witnesses and document collections, ISHCT hopes to enhance the university library in line with advances in documentation and  methodology, thereby helping to stimulate research into this historical period by setting up scientific exchanges in Tunisia and abroad.","city":"Tunis","address":"Campus Universitaire de la Manouba,  \n2010 La Manouba  \nTunis  \nTunisia","phone":"+216 716 009 50","email":"ishmn@ishmn.rnu.tn"},"4326224d-7756-5104-a135-5f12f076ecb3":{"name":"Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums)","description":"Hosting many civilisations on its soil throughout the ages, Turkey can be identified as the cradle of civilisations and its culture is enriched by the ancient history of Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus, eastern Europe and the Aegean. Turkey is now among the most important cultural and touristic places in the world with its thousands of years of cultural accumulation, unique geography, intercontinental location and natural beauty. Duties and activities including promotion, preservation and the transfer of cultural heritage into the future are the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The ministry creates policies that keep abreast of contemporary socioeconomic and strategic developments occurring in the world and carries out its activities within the powers delegated by law.","city":"Ankara","address":"II. TBMM Binası Yanı  \n06110 Ulus/Ankara  \nTurkey","website":"www.kultur.gov.tr","phone":"+90 312 470 80 00","email":"kulturvalikmuze@gov.tr"},"439840b5-f533-507d-b4b8-8d7e7014db20":{"name":"Jordan National Bank Numismatic Museum","description":"The Museum was established in 1999 to display the large collection of coins collected by Dr Nayef G. Goussous, a coin collector who obtained his Ph.D. in rare and indicted Umayyad copper coins.  \n  \nThe museum has accumulated over 14,000 coins and monetary symbols, many of which are rare and some unique. The collection spans more than 2,500 years; the earliest coin dates from 600 BC while the latest is in circulation today in Jordan.  \n  \nThe museum has especially strong holdings in the coins of Decapolis, provincial Arabia and the Umayyads, in addition to Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic coins, along with coin weights, gemstones and other numismatic artefacts.  \n  \nThe museum has a specialised library containing over 1,500 books.","city":"Amman","address":"P.O.B. 3103  \n11181  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 5687090","email":"museum@ahlibank.com.jo"},"5a99ecbe-b976-5037-8760-a07c629142f6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","description":"The Kunsthistorisches Museum 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 of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are housed in the Neue Burg (i.e. 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 Kunsthistorisches Museum.  \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 Vienna","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"6440f57d-bc25-5c0f-9b16-443be2f69b2a":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.  \n  \n**Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection**  \n  \nFor some 40 years, and under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has been actively involved in assembling a notable collection of objects relating to Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and the one that lends itself most readily to artistic expression. With over 3000 objects, the Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection is now one of the largest and most important of its kind and includes major objects, many of which are unique.  \n  \nThe objects range in date from the 8th to the 20th centuries and geographically from China and India in the east to Morocco and the United Kingdom in the west. They include some 250 woven and embroidered textiles made for the two holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, seven covers for the Egyptian and Syrian *mahmal*s, Qur’ans, illustrated manuscripts, scientific instruments, coins, paintings, rare books, prints, photographs and postcards, as well as important archival material and some unique historical documents.  \n  \nGiven its size and diversity, the Collection provides a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the holy cities of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj.  \n  \nFor several years now, the material has been undergoing a thorough programme of conservation which is soon to be completed, and research in preparation for its publication in a number of volumes is well advanced. The volumes will include contributions by a number of international scholars who are leading experts in the numerous disciplines that this subject evokes.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"64c2796c-d403-5a23-958e-760dfdfdff22":{"name":"Sharjah Museums Authority","description":"The Sharjah Museums Authority was established in 2006 as an independent government department by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.  \n  \nSharjah Museums Authority includes 16 museums covering Islamic art and culture, Arab and International, modern and contemporary art, archaeology, heritage, science, marine life and the history of Sharjah and the region.  \n  \nThe museum collections featured in this project come from: the Sharjah Art Museum, opened in April 1997 and the largest art museum in the Gulf with both temporary exhibitions and permanent collections by renowned artists; the Sharjah Heritage Museum, re-opened in the Heritage Area (Heart of Sharjah) in 2012 and dedicated to highlighting Sharjah’s rich traditions, customs and culture as a source of pride and inspiration to the people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its visitors; the Sharjah Maritime Museum, first opened in the Heritage Area in early 2003 to highlight the maritime life of the UAE and – in improved and expanded form – relocated to the Al Khan area in 2009 due to the importance of the sea and its significance in the region’s heritage; and the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, opened in 2008 as the first of its kind in the UAE, featuring more than 5,000 artefacts from all over the Islamic World, arranged to celebrate Islamic Faith, Science and Technology and Art.  \n  \nThe purpose of the Sharjah Museums Authority as a whole is to deliver the highest quality of museums services for the people of the Emirate of Sharjah and all its visitors, through its facilities, exhibitions, programmes of learning, research and community outreach. Sharjah Museums Authority aims to achieve locally and internationally an understanding, appreciation and respect for Sharjah’s identity and for the value of its cultural and natural heritage.","city":"Sharjah","address":"Al-Layyeh, Sharjah  \nP.O. Box 39939  \nTurkey","website":"www.sharjahmuseums.ae/","phone":"+971 65 56 60 02","email":"info@smd.gov.ae"},"6da08597-8da7-5d02-a911-09a5273c1265":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet)**  \nBox 5428  \nNarvavägen 13–17  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955600  \n[www.historiska.se](http://www.historiska.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet)**  \nDjurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34,  \nBox 27140,  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 010 4561299  \n[www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/](http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/)  \n  \n**National Museum of Fine Arts (Nationalmuseum)**  \nBox 16176  \n103 24 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Södra Blasieholmshamnen  \nTel.: +46 8 51954300  \n[www.nationalmuseum.se](http://www.nationalmuseum.se)  \n  \n**Royal Coin Cabinet (Kungl. Myntkabinettet)**  \nSlottsbacken 6,  \nBox 5428  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955300  \n[www.myntkabinettet.se](http://www.myntkabinettet.se)  \n  \n**Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren)**  \nSlottsbacken 3,  \n111 30 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 8 4023000  \n[www.lrk.lsh.se](http://www.lrk.lsh.se)  \n  \n**National Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska museet)**  \nBox 27131  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24  \nTel.: +46 8 51954900  \n[www.sjohistoriska.se](http://www.sjohistoriska.se)  \n  \n**Army Museum (Armémuseum)**  \nBox 14095,  \n104 41 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Riddargatan 13  \nTel.: +46 8 51956310  \n[www.sfhm.se](http://www.sfhm.se)  \n  \n**Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet)**  \nFyrverkarbacken 13,  \nBox 12541,  \n102 29 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 010 4767000  \n[www.riksarkivet.se](http://www.riksarkivet.se)  \n  \n**Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska Museet)**  \nHamngatan 4,  \n111 47 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 4023099  \n[http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se](http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Cultural History**  \nBox 1095  \n221 04 Lund  \nAddress for visitors:  \nTegnérsplatsen  \n223 50 Lund  \nTel.: +46 046 350400  \n[www.kulturen.com](http://www.kulturen.com)  \n  \n**Uppsala University Library**  \nBox 510,  \n751 20 Uppsala  \nAddress for visitors: Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1  \nTel.: +46 18 4713900  \n[www.ub.uu.se](http://www.ub.uu.se)"},"869f6729-a0ed-56b2-a24b-3c19813a3082":{"name":"National Library of France","description":"The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, National Library of France) holds heritage assets collected over the last 500 years through legal deposit and an active policy of acquisitions: 14 million books and printed items, periodicals, manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps and plans, sheet music, coins, medals, audio documents, video, multimedia documents, sets and costumes. Its archives grow by around 150,000 items per year, covering the full range of intellectual, artistic and scientific disciplines.  \n  \nIt conserves, analyses, classifies and organises these treasures in order to make them available to the public, for research or general knowledge purposes.  \n  \nIt publicises them by organising exhibitions, conferences, talks and publishing works.  \n  \nIn addition to its reading rooms, which welcome more than 940,000 people every year, the BnF provides access to more than 1.5 million documents via the Gallica digital library.  \n  \nIt is also at the heart of the national network for cooperation between libraries, and it runs an international exchange and cooperation scheme.  \n  \nA dynamic institution that is open to the challenges of the future, BnF is developing projects to give it a new dimension, thereby helping to increase its influence and its leading role in taking on the major cultural challenges of tomorrow: the legal deposit of Internet documents, the development of on-line digital libraries (Gallica and its upgrade Gallica 2) and the mass digitisation of its collections.","city":"Paris","address":"Quai François-Mauriac  \n75706 Paris Cedex 13  \nFrance","website":"http://www.bnf.fr/","phone":"+33 (0)1 537 959 59"},"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"},"8a41ae85-1217-5a1f-a8f2-68da1d74234d":{"name":"National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art","description":"The National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art is the oldest museum in Algeria and Africa. The collection was set up in 1835, five years after the French occupation, by the then Governor General Marshal Clauzel who appointed Adrien Berbrugger as its first curator. From 1838 onward, the early museum hosted pieces, of Algerian provenance, from Antiquity up until the Ottoman periods. Between 1838 and 1896, this early museum occupied different places of the lower Casbah, before settling in a beautiful park located on the heights of Mustapha Pasha - now known as the Park of Liberty - where it was officially inaugurated in 1897.  \n  \nSince then these two divisions of the museum’s collection, Antiquity and Islamic, have continued to grow. This collection makes it possible to exhibit the history of Algeria from its Libyan-Punic era through to the 20th century. The objects are displayed in two separate buildings: one houses the pre-Islamic collection whilst the other houses the collection of Islamic art, which was inaugurated in May 2003.  \n  \nThe ancient collection is very rich and includes collections of mosaics, sculptures, Libyan and Latin inscriptions, coins and medals, bronze, ivory, bone, ceramics and wooden objects.  \n  \nThe Islamic section was formed from the first collection of 1854, which included Algerian and Oriental objects. It has gradually been enriched by pieces uncovered through archaeological excavations carried throughout the country. This wide-ranging collection includes sculpted plasterboard from 10th century Sedrata, marble or plaster sculptures of the 11th century Qal'a of Beni Hammad as well as the chairs of the 11th century Almoravid mosques in Algiers and the 12th century mosque of Nedroma.  \n  \nThe furniture arts of North Africa is also widely represented in this museum. Shop windows contain Ottoman-era embroidery, clothing, ceramics, weapons, jewellery, chiselled brass and worked repoussé that comes from the urban centres as well as rural areas. Manuscripts and miniatures complete the collection.  \n  \nThe museum’s numismatic collection is exhibited in a reading room that was inaugurated in May 2006.","city":"Algiers","address":"177, bd Krim-Belkacem, Parc de la Liberté  \nAlgiers, Algeria","website":"https://m-culture.gov.dz/index.php/fr/mus%C3%A9es","phone":"+213 0 21 68 11 29","email":"museemna@musee-antiquites.art.dz"},"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"},"8ea7243d-fe8e-5011-a9ca-75ebd26660ac":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Cultural Heritage","description":"The Directorate of Cultural Heritage is part of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to ensure the protection, conservation, restoration, maintenance and promotion of the architectural, archaeological and ethnographic heritage. It is also in charge of the country’s museums and its various artistic treasures.","city":"Rabat","address":"Avenue Michlifen, 17  \nAgdal, Rabat  \nMorocco","website":"www.minculture.gov.ma","phone":"+212 537 274 001 / 03"},"92402cc0-9a0d-5f5e-a47f-8d33edfa26a5":{"name":"No Partner","description":"Our Collection includes some items that were contributed by private persons, with no Partner institution involved."},"9430e534-166d-564f-9847-926b347ec975":{"name":"MIBACT | State Archives of Livorno","description":"In Italy, there are 101 State Archives (Archivi di Stato), one in the capital of each province. In addition to state documents from the early medieval period to the present, the State Archives also hold notarial archives older than 100 years and the archives of suppressed ecclesiastical bodies or religious corporations whose property was confiscated by the state. State Archives may also accept the custody of private archives (belonging to individuals, families, firms, associations etc.) and the records of public bodies.  \n  \nThe archival heritage is constantly growing and the material hold in the Italian State Archives as a whole occupies over 1,500 km (about 1,000 miles) in linear measurement, including 1.5 million parchments.  \n  \nThe State Archives are branches of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.","city":"Livorno","address":"Palazzo del Governo  \nVia Fiume, 40  \n57123 Livorno  \nItaly","website":"www.aslivorno.beniculturali.it","phone":"+39 0586 897776; 0586 880028","email":"as-li@beniculturali.it"},"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"},"95483cda-d367-5af3-ad0e-2779b97409cb":{"name":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah","description":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) is a cultural organisation based on a Kuwaiti private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, founder of The al-Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.  \n  \nEstablished in 1983, DAI was created to manage The al-Sabah Collection, an esteemed collection of Islamic art on permanent loan to the State of Kuwait under the auspices of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. The collection preserves and presents all aspects of Islamic art and includes more than 20,000 pieces extending from Spain to China, from the 1st – 13th centuries AH/7th – 19th centuries AD.  \n  \nSince its inception, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation to an internationally recognised cultural organisation. DAI’s main activities include:  \n  \n• An annual Cultural Season (lectures, music concerts, forum, workshops, children’s programme, quarterly magazine/journal, quarterly newsletter, cultural expeditions)  \n• Travelling exhibitions and loans  \n• Conservation training programmes  \n• Research and excavation projects  \n  \nWith a highly specialised library, DAI is also involved in the publication of scholarly books on Islamic art and culture.  \n  \nWhile the rehabilitation project of DAI’s buildings at the Kuwait National Museum is underway, the Amricani Cultural Centre is the temporary home of DAI. The Amricani Cultural Centre is the ground for most of the organization’s activities and events, including local temporary exhibitions and DAI’s cultural season events.","city":"Kuwait City","address":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah  \nAmricani Cultural Centre  \nP.O. BOX: 23996 Safat 13100 Kuwait","website":"https://daralatharalislamiyyah.com/en/home-page-en/","phone":"+965 2240 0992","email":"info@darmuseumkw.org"},"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"},"ade41604-f524-5e89-9783-ad827a3b4e8f":{"name":"Cerrahpaşa Medical History Museum","description":"During the 1893 cholera epidemic in Istanbul, Takiyeddin Paşa Konağı (Mansion of Takiyeddin Pasha) in Cerrahpaşa district was purchased by the municipality and turned into a cholera hospital to treat and isolate patients. In 2005, the building opened as Cerrahpaşa Medical History Museum. Most of the objects exhibited date to the late Ottoman and early Republican period. The collection includes Turkish medical manuscripts, plant pictures copied from old plant books and copies of Ottoman and Seljuq miniatures documenting the historical development of Turkish medical history. There is a collection of apparatus, instruments and tools used for medical education, photographs of education, research and diagnostic laboratories where these materials were used, and drawings, portraits, edicts, insignia and badges.  \n  \n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_  \n  \nThe Museum is currently closed for restoration (March 2019).","city":"Istanbul","address":"Tıp Tarihi Müze Müdürlüğü Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi  \nYerleşkesi Kocamustafapaşa Caddesi, 53  \nFatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey  \n  \nCerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi  \nKocamustafapaşa Caddesi, 53  \n34098 Cerrahpaşa  \nFatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey","phone":"+90 212 414 30 00","email":"ctfmuze@istanbul.edu.tr"},"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"},"b01aedf8-4844-5526-8c45-e7dc4bd7a559":{"name":"Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation","description":"The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation aims to display, interpret, research and further develop the museum's collections for a wide range of local, national and international audiences, and to stimulate knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of Islamic art, history, science and culture.  \n  \nThe magnificent building that houses the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation first opened in 1987 as the Souq al-Majarrah and quickly became a popular landmark, both among the people of Sharjah themselves and visiting tourists. The building was only the second of its kind in the Gulf region, after Sharjah’s “’New”’ or “Central’’ Souq constructed in 1977, to use traditional, Arab-Islamic design elements in its ground-plan and décor. The building with its impressive architecture and attractive design features was subsequently renovated and reopened in 2008 as the Museum of Islamic Civilisation. Its most outstanding feature is its majestic, gilt central dome, decorated on the inside with an intricate mosaic depicting the night sky and the signs of the zodiac.  \n  \nThe building now transformed into a state-of-the art cultural venue, the new **Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation**, houses more than five thousand exquisite Islamic artefacts from all over the Islamic World, arranged according to themes over seven spacious galleries and display areas.  \n  \nOn the ground floor you can visit the **Abu Bakr Gallery of Islamic Faith**, the **Ibn al Haitham Gallery of Islamic Science and Innovation**, a prominent display of **Islamic Coinage**, and the **Al Majarrah Gallery for temporary exhibitions** which is scheduled to hold regular exhibitions of international standing.  \n  \nThe entire first floor of the **Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation** is devoted to **Islamic Art**. Four spacious galleries take the visitor on a journey of artistic discovery which starts in the early Islamic period and leads all the way to modern times. Start your explorations with a visit to our state-of-the-art audiovisual show. Enjoy stunning images from all over the Muslim world and learn about the artistic achievements of its calligraphers and artisans.","city":"Sharjah","address":"Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, Corniche Road, Al Majarrah Area, Sharjah.  \nPostal address: P.O.BOX 39939, Sharjah.","website":"https://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/","phone":"+97165655455","email":"info@islamicmuseum.ae"},"b4586981-2102-51f3-a3a7-5094a3b23509":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghreb Bank**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**National Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Badi Palace**  \nMarrakesh, Morocco  \n  \n**Royal Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Ethnographic Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Archeological Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Museum of Ceramics**  \nSalé, Morocco  \n  \n**Kasbah Museum**  \nTangiers, Morocco","city":"Rabat, Marrakech, Tetouan, Salé, Tangiers"},"b7d617eb-89f8-58d6-bf7b-c3fef44a8efb":{"name":"Vista Alegre Museum","description":"Set in a former workshop of the Vista Alegre porcelain factory the mission of the Vista Alegre Museum is to preserve, interpret and promote the cultural heritage of the factory. In its rooms can be seen porcelain and glass, documents and photographs that tell fascinating histories of an industry, covering its human, cultural and technological heritage.","city":"Ílhavo","address":"Vista Alegre  \n3830-392 Ílhavo  \nPortugal","website":"http://www.myvistaalegre.com/int/t/vaa_VisiteMuseudaVistaAlegre_MissaoeObjetivos-1","phone":"+351 234 320 885; 234 320 600","email":"centro.visitas.va@vaa.pt"},"b9d4d5c0-eec7-520a-a392-d3dac5d50347":{"name":"Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress","description":"Tiraz is the home of the most complete collection of Palestinian, Jordanian, and other Arab costumes from the 19th and 20th centuries, with over 2000 costumes and weavings. It is a Jordan-based institution dedicated to preserving the Widad Kawar Collection and promoting the vibrant cultural heritage of Palestine, Jordan, and wider Arab living traditions.","city":"Amman","address":"19 Riad Mufleh Street  \nAmman  \nJordan","website":"http://tirazcentre.org/","phone":"+962 77 672 7209","email":"info@tirazcentre.org"},"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"},"d077cb9e-6c63-5943-b0b0-ef3de9ccf2af":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"dc1c7f07-b903-5bd2-bf64-bf760b8a5dca":{"name":"Bibliotheca Alexandrina","description":"The objective of the new library remains the same as that of the old library: to act as a public research library and to support the people of the Arab world and the Middle East to retain their long-standing position as scholars and researchers in different fields of science.  \n  \nThe Library of Alexandria provides more than a library. In addition to the usual library facilities, the Library also contains other cultural and educational functions including a planetarium, several museums, an Internet archive, an audio-visual library, a school for information science, and conservation facilities. A Young Person’s Library is available for younger students and visitors. In addition to this, a new conference centre is linked to an existing auditorium on the site, making the Library a centrepiece for both learning and debate.  \n  \nToday, the Library of Alexandria is receiving about 1.5 million visitors a year. Its webcast service provides live and archived access to all the conferences, lectures and presentations taking place at the Library.","city":"Alexandria","address":"PO Box 138  \nChatby 21526  \nAlexandria  \nEgypt","website":"www.bibalex.org","phone":"+20 3 4839999"},"e0e750b1-944e-5ed9-b290-6a31c17d5cff":{"name":"Numismatic Museum (Ahli Bank)","description":"The Numismatic Museum of Jordan Ahli Bank was established in 1999, securing Dr. Nayef G. Goussous’ knowledge and expertise as its curator, and ensuring the continuity and preservation of the collection and its passing on to future generation.  \n  \nThe bank museum is the first of its kind in the country, with collections numbering well over 40,000 coins. The ideals of the collector and the wisdom and generosity of a banking institution come together to produce an excellent educational legacy beneficial to society.  \n  \nThe Jordan Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum is a specialised museum containing coin collections spanning nearly 2,500 years, the earliest dating back to 600 BC and the latest coming from recent commemorative issues. The museum boasts one of the best Umayyad copper coin collections in the world, published in Dr Goussous’ *Rare and Inedited Copper Umayyad Coins* (2004). In addition, the museum has an outstanding collection of Mesopotamian, Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic weights. Furthermore, the museum has extensive collections of Nabataean coins and from Decapolis and provincial Arabia, many of which are still unpublished.  \n  \nThere are more than 4,500 coins and artefacts displayed in 25 cabinets. The museum is open to the public. The visitors can enjoy seeing the collections and learning about their history from the coins. The specialist certainly benefits from the coin collections and the library, with many graduate college students and numismatists regularly visiting the museum where they are welcomed and assisted.  \n  \nThere is continuing academic work on unpublished coins numbering well over 1,200 coins. Two volumes of rare and unpublished coins, dated to Ancient, Classical and Nabataen periods as well as Islamic periods, from the museum collection are in press.","city":"Amman","address":"Shmeisani – Queen Nour st.  \n11181 Amman  \nP.O. Box 3103  \nJordan","website":"https://ahli.com/the-numismatic-museum/","phone":"+962 6 5687090"},"e2017a20-f96c-568e-bb88-af8f8335d94a":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.  \n  \n**Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection**  \n  \nFor some 40 years, and under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has been actively involved in assembling a notable collection of objects relating to Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and the one that lends itself most readily to artistic expression. With over 3000 objects, the Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection is now one of the largest and most important of its kind and includes major objects, many of which are unique.  \n  \nThe objects range in date from the 8th to the 20th centuries and geographically from China and India in the east to Morocco and the United Kingdom in the west. They include some 250 woven and embroidered textiles made for the two holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, seven covers for the Egyptian and Syrian *mahmal*s, Qur’ans, illustrated manuscripts, scientific instruments, coins, paintings, rare books, prints, photographs and postcards, as well as important archival material and some unique historical documents.  \n  \nGiven its size and diversity, the Collection provides a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the holy cities of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj.  \n  \nFor several years now, the material has been undergoing a thorough programme of conservation which is soon to be completed, and research in preparation for its publication in a number of volumes is well advanced. The volumes will include contributions by a number of international scholars who are leading experts in the numerous disciplines that this subject evokes.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"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"},"f0c1b6b9-8198-5a97-9aea-8ebedfa90ca3":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art","description":"At the order of Khedive Ismail Pasha in 1880 the collection of archaeological rarities from the Islamic era was begun in the mosque of Al- Hakim. The Council for the Preservation of Arab Antiquities, created in 1881 in association with the Ministry of Awqaf, supervised the House of Arab Antiquities, as it was then known, until 1930 when the museum was taken into the Ministry of Education.  \n  \nThe museum acquired only from mosques and public buildings in its first 20 years. Then it undertook its first excavation in 1910 in the vicinity of Doronka in Upper Egypt and a second excavation south of Cairo uncovering a section of the city of Fustat (first Islamic capital of Egypt).  \n  \nThe museum acquired many items through donations. King Fu’ad I gave a valuable collection of textiles, scales and seals as did King Farouk, Amir Muhammad Ali and Amir Yusuf Kamal. Amir Kamal al-Din Hussein, Yakub Artin Pasha and Ali Ibrahim Pasha also donated complete collections.  \n  \nThe collections, amounting to 7082 artefacts, were transferred to their current building, when the present museum was inaugurated in December 1903. In 1952, the name of the museum was changed to the ‘Museum of Islamic Art’ to reflect the scope of the collection: objects produced in the Islamic world and dating from the beginning of the Islamic era (AD 7th century) to the end of the AD 19th century. The number of recorded objects has now reached 103,000.  \n  \nThe collections include enamelled glass lamps, Egyptian ceramics and a rare collection of filigree waterpot filters of unpainted earthenware renowned for their lacework designs. There are also collections of woodwork, textiles and stones with inscriptions, while the collection of carpets is considered to be one of the greatest of its kind. Collections of scientific instruments display the extent to which Islamic civilisation has contributed to knowledge in many different fields. There is also an extraordinary collection of seals, weights, measures, gold, silver and copper coins.  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art, having one of the most comprehensive and complete Islamic art collections in the world continues to develop and expand its collections and to modernise the building with its 25 halls, facilities and archaeological garden.","city":"Cairo","website":"https://www.miaegypt.org/","phone":"+20 2 2390 1520"},"f5c11bd8-33ca-5552-a5d9-8437afd6ee27":{"name":"The Lebanese University","description":"The Lebanese University is the only public institution for higher learning in Lebanon. The university has 17 faculties across Lebanon and serves various cultural, religious and social groups of students and teachers.  \n  \nThe independent university enjoys administrative, academic and financial freedom. Among its educational goals are creating a unique mix of cultures and providing the basic and essential education to allow students to enter various professions.  \n  \nIn spite of the crisis in the region that has existed since 1975, leaving wounds and tragedies, the Lebanese University has remained the national home of science. Rivalling the most prestigious universities in Lebanon and abroad, and leading the process of human development that spread all over the country, its graduates became ambassadors of Lebanon in all the corners of the earth.  \n  \nOur university respects the national demand for academic freedom, which has become a right of scholars and specialists, based on laws and international conventions and regional organisations and sometimes more, applying the important rules of human rights: the right of learning and seeking knowledge with higher education and participation in international projects to develop academic programmes and exchange of research.The university has maintained the quality of higher education, although we seek more contact with the spirit of this modern age and its promising accomplishments by increasing relations and agreements with other universities and institutions all over the world. In spite of the political pressures on the people of the university and attempts to split them into factions, the majority of them have remained faithful to the spirit of the national organisation and the struggles of the early pioneers who insisted on building the edifice of national higher education, in the framework of the values of freedom and justice.","city":"Beirut","address":"Central Administration, Museum, Beirut  \n  \nPostal address: P.O. Box 6573/14 Badaro, Museum  \nBeirut  \nLebanon","website":"http://www.ul.edu.lb/","phone":"+961 1 612830; 1 612831","email":"ibady@ul.edu.lb"},"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"}}
+{"2970af60-fdee-5b70-8e87-7b8865a0c88d":{"name":"Museum of Civilisations | Museum of Oriental Art","description":"The ‘Giuseppe Tucci’ Museum of Oriental Art opened to the public in 1958 and houses finds from several Italian archaeological missions conducted in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. As well as this are numerous objects purchased on the antique market, particularly those by Giuseppe Tucci during his voyages in Nepal and Tibet between 1928 and 1954.  \n  \nThe museum’s Islamic wing includes a rich collection of objects sourced from both archaeological excavations and private purchases. The provenance of the collection is wide-ranging including the items from the geographical territories that now make up the countries of Spain, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and India. Chronologically the material covers an extensive period from the 8th to 19th centuries CE. The collection is arranged along different classes of production including; ceramics, metal works, miniatures, manuscripts, numismatics, jewellery, textile art, glass, arms & armour and wood.  \n  \nOf particular importance is the collection of archaeological finds from the palace of the Ghaznavid Sultan, Mas’ud III (1099-1115 CE) in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The archaeology of the site and its associated finds was brought to light by excavations conducted by the Archaeological Mission of the IsMEO (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente) in the 1960’s. These consist mainly of elements of architectural decorations in brick and marble, marble funerary stones, ceramics and metals.  \n  \nThe museum's collection of Persian objects can be dated from the 8th to the 19th centuries. Ceramics from the Samanid (9th- 10th century) and Seljuk (11th -12th century) periods are well represented in the Museum collections. Ilkhanid period ceramics (13th -14th century), known for their use of ‘lajvardina’ glaze technique is also visible in the collections. The majority of metal objects within the Islamic collection stem from the Khorasan region of Eastern Iran and Western Afghanistan, a well-known historic centre for metallurgical production.  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \n  \nSince September 2016, the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome has merged into the new Museum of Civilisation, definitively closing in October 2017 for the transfer to its new headquarters in the Palazzo delle Scienze. While awaiting the definitive re-arrangement planned for the end of 2021, a temporary exhibition called “Open for Works” exhibits over 650 objects from the Oriental Museum (of which about 60 is considered Islamic Art) in the rooms of the Pigorini Museum.","city":"Rome","address":"Museo delle Civiltà | Museo d’arte orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”  \nPiazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Rome, Italy","website":"https://www.museodellecivilta.it/","phone":"+39 06 549521","fax":"+39 06 54952310","email":"mu-civ@cultura.gov.it"},"2a23d23f-5624-56f3-828f-3db6b5689a95":{"name":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art","description":"The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City – The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.  \n  \nSince it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.  \n  \nThe Met Fifth Avenue  \n1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)  \nNew York, NY 10028  \n+1 212 535 7710  \nSunday–Thursday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nFriday and Saturday: 10:00am–9:00pm  \n  \nThe Met Breuer  \n945 Madison Avenue  \nNew York, NY 10021  \n+1 212 731 1675  \nClosed Monday  \nTuesday and Wednesday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nThursday and Friday: 10:00am–9:00pm  \nSaturday and Sunday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \n  \nThe Met Cloisters  \n99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park  \nNew York, NY 10040  \n+1 212 923 3700  \nMarch–October: 10:00am–5:15pm  \nMay 27–September 2, 2016: Open late on Fridays until 7:30pm  \nNovember–February: 10:00am–4:45pm  \n  \nAll locations closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1. The Met Fifth Avenue closed the first Monday in May.","city":"New York","address":"The Met Fifth Avenue  \n1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)  \nNew York, NY 10028  \nSunday–Thursday: 10:00am–5:30pm  \nFriday and Saturday: 10:00am–9:00pm","website":"http://www.metmuseum.org","phone":"+1 212 535 7710"},"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"},"3b73a306-1129-5c8d-acba-8e34a39e132f":{"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., London WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","fax":"+44 20 7323 8616","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"42fb6391-e1f6-527a-85db-f9638b02d667":{"name":"Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba","description":"The Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia (ISHCT) is a research centre for contemporary history in Tunisia. It houses a microfilm archive, audio-visual witness records, a collection of photographs and a library available on request to researchers, journalists, activists and students wishing to conduct in-depth research into the history of the colonisation and decolonisation of Tunisia. There are four research and study units (UER) bringing together historical researchers dedicated to using the different resources to improve understanding of this period of Tunisian history: UER Archives, UER Repositories of Memory and Museums, UER Oral History and UER History. Through the publication of a review (RAWAFID), conference papers, seminars and scientific meetings, memories from witnesses and document collections, ISHCT hopes to enhance the university library in line with advances in documentation and  methodology, thereby helping to stimulate research into this historical period by setting up scientific exchanges in Tunisia and abroad.","city":"Tunis","address":"Campus Universitaire de la Manouba,  \n2010 La Manouba  \nTunis  \nTunisia","phone":"+216 716 009 50","fax":"+216 716 002 77","email":"ishmn@ishmn.rnu.tn"},"4326224d-7756-5104-a135-5f12f076ecb3":{"name":"Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums)","description":"Hosting many civilisations on its soil throughout the ages, Turkey can be identified as the cradle of civilisations and its culture is enriched by the ancient history of Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus, eastern Europe and the Aegean. Turkey is now among the most important cultural and touristic places in the world with its thousands of years of cultural accumulation, unique geography, intercontinental location and natural beauty. Duties and activities including promotion, preservation and the transfer of cultural heritage into the future are the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The ministry creates policies that keep abreast of contemporary socioeconomic and strategic developments occurring in the world and carries out its activities within the powers delegated by law.","city":"Ankara","address":"II. TBMM Binası Yanı  \n06110 Ulus/Ankara  \nTurkey","website":"www.kultur.gov.tr","phone":"+90 312 470 80 00","fax":"+90 312 470 65 32","email":"kulturvalikmuze@gov.tr"},"439840b5-f533-507d-b4b8-8d7e7014db20":{"name":"Jordan National Bank Numismatic Museum","description":"The Museum was established in 1999 to display the large collection of coins collected by Dr Nayef G. Goussous, a coin collector who obtained his Ph.D. in rare and indicted Umayyad copper coins.  \n  \nThe museum has accumulated over 14,000 coins and monetary symbols, many of which are rare and some unique. The collection spans more than 2,500 years; the earliest coin dates from 600 BC while the latest is in circulation today in Jordan.  \n  \nThe museum has especially strong holdings in the coins of Decapolis, provincial Arabia and the Umayyads, in addition to Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic coins, along with coin weights, gemstones and other numismatic artefacts.  \n  \nThe museum has a specialised library containing over 1,500 books.","city":"Amman","address":"P.O.B. 3103  \n11181  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 5687090","fax":"+962 6 5685848","email":"museum@ahlibank.com.jo"},"5a99ecbe-b976-5037-8760-a07c629142f6":{"name":"Kunsthistorisches Museum","description":"The Kunsthistorisches Museum 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 of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are housed in the Neue Burg (i.e. 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 Kunsthistorisches Museum.  \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 Vienna","website":"http://www.khm.at/","phone":"+43 1 525 24-0","email":"info@khm.at"},"6440f57d-bc25-5c0f-9b16-443be2f69b2a":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.  \n  \n**Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection**  \n  \nFor some 40 years, and under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has been actively involved in assembling a notable collection of objects relating to Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and the one that lends itself most readily to artistic expression. With over 3000 objects, the Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection is now one of the largest and most important of its kind and includes major objects, many of which are unique.  \n  \nThe objects range in date from the 8th to the 20th centuries and geographically from China and India in the east to Morocco and the United Kingdom in the west. They include some 250 woven and embroidered textiles made for the two holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, seven covers for the Egyptian and Syrian *mahmal*s, Qur’ans, illustrated manuscripts, scientific instruments, coins, paintings, rare books, prints, photographs and postcards, as well as important archival material and some unique historical documents.  \n  \nGiven its size and diversity, the Collection provides a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the holy cities of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj.  \n  \nFor several years now, the material has been undergoing a thorough programme of conservation which is soon to be completed, and research in preparation for its publication in a number of volumes is well advanced. The volumes will include contributions by a number of international scholars who are leading experts in the numerous disciplines that this subject evokes.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"64c2796c-d403-5a23-958e-760dfdfdff22":{"name":"Sharjah Museums Authority","description":"The Sharjah Museums Authority was established in 2006 as an independent government department by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.  \n  \nSharjah Museums Authority includes 16 museums covering Islamic art and culture, Arab and International, modern and contemporary art, archaeology, heritage, science, marine life and the history of Sharjah and the region.  \n  \nThe museum collections featured in this project come from: the Sharjah Art Museum, opened in April 1997 and the largest art museum in the Gulf with both temporary exhibitions and permanent collections by renowned artists; the Sharjah Heritage Museum, re-opened in the Heritage Area (Heart of Sharjah) in 2012 and dedicated to highlighting Sharjah’s rich traditions, customs and culture as a source of pride and inspiration to the people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its visitors; the Sharjah Maritime Museum, first opened in the Heritage Area in early 2003 to highlight the maritime life of the UAE and – in improved and expanded form – relocated to the Al Khan area in 2009 due to the importance of the sea and its significance in the region’s heritage; and the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, opened in 2008 as the first of its kind in the UAE, featuring more than 5,000 artefacts from all over the Islamic World, arranged to celebrate Islamic Faith, Science and Technology and Art.  \n  \nThe purpose of the Sharjah Museums Authority as a whole is to deliver the highest quality of museums services for the people of the Emirate of Sharjah and all its visitors, through its facilities, exhibitions, programmes of learning, research and community outreach. Sharjah Museums Authority aims to achieve locally and internationally an understanding, appreciation and respect for Sharjah’s identity and for the value of its cultural and natural heritage.","city":"Sharjah","address":"Al-Layyeh, Sharjah  \nP.O. Box 39939  \nTurkey","website":"www.sharjahmuseums.ae/","phone":"+971 65 56 60 02","fax":"+971 65 56 60 03","email":"info@smd.gov.ae"},"6da08597-8da7-5d02-a911-09a5273c1265":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet)**  \nBox 5428  \nNarvavägen 13–17  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955600  \n[www.historiska.se](http://www.historiska.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet)**  \nDjurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34,  \nBox 27140,  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 010 4561299  \n[www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/](http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/)  \n  \n**National Museum of Fine Arts (Nationalmuseum)**  \nBox 16176  \n103 24 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Södra Blasieholmshamnen  \nTel.: +46 8 51954300  \n[www.nationalmuseum.se](http://www.nationalmuseum.se)  \n  \n**Royal Coin Cabinet (Kungl. Myntkabinettet)**  \nSlottsbacken 6,  \nBox 5428  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955300  \n[www.myntkabinettet.se](http://www.myntkabinettet.se)  \n  \n**Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren)**  \nSlottsbacken 3,  \n111 30 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 8 4023000  \n[www.lrk.lsh.se](http://www.lrk.lsh.se)  \n  \n**National Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska museet)**  \nBox 27131  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24  \nTel.: +46 8 51954900  \n[www.sjohistoriska.se](http://www.sjohistoriska.se)  \n  \n**Army Museum (Armémuseum)**  \nBox 14095,  \n104 41 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Riddargatan 13  \nTel.: +46 8 51956310  \n[www.sfhm.se](http://www.sfhm.se)  \n  \n**Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet)**  \nFyrverkarbacken 13,  \nBox 12541,  \n102 29 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 010 4767000  \n[www.riksarkivet.se](http://www.riksarkivet.se)  \n  \n**Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska Museet)**  \nHamngatan 4,  \n111 47 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 4023099  \n[http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se](http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Cultural History**  \nBox 1095  \n221 04 Lund  \nAddress for visitors:  \nTegnérsplatsen  \n223 50 Lund  \nTel.: +46 046 350400  \n[www.kulturen.com](http://www.kulturen.com)  \n  \n**Uppsala University Library**  \nBox 510,  \n751 20 Uppsala  \nAddress for visitors: Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1  \nTel.: +46 18 4713900  \n[www.ub.uu.se](http://www.ub.uu.se)"},"869f6729-a0ed-56b2-a24b-3c19813a3082":{"name":"National Library of France","description":"The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, National Library of France) holds heritage assets collected over the last 500 years through legal deposit and an active policy of acquisitions: 14 million books and printed items, periodicals, manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps and plans, sheet music, coins, medals, audio documents, video, multimedia documents, sets and costumes. Its archives grow by around 150,000 items per year, covering the full range of intellectual, artistic and scientific disciplines.  \n  \nIt conserves, analyses, classifies and organises these treasures in order to make them available to the public, for research or general knowledge purposes.  \n  \nIt publicises them by organising exhibitions, conferences, talks and publishing works.  \n  \nIn addition to its reading rooms, which welcome more than 940,000 people every year, the BnF provides access to more than 1.5 million documents via the Gallica digital library.  \n  \nIt is also at the heart of the national network for cooperation between libraries, and it runs an international exchange and cooperation scheme.  \n  \nA dynamic institution that is open to the challenges of the future, BnF is developing projects to give it a new dimension, thereby helping to increase its influence and its leading role in taking on the major cultural challenges of tomorrow: the legal deposit of Internet documents, the development of on-line digital libraries (Gallica and its upgrade Gallica 2) and the mass digitisation of its collections.","city":"Paris","address":"Quai François-Mauriac  \n75706 Paris Cedex 13  \nFrance","website":"http://www.bnf.fr/","phone":"+33 (0)1 537 959 59"},"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"},"8a41ae85-1217-5a1f-a8f2-68da1d74234d":{"name":"National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art","description":"The National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art is the oldest museum in Algeria and Africa. The collection was set up in 1835, five years after the French occupation, by the then Governor General Marshal Clauzel who appointed Adrien Berbrugger as its first curator. From 1838 onward, the early museum hosted pieces, of Algerian provenance, from Antiquity up until the Ottoman periods. Between 1838 and 1896, this early museum occupied different places of the lower Casbah, before settling in a beautiful park located on the heights of Mustapha Pasha - now known as the Park of Liberty - where it was officially inaugurated in 1897.  \n  \nSince then these two divisions of the museum’s collection, Antiquity and Islamic, have continued to grow. This collection makes it possible to exhibit the history of Algeria from its Libyan-Punic era through to the 20th century. The objects are displayed in two separate buildings: one houses the pre-Islamic collection whilst the other houses the collection of Islamic art, which was inaugurated in May 2003.  \n  \nThe ancient collection is very rich and includes collections of mosaics, sculptures, Libyan and Latin inscriptions, coins and medals, bronze, ivory, bone, ceramics and wooden objects.  \n  \nThe Islamic section was formed from the first collection of 1854, which included Algerian and Oriental objects. It has gradually been enriched by pieces uncovered through archaeological excavations carried throughout the country. This wide-ranging collection includes sculpted plasterboard from 10th century Sedrata, marble or plaster sculptures of the 11th century Qal'a of Beni Hammad as well as the chairs of the 11th century Almoravid mosques in Algiers and the 12th century mosque of Nedroma.  \n  \nThe furniture arts of North Africa is also widely represented in this museum. Shop windows contain Ottoman-era embroidery, clothing, ceramics, weapons, jewellery, chiselled brass and worked repoussé that comes from the urban centres as well as rural areas. Manuscripts and miniatures complete the collection.  \n  \nThe museum’s numismatic collection is exhibited in a reading room that was inaugurated in May 2006.","city":"Algiers","address":"177, bd Krim-Belkacem, Parc de la Liberté  \nAlgiers, Algeria","website":"https://m-culture.gov.dz/index.php/fr/mus%C3%A9es","phone":"+213 0 21 68 11 29","fax":"+213 0 21 68 12 56","email":"museemna@musee-antiquites.art.dz"},"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"},"8ea7243d-fe8e-5011-a9ca-75ebd26660ac":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Cultural Heritage","description":"The Directorate of Cultural Heritage is part of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to ensure the protection, conservation, restoration, maintenance and promotion of the architectural, archaeological and ethnographic heritage. It is also in charge of the country’s museums and its various artistic treasures.","city":"Rabat","address":"Avenue Michlifen, 17  \nAgdal, Rabat  \nMorocco","website":"www.minculture.gov.ma","phone":"+212 537 274 001 / 03","fax":"+212 537 274 002"},"92402cc0-9a0d-5f5e-a47f-8d33edfa26a5":{"name":"No Partner","description":"Our Collection includes some items that were contributed by private persons, with no Partner institution involved."},"9430e534-166d-564f-9847-926b347ec975":{"name":"MIBACT | State Archives of Livorno","description":"In Italy, there are 101 State Archives (Archivi di Stato), one in the capital of each province. In addition to state documents from the early medieval period to the present, the State Archives also hold notarial archives older than 100 years and the archives of suppressed ecclesiastical bodies or religious corporations whose property was confiscated by the state. State Archives may also accept the custody of private archives (belonging to individuals, families, firms, associations etc.) and the records of public bodies.  \n  \nThe archival heritage is constantly growing and the material hold in the Italian State Archives as a whole occupies over 1,500 km (about 1,000 miles) in linear measurement, including 1.5 million parchments.  \n  \nThe State Archives are branches of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.","city":"Livorno","address":"Palazzo del Governo  \nVia Fiume, 40  \n57123 Livorno  \nItaly","website":"www.aslivorno.beniculturali.it","phone":"+39 0586 897776; 0586 880028","fax":"+39 0586 896782","email":"as-li@beniculturali.it"},"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"},"95483cda-d367-5af3-ad0e-2779b97409cb":{"name":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah","description":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) is a cultural organisation based on a Kuwaiti private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, founder of The al-Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.  \n  \nEstablished in 1983, DAI was created to manage The al-Sabah Collection, an esteemed collection of Islamic art on permanent loan to the State of Kuwait under the auspices of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. The collection preserves and presents all aspects of Islamic art and includes more than 20,000 pieces extending from Spain to China, from the 1st – 13th centuries AH/7th – 19th centuries AD.  \n  \nSince its inception, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation to an internationally recognised cultural organisation. DAI’s main activities include:  \n  \n• An annual Cultural Season (lectures, music concerts, forum, workshops, children’s programme, quarterly magazine/journal, quarterly newsletter, cultural expeditions)  \n• Travelling exhibitions and loans  \n• Conservation training programmes  \n• Research and excavation projects  \n  \nWith a highly specialised library, DAI is also involved in the publication of scholarly books on Islamic art and culture.  \n  \nWhile the rehabilitation project of DAI’s buildings at the Kuwait National Museum is underway, the Amricani Cultural Centre is the temporary home of DAI. The Amricani Cultural Centre is the ground for most of the organization’s activities and events, including local temporary exhibitions and DAI’s cultural season events.","city":"Kuwait City","address":"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah  \nAmricani Cultural Centre  \nP.O. BOX: 23996 Safat 13100 Kuwait","website":"https://daralatharalislamiyyah.com/en/home-page-en/","phone":"+965 2240 0992","fax":"+965 2246 7770","email":"info@darmuseumkw.org"},"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"},"ade41604-f524-5e89-9783-ad827a3b4e8f":{"name":"Cerrahpaşa Medical History Museum","description":"During the 1893 cholera epidemic in Istanbul, Takiyeddin Paşa Konağı (Mansion of Takiyeddin Pasha) in Cerrahpaşa district was purchased by the municipality and turned into a cholera hospital to treat and isolate patients. In 2005, the building opened as Cerrahpaşa Medical History Museum. Most of the objects exhibited date to the late Ottoman and early Republican period. The collection includes Turkish medical manuscripts, plant pictures copied from old plant books and copies of Ottoman and Seljuq miniatures documenting the historical development of Turkish medical history. There is a collection of apparatus, instruments and tools used for medical education, photographs of education, research and diagnostic laboratories where these materials were used, and drawings, portraits, edicts, insignia and badges.  \n  \n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_  \n  \nThe Museum is currently closed for restoration (March 2019).","city":"Istanbul","address":"Tıp Tarihi Müze Müdürlüğü Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi  \nYerleşkesi Kocamustafapaşa Caddesi, 53  \nFatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey  \n  \nCerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi  \nKocamustafapaşa Caddesi, 53  \n34098 Cerrahpaşa  \nFatih, Istanbul  \nTurkey","phone":"+90 212 414 30 00","fax":"+90 212 632 00 25","email":"ctfmuze@istanbul.edu.tr"},"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"},"b01aedf8-4844-5526-8c45-e7dc4bd7a559":{"name":"Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation","description":"The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation aims to display, interpret, research and further develop the museum's collections for a wide range of local, national and international audiences, and to stimulate knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of Islamic art, history, science and culture.  \n  \nThe magnificent building that houses the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation first opened in 1987 as the Souq al-Majarrah and quickly became a popular landmark, both among the people of Sharjah themselves and visiting tourists. The building was only the second of its kind in the Gulf region, after Sharjah’s “’New”’ or “Central’’ Souq constructed in 1977, to use traditional, Arab-Islamic design elements in its ground-plan and décor. The building with its impressive architecture and attractive design features was subsequently renovated and reopened in 2008 as the Museum of Islamic Civilisation. Its most outstanding feature is its majestic, gilt central dome, decorated on the inside with an intricate mosaic depicting the night sky and the signs of the zodiac.  \n  \nThe building now transformed into a state-of-the art cultural venue, the new **Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation**, houses more than five thousand exquisite Islamic artefacts from all over the Islamic World, arranged according to themes over seven spacious galleries and display areas.  \n  \nOn the ground floor you can visit the **Abu Bakr Gallery of Islamic Faith**, the **Ibn al Haitham Gallery of Islamic Science and Innovation**, a prominent display of **Islamic Coinage**, and the **Al Majarrah Gallery for temporary exhibitions** which is scheduled to hold regular exhibitions of international standing.  \n  \nThe entire first floor of the **Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation** is devoted to **Islamic Art**. Four spacious galleries take the visitor on a journey of artistic discovery which starts in the early Islamic period and leads all the way to modern times. Start your explorations with a visit to our state-of-the-art audiovisual show. Enjoy stunning images from all over the Muslim world and learn about the artistic achievements of its calligraphers and artisans.","city":"Sharjah","address":"Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation, Corniche Road, Al Majarrah Area, Sharjah.  \nPostal address: P.O.BOX 39939, Sharjah.","website":"https://www.sharjahmuseums.ae/","phone":"+97165655455","fax":"+97165652988","email":"info@islamicmuseum.ae"},"b4586981-2102-51f3-a3a7-5094a3b23509":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghreb Bank**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**National Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Badi Palace**  \nMarrakesh, Morocco  \n  \n**Royal Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Ethnographic Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Archeological Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Museum of Ceramics**  \nSalé, Morocco  \n  \n**Kasbah Museum**  \nTangiers, Morocco","city":"Rabat, Marrakech, Tetouan, Salé, Tangiers"},"b7d617eb-89f8-58d6-bf7b-c3fef44a8efb":{"name":"Vista Alegre Museum","description":"Set in a former workshop of the Vista Alegre porcelain factory the mission of the Vista Alegre Museum is to preserve, interpret and promote the cultural heritage of the factory. In its rooms can be seen porcelain and glass, documents and photographs that tell fascinating histories of an industry, covering its human, cultural and technological heritage.","city":"Ílhavo","address":"Vista Alegre  \n3830-392 Ílhavo  \nPortugal","website":"http://www.myvistaalegre.com/int/t/vaa_VisiteMuseudaVistaAlegre_MissaoeObjetivos-1","phone":"+351 234 320 885; 234 320 600","fax":"+351 234 793","email":"centro.visitas.va@vaa.pt"},"b9d4d5c0-eec7-520a-a392-d3dac5d50347":{"name":"Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress","description":"Tiraz is the home of the most complete collection of Palestinian, Jordanian, and other Arab costumes from the 19th and 20th centuries, with over 2000 costumes and weavings. It is a Jordan-based institution dedicated to preserving the Widad Kawar Collection and promoting the vibrant cultural heritage of Palestine, Jordan, and wider Arab living traditions.","city":"Amman","address":"19 Riad Mufleh Street  \nAmman  \nJordan","website":"http://tirazcentre.org/","phone":"+962 77 672 7209","email":"info@tirazcentre.org"},"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"},"d077cb9e-6c63-5943-b0b0-ef3de9ccf2af":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"dc1c7f07-b903-5bd2-bf64-bf760b8a5dca":{"name":"Bibliotheca Alexandrina","description":"The objective of the new library remains the same as that of the old library: to act as a public research library and to support the people of the Arab world and the Middle East to retain their long-standing position as scholars and researchers in different fields of science.  \n  \nThe Library of Alexandria provides more than a library. In addition to the usual library facilities, the Library also contains other cultural and educational functions including a planetarium, several museums, an Internet archive, an audio-visual library, a school for information science, and conservation facilities. A Young Person’s Library is available for younger students and visitors. In addition to this, a new conference centre is linked to an existing auditorium on the site, making the Library a centrepiece for both learning and debate.  \n  \nToday, the Library of Alexandria is receiving about 1.5 million visitors a year. Its webcast service provides live and archived access to all the conferences, lectures and presentations taking place at the Library.","city":"Alexandria","address":"PO Box 138  \nChatby 21526  \nAlexandria  \nEgypt","website":"www.bibalex.org","phone":"+20 3 4839999"},"e0e750b1-944e-5ed9-b290-6a31c17d5cff":{"name":"Numismatic Museum (Ahli Bank)","description":"The Numismatic Museum of Jordan Ahli Bank was established in 1999, securing Dr. Nayef G. Goussous’ knowledge and expertise as its curator, and ensuring the continuity and preservation of the collection and its passing on to future generation.  \n  \nThe bank museum is the first of its kind in the country, with collections numbering well over 40,000 coins. The ideals of the collector and the wisdom and generosity of a banking institution come together to produce an excellent educational legacy beneficial to society.  \n  \nThe Jordan Ahli Bank Numismatic Museum is a specialised museum containing coin collections spanning nearly 2,500 years, the earliest dating back to 600 BC and the latest coming from recent commemorative issues. The museum boasts one of the best Umayyad copper coin collections in the world, published in Dr Goussous’ *Rare and Inedited Copper Umayyad Coins* (2004). In addition, the museum has an outstanding collection of Mesopotamian, Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic weights. Furthermore, the museum has extensive collections of Nabataean coins and from Decapolis and provincial Arabia, many of which are still unpublished.  \n  \nThere are more than 4,500 coins and artefacts displayed in 25 cabinets. The museum is open to the public. The visitors can enjoy seeing the collections and learning about their history from the coins. The specialist certainly benefits from the coin collections and the library, with many graduate college students and numismatists regularly visiting the museum where they are welcomed and assisted.  \n  \nThere is continuing academic work on unpublished coins numbering well over 1,200 coins. Two volumes of rare and unpublished coins, dated to Ancient, Classical and Nabataen periods as well as Islamic periods, from the museum collection are in press.","city":"Amman","address":"Shmeisani – Queen Nour st.  \n11181 Amman  \nP.O. Box 3103  \nJordan","website":"https://ahli.com/the-numismatic-museum/","phone":"+962 6 5687090","fax":"+962 6 5685848"},"e2017a20-f96c-568e-bb88-af8f8335d94a":{"name":"Khalili Family Trust – Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection","description":"In striving to provide a synoptic vision of the arts of the entire Islamic world, and since the 1970s, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has assembled his collection of Islamic art under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust. With holdings of more than 28,000 objects documenting the range of artistic production of the Islamic lands over a period of some 1400 years, the Collection now ranks among the best in the world and represents a new generation of Islamic art collections.  \n  \nThe Collection includes an outstanding array of manuscripts of the Holy Qur’an and of illustrated manuscripts, and the coverage of the decorative arts – ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork and lacquer as well as seals and coins – is comprehensive.  \n  \nThe holdings of manuscripts and folios of the Holy Qur’an are the first to have been assembled systematically in order to illustrate the whole history of Qur’an production, both in terms of time span and geographical range – from the 8th to the 20th centuries, and from Morocco to China. Similar sequences have been assembled for painting and the decorative arts. Glass, ceramics and metalwork, for example, are represented in the full range of techniques from the pre-Islamic period through to the 19th century.  \n  \nLater Islamic art has been given the same level of attention. The wealth of important objects and manuscripts from later periods in the Collection shows that much art worthy of our attention on aesthetic as well as historical and intellectual grounds was produced in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Another important art form of this period is Islamic lacquer, represented in the Collection by more than 500 examples.  \n  \nThe catalogue of the Collection is an unprecedented 27-volume series, of which several are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date. *Studies in the Khalili Collection* is a second series of publications related to the Islamic art collection, presenting more detailed analysis of certain objects.  \n  \n**Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection**  \n  \nFor some 40 years, and under the auspices of The Khalili Family Trust, Professor Nasser D. Khalili has been actively involved in assembling a notable collection of objects relating to Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and the one that lends itself most readily to artistic expression. With over 3000 objects, the Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection is now one of the largest and most important of its kind and includes major objects, many of which are unique.  \n  \nThe objects range in date from the 8th to the 20th centuries and geographically from China and India in the east to Morocco and the United Kingdom in the west. They include some 250 woven and embroidered textiles made for the two holy sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, seven covers for the Egyptian and Syrian *mahmal*s, Qur’ans, illustrated manuscripts, scientific instruments, coins, paintings, rare books, prints, photographs and postcards, as well as important archival material and some unique historical documents.  \n  \nGiven its size and diversity, the Collection provides a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the holy cities of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj.  \n  \nFor several years now, the material has been undergoing a thorough programme of conservation which is soon to be completed, and research in preparation for its publication in a number of volumes is well advanced. The volumes will include contributions by a number of international scholars who are leading experts in the numerous disciplines that this subject evokes.","city":"London","website":"http://www.khalilicollections.org","email":"info@nourhouse.com"},"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"},"f0c1b6b9-8198-5a97-9aea-8ebedfa90ca3":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art","description":"At the order of Khedive Ismail Pasha in 1880 the collection of archaeological rarities from the Islamic era was begun in the mosque of Al- Hakim. The Council for the Preservation of Arab Antiquities, created in 1881 in association with the Ministry of Awqaf, supervised the House of Arab Antiquities, as it was then known, until 1930 when the museum was taken into the Ministry of Education.  \n  \nThe museum acquired only from mosques and public buildings in its first 20 years. Then it undertook its first excavation in 1910 in the vicinity of Doronka in Upper Egypt and a second excavation south of Cairo uncovering a section of the city of Fustat (first Islamic capital of Egypt).  \n  \nThe museum acquired many items through donations. King Fu’ad I gave a valuable collection of textiles, scales and seals as did King Farouk, Amir Muhammad Ali and Amir Yusuf Kamal. Amir Kamal al-Din Hussein, Yakub Artin Pasha and Ali Ibrahim Pasha also donated complete collections.  \n  \nThe collections, amounting to 7082 artefacts, were transferred to their current building, when the present museum was inaugurated in December 1903. In 1952, the name of the museum was changed to the ‘Museum of Islamic Art’ to reflect the scope of the collection: objects produced in the Islamic world and dating from the beginning of the Islamic era (AD 7th century) to the end of the AD 19th century. The number of recorded objects has now reached 103,000.  \n  \nThe collections include enamelled glass lamps, Egyptian ceramics and a rare collection of filigree waterpot filters of unpainted earthenware renowned for their lacework designs. There are also collections of woodwork, textiles and stones with inscriptions, while the collection of carpets is considered to be one of the greatest of its kind. Collections of scientific instruments display the extent to which Islamic civilisation has contributed to knowledge in many different fields. There is also an extraordinary collection of seals, weights, measures, gold, silver and copper coins.  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art, having one of the most comprehensive and complete Islamic art collections in the world continues to develop and expand its collections and to modernise the building with its 25 halls, facilities and archaeological garden.","city":"Cairo","website":"https://www.miaegypt.org/","phone":"+20 2 2390 1520"},"f5c11bd8-33ca-5552-a5d9-8437afd6ee27":{"name":"The Lebanese University","description":"The Lebanese University is the only public institution for higher learning in Lebanon. The university has 17 faculties across Lebanon and serves various cultural, religious and social groups of students and teachers.  \n  \nThe independent university enjoys administrative, academic and financial freedom. Among its educational goals are creating a unique mix of cultures and providing the basic and essential education to allow students to enter various professions.  \n  \nIn spite of the crisis in the region that has existed since 1975, leaving wounds and tragedies, the Lebanese University has remained the national home of science. Rivalling the most prestigious universities in Lebanon and abroad, and leading the process of human development that spread all over the country, its graduates became ambassadors of Lebanon in all the corners of the earth.  \n  \nOur university respects the national demand for academic freedom, which has become a right of scholars and specialists, based on laws and international conventions and regional organisations and sometimes more, applying the important rules of human rights: the right of learning and seeking knowledge with higher education and participation in international projects to develop academic programmes and exchange of research.The university has maintained the quality of higher education, although we seek more contact with the spirit of this modern age and its promising accomplishments by increasing relations and agreements with other universities and institutions all over the world. In spite of the political pressures on the people of the university and attempts to split them into factions, the majority of them have remained faithful to the spirit of the national organisation and the struggles of the early pioneers who insisted on building the edifice of national higher education, in the framework of the values of freedom and justice.","city":"Beirut","address":"Central Administration, Museum, Beirut  \n  \nPostal address: P.O. Box 6573/14 Badaro, Museum  \nBeirut  \nLebanon","website":"http://www.ul.edu.lb/","phone":"+961 1 612830; 1 612831","email":"ibady@ul.edu.lb"},"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"}}

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-{"2970af60-fdee-5b70-8e87-7b8865a0c88d":{"name":"Museo de Civilizaciones | Museo de Arte Oriental","description":"El Museo de Arte Oriental \"Giuseppe Tucci\" se abrió al público en 1958 y alberga hallazgos de varias misiones arqueológicas italianas realizadas en Irán, Pakistán y Afganistán. Además de esto, hay numerosos objetos comprados en el mercado de antigüedades, en particular los de Giuseppe Tucci durante sus viajes por Nepal y el Tíbet entre 1928 y 1954.  \n  \nEl ala islámica del museo incluye una rica colección de objetos procedentes tanto de excavaciones arqueológicas como de compras privadas. La procedencia de la colección es amplia, incluyendo los elementos de los territorios geográficos que ahora componen los países de España, Egipto, Turquía, Irak, Irán, Afganistán, Asia Central e India. Cronológicamente, el material cubre un extenso período desde el siglo VIII al XIX EC. La colección se organiza a lo largo de diferentes clases de producción que incluyen; cerámica, trabajos en metal, miniaturas, manuscritos, numismática, joyería, arte textil, vidrio, armas y armaduras y madera.  \n  \nDe particular importancia es la colección de hallazgos arqueológicos del palacio del sultán Ghaznavid, Mas’ud III (1099-1115 EC) en Ghazni, Afganistán. La arqueología del sitio y sus hallazgos asociados fueron revelados por las excavaciones realizadas por la Misión Arqueológica del IsMEO (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente) en la década de 1960. Estos consisten principalmente en elementos de decoración arquitectónica en ladrillo y mármol, piedras funerarias de mármol, cerámica y metales.  \n  \nLa colección de objetos persas del museo se remonta a los siglos VIII al XIX. Las cerámicas de los períodos Samanid (siglos IX-X) y Seljuk (siglos XI-XII) están bien representadas en las colecciones del Museo. La cerámica del período iljanida (siglos XIII-XIV), conocida por su uso de la técnica de esmalte \"lajvardina\", también es visible en las colecciones. La mayoría de los objetos metálicos de la colección islámica proceden de la región de Khorasan en el este de Irán y el oeste de Afganistán, un conocido centro histórico de producción metalúrgica.  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \nDesde septiembre de 2016, el Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental de Roma se ha fusionado en el nuevo Museo de la Civilización, cerrando definitivamente en octubre de 2017 para el traslado a su nueva sede en el Palazzo delle Scienze. A la espera de la reorganización definitiva prevista para finales de 2021, una exposición temporal llamada \"Abierto para obras\" exhibe más de 650 objetos del Museo Oriental (de los cuales unos 60 se consideran arte islámico) en las salas del Museo Pigorini.","city":"Roma","address":"Museo delle Civiltà | Museo d’arte orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”  \nPiazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Rome, Italy","website":"https://www.museodellecivilta.it/","phone":"+39 06 549521","email":"mu-civ@cultura.gov.it"},"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"},"3b73a306-1129-5c8d-acba-8e34a39e132f":{"name":"El Museo Británico","description":"El Museo Británico fue establecido por Ley del Parlamento en 1753, el primer museo público nacional del mundo. Desde el principio concedió entrada gratuita a todos los “estudiosos y curiosos”. La colección fundadora fue la de Sir Hans Sloane, un rico médico y coleccionista. El Museo Británico original constaba de tres departamentos: Libros impresos; Manuscritos (incluidas monedas); y Producciones Naturales y Artificiales, que incluían desde esculturas hasta muestras minerales y especímenes zoológicos. En enero de 1759 el Museo Británico abrió sus puertas al público.  \n  \nComo producto de la Ilustración, el trabajo del museo era ser un almacén de conocimiento para el uso y beneficio del público, avanzando en todos los campos de la erudición. Por tanto, el museo tenía como objetivo recopilar todo tipo de material; sigue siendo uno de los pocos lugares del mundo en el que es posible ver el mundo bajo un mismo techo. Durante el siglo XIX, el museo adquirió colecciones representativas de antigüedades Griegas, Romanas, Egipcias y Asirias, así como material de todo el mundo Islámico.  \n  \nEl museo en sí tuvo que crecer para ofrecer espacio para exhibir las crecientes colecciones. Entre 1823 y 1847, el edificio original fue reemplazado por cuatro grandes alas construidas alrededor de un patio central. En 1854 se inició la construcción de la icónica Sala de Lectura Redonda en el patio central. Las colecciones de historia natural recibieron su propio hogar en el nuevo Museo de Historia Natural en 1881. En 1973, la Biblioteca Británica y el Museo Británico se separaron administrativamente, y en 1999 se inauguró el nuevo edificio de la Biblioteca Británica en St Pancras. El sitio del Museo Británico se amplió y modernizó. En 2000 se inauguró el Gran Patio, concebido como una plaza soleada en el centro del edificio, con instalaciones actualizadas como salas de conferencias, un centro educativo e instalaciones para escolares, así como restaurantes y tiendas. En 2014, el Centro Mundial de Exposiciones y Conservación se abrió al público, ofreciendo instalaciones de última generación para cuidar, administrar, investigar y exhibir las colecciones.","city":"Londres","address":"Great Russell St., London WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"439840b5-f533-507d-b4b8-8d7e7014db20":{"name":"Museo Numismático del Banco Nacional de Jordania","description":"El museo fue establecido en 1999 para exhibir la gran colección de monedas formada por Dr. Nayef G. Goussous, un coleccionista de monedas quien obtuvo su PhD en monedas de cobre omeyas raras e ilícitas.  \n  \nEl museo ha acumulado más de 14,000 monedas y símbolos monetarios, muchos de los cuales son extraordinarios y únicos. La colección recorre más de 2,500 años. La moneda más antigua data de 600 a. C. mientras que el más reciente está en circulación hoy día en Jordania.  \n  \nEl museo está particularmente dotado de monedas de la Decápolis, la provincia de Arabia y de los omeyas, además de monedas griegas, romanas, bizantinas e islámicas, así como pesas para monedas, gemas y otros artefactos numismáticos.  \n  \nEl museo tiene una biblioteca especializada con más de 1,500 libros.","city":"Amman","address":"P.O.B. 3103  \n11181  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 5687090","email":"museum@ahlibank.com.jo"},"6da08597-8da7-5d02-a911-09a5273c1265":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet)**  \nBox 5428  \nNarvavägen 13–17  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955600  \n[www.historiska.se](http://www.historiska.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet)**  \nDjurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34,  \nBox 27140,  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 010 4561299  \n[www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/](http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/)  \n  \n**National Museum of Fine Arts (Nationalmuseum)**  \nBox 16176  \n103 24 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Södra Blasieholmshamnen  \nTel.: +46 8 51954300  \n[www.nationalmuseum.se](http://www.nationalmuseum.se)  \n  \n**Royal Coin Cabinet (Kungl. Myntkabinettet)**  \nSlottsbacken 6,  \nBox 5428  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955300  \n[www.myntkabinettet.se](http://www.myntkabinettet.se)  \n  \n**Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren)**  \nSlottsbacken 3,  \n111 30 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 8 4023000  \n[www.lrk.lsh.se](http://www.lrk.lsh.se)  \n  \n**National Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska museet)**  \nBox 27131  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24  \nTel.: +46 8 51954900  \n[www.sjohistoriska.se](http://www.sjohistoriska.se)  \n  \n**Army Museum (Armémuseum)**  \nBox 14095,  \n104 41 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Riddargatan 13  \nTel.: +46 8 51956310  \n[www.sfhm.se](http://www.sfhm.se)  \n  \n**Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet)**  \nFyrverkarbacken 13,  \nBox 12541,  \n102 29 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 010 4767000  \n[www.riksarkivet.se](http://www.riksarkivet.se)  \n  \n**Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska Museet)**  \nHamngatan 4,  \n111 47 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 4023099  \n[http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se](http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Cultural History**  \nBox 1095  \n221 04 Lund  \nAddress for visitors:  \nTegnérsplatsen  \n223 50 Lund  \nTel.: +46 046 350400  \n[www.kulturen.com](http://www.kulturen.com)  \n  \n**Uppsala University Library**  \nBox 510,  \n751 20 Uppsala  \nAddress for visitors: Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1  \nTel.: +46 18 4713900  \n[www.ub.uu.se](http://www.ub.uu.se)"},"8a41ae85-1217-5a1f-a8f2-68da1d74234d":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Antigüedades y de Arte Islámico","description":"El Museo Nacional de Antigüedades y de Arte Islámico es el museo más antiguo de Argelia y de toda África. La colección fue creada en el año 1835, cinco años después de la ocupación francesa, por el gobierno del General Mariscal Clauzel, quien designó a Adrien Berburgger como Primer Curador. Desde 1838 en adelante el museo exponía piezas de la Antigüedad de procedencia argelina y piezas posteriores hasta el final del Imperio Otomano. Entre 1838 y 1896 este museo ocupó diferentes ubicaciones en la baja kasbah, antes de establecerse en un hermoso parque, localizado en las propiedades de Mustafa Pasha, que ahora se conocen como *el Parque de la Libertad*, donde se inauguró oficialmente en el año 1897.  \n  \nDesde entonces las dos divisiones de la colección del museo, la de la Antigüedad y la Islámica se enriquecieron. Esta colección hace visible una exposición de la historia de Argelia desde el Periodo Libio-Púnico hasta el siglo XX. Las piezas se exhiben en dos edificios distintos: uno alberga la Colección Pre Islámica y el segundo la Colección del Arte Islámico y se inauguró en mayo de 2003.  \n  \nLa Colección de la Antigüedad es muy suntuosa, compuesta por mosaicos, esculturas, inscripciones libias y latinas, monedas y metales, bronce, marfil, objetos en hueso, cerámicas y obras en madera.  \n  \nLa selección Islámica creó la primera colección en el año 1854, incluyendo piezas argelinas y orientales. Gradualmente la colección se fue enriqueciendo tras el descubrimiento de nuevas piezas en excavaciones arqueológicas realizadas en diferentes partes del país. Esta variada colección incluye pladur esculpido de Serdata del siglo X, esculturas de mármol o yeso de Qal’a de Beni Hammad del siglo XI, así como sillas del siglo XI de las mezquitas almorávides de Argel y de la mezquita Nedroma del siglo XII.  \n  \nEl arte mobiliario norteafricano esta muy bien representado en este museo. Las coleciones cuentan con ropa bordada de la época otomana, cerámica, armas, joyería, obras en latón y en otros metales, procedentes de centros urbanos y rurales. La colección se completa con manuscritos y miniaturas.  \n  \nLa colección numismática del museo se expone desde mayo de 2006 en una sala de lectura.","city":"Argel","address":"177, bd Krim-Belkacem, Parc de la Liberté  \nAlgiers, Algeria","website":"https://m-culture.gov.dz/index.php/fr/mus%C3%A9es","phone":"+213 0 21 68 11 29","email":"museemna@musee-antiquites.art.dz"},"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"},"b4586981-2102-51f3-a3a7-5094a3b23509":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"**Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghreb Bank**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**National Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Badi Palace**  \nMarrakesh, Morocco  \n  \n**Royal Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Ethnographic Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Archeological Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Museum of Ceramics**  \nSalé, Morocco  \n  \n**Kasbah Museum**  \nTangiers, Morocco"},"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"},"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"},"f0c1b6b9-8198-5a97-9aea-8ebedfa90ca3":{"name":"Museo de Arte Islámico","description":"Por orden del jedive Ismail Pasha en 1880, la colección de rarezas arqueológicas de la era islámica se inició en la mezquita de Al-Hakim. El Municipio para la Conservación de Antigüedades Árabes—creado en 1881 en asociación con el Ministerio de Awqaf—supervisó la Casa de Antigüedades Árabes, como se la conocía entonces, hasta 1930, cuando el museo pasó a manos del Ministerio de Educación.  \n  \nEl museo solo adquirió artículos de mezquitas y edificios públicos en sus primeros veinte años. Luego emprendió su primera excavación en 1910 en las cercanías de Doronka en el Alto Egipto y una segunda excavación al sur de El Cairo descubriendo una sección de la ciudad de Fustat (la primera capital islámica de Egipto).  \n  \nEl museo adquirió muchos artículos a través de donaciones. El rey Fu'ad I regaló una valiosa colección de textiles, escamas y sellos, al igual que el rey Faruq, Amir Muhammad Ali y Amir Yusuf Kamal. Amir Kamal al-Din Hussein, Yakub Artin Pasha y Ali Ibrahim Pasha también donaron colecciones completas.  \n  \nLas colecciones, que ascienden a 7.082 artefactos, se transfirieron a su edificio actual cuando el museo existente se inauguró en diciembre de 1903. En 1952, el nombre del museo se cambió a \"Museo de Arte Islámico\" para reflejar el alcance de la colección: objetos producidos en el mundo islámico que datan del comienzo de la era islámica (siglo VII d.C.) hasta finales del siglo XIX d.C. El número de objetos registrados ha llegado a 103.000.  \n  \nLas colecciones incluyen lámparas de vidrio esmaltado, cerámica egipcia y una rara colección de filtros de agua de filigrana de loza sin pintar reconocida por sus diseños de encaje. También hay colecciones de artesanía en madera, textiles y piedras con inscripciones, mientras que la colección de alfombras está considerada como una de las más grandes de su clase. Las colecciones de instrumentos científicos muestran hasta qué punto la civilización islámica ha contribuido al conocimiento en muchos campos diferentes. También hay una colección extraordinaria de sellos, pesas, metros, monedas de oro, plata y cobre.  \n  \nEl Museo de Arte Islámico, que tiene una de las colecciones de arte islámico más extensas y completas del mundo, continúa desarrollando y ampliando sus colecciones y modernizando el edificio con sus veinticinco salas, instalaciones y jardín arqueológico.","city":"El Cairo","website":"https://www.miaegypt.org/","phone":"+20 2 2390 1520"},"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"}}
+{"2970af60-fdee-5b70-8e87-7b8865a0c88d":{"name":"Museo de Civilizaciones | Museo de Arte Oriental","description":"El Museo de Arte Oriental \"Giuseppe Tucci\" se abrió al público en 1958 y alberga hallazgos de varias misiones arqueológicas italianas realizadas en Irán, Pakistán y Afganistán. Además de esto, hay numerosos objetos comprados en el mercado de antigüedades, en particular los de Giuseppe Tucci durante sus viajes por Nepal y el Tíbet entre 1928 y 1954.  \n  \nEl ala islámica del museo incluye una rica colección de objetos procedentes tanto de excavaciones arqueológicas como de compras privadas. La procedencia de la colección es amplia, incluyendo los elementos de los territorios geográficos que ahora componen los países de España, Egipto, Turquía, Irak, Irán, Afganistán, Asia Central e India. Cronológicamente, el material cubre un extenso período desde el siglo VIII al XIX EC. La colección se organiza a lo largo de diferentes clases de producción que incluyen; cerámica, trabajos en metal, miniaturas, manuscritos, numismática, joyería, arte textil, vidrio, armas y armaduras y madera.  \n  \nDe particular importancia es la colección de hallazgos arqueológicos del palacio del sultán Ghaznavid, Mas’ud III (1099-1115 EC) en Ghazni, Afganistán. La arqueología del sitio y sus hallazgos asociados fueron revelados por las excavaciones realizadas por la Misión Arqueológica del IsMEO (Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente) en la década de 1960. Estos consisten principalmente en elementos de decoración arquitectónica en ladrillo y mármol, piedras funerarias de mármol, cerámica y metales.  \n  \nLa colección de objetos persas del museo se remonta a los siglos VIII al XIX. Las cerámicas de los períodos Samanid (siglos IX-X) y Seljuk (siglos XI-XII) están bien representadas en las colecciones del Museo. La cerámica del período iljanida (siglos XIII-XIV), conocida por su uso de la técnica de esmalte \"lajvardina\", también es visible en las colecciones. La mayoría de los objetos metálicos de la colección islámica proceden de la región de Khorasan en el este de Irán y el oeste de Afganistán, un conocido centro histórico de producción metalúrgica.  \n  \n\\*\\*\\*  \nDesde septiembre de 2016, el Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental de Roma se ha fusionado en el nuevo Museo de la Civilización, cerrando definitivamente en octubre de 2017 para el traslado a su nueva sede en el Palazzo delle Scienze. A la espera de la reorganización definitiva prevista para finales de 2021, una exposición temporal llamada \"Abierto para obras\" exhibe más de 650 objetos del Museo Oriental (de los cuales unos 60 se consideran arte islámico) en las salas del Museo Pigorini.","city":"Roma","address":"Museo delle Civiltà | Museo d’arte orientale “Giuseppe Tucci”  \nPiazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14  \n00144 Rome, Italy","website":"https://www.museodellecivilta.it/","phone":"+39 06 549521","fax":"+39 06 54952310","email":"mu-civ@cultura.gov.it"},"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"},"3b73a306-1129-5c8d-acba-8e34a39e132f":{"name":"El Museo Británico","description":"El Museo Británico fue establecido por Ley del Parlamento en 1753, el primer museo público nacional del mundo. Desde el principio concedió entrada gratuita a todos los “estudiosos y curiosos”. La colección fundadora fue la de Sir Hans Sloane, un rico médico y coleccionista. El Museo Británico original constaba de tres departamentos: Libros impresos; Manuscritos (incluidas monedas); y Producciones Naturales y Artificiales, que incluían desde esculturas hasta muestras minerales y especímenes zoológicos. En enero de 1759 el Museo Británico abrió sus puertas al público.  \n  \nComo producto de la Ilustración, el trabajo del museo era ser un almacén de conocimiento para el uso y beneficio del público, avanzando en todos los campos de la erudición. Por tanto, el museo tenía como objetivo recopilar todo tipo de material; sigue siendo uno de los pocos lugares del mundo en el que es posible ver el mundo bajo un mismo techo. Durante el siglo XIX, el museo adquirió colecciones representativas de antigüedades Griegas, Romanas, Egipcias y Asirias, así como material de todo el mundo Islámico.  \n  \nEl museo en sí tuvo que crecer para ofrecer espacio para exhibir las crecientes colecciones. Entre 1823 y 1847, el edificio original fue reemplazado por cuatro grandes alas construidas alrededor de un patio central. En 1854 se inició la construcción de la icónica Sala de Lectura Redonda en el patio central. Las colecciones de historia natural recibieron su propio hogar en el nuevo Museo de Historia Natural en 1881. En 1973, la Biblioteca Británica y el Museo Británico se separaron administrativamente, y en 1999 se inauguró el nuevo edificio de la Biblioteca Británica en St Pancras. El sitio del Museo Británico se amplió y modernizó. En 2000 se inauguró el Gran Patio, concebido como una plaza soleada en el centro del edificio, con instalaciones actualizadas como salas de conferencias, un centro educativo e instalaciones para escolares, así como restaurantes y tiendas. En 2014, el Centro Mundial de Exposiciones y Conservación se abrió al público, ofreciendo instalaciones de última generación para cuidar, administrar, investigar y exhibir las colecciones.","city":"Londres","address":"Great Russell St., London WC1B 3DG  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.britishmuseum.org","phone":"+44 20 7323 8000 / 8299","fax":"+44 20 7323 8616","email":"information@britishmuseum.org"},"439840b5-f533-507d-b4b8-8d7e7014db20":{"name":"Museo Numismático del Banco Nacional de Jordania","description":"El museo fue establecido en 1999 para exhibir la gran colección de monedas formada por Dr. Nayef G. Goussous, un coleccionista de monedas quien obtuvo su PhD en monedas de cobre omeyas raras e ilícitas.  \n  \nEl museo ha acumulado más de 14,000 monedas y símbolos monetarios, muchos de los cuales son extraordinarios y únicos. La colección recorre más de 2,500 años. La moneda más antigua data de 600 a. C. mientras que el más reciente está en circulación hoy día en Jordania.  \n  \nEl museo está particularmente dotado de monedas de la Decápolis, la provincia de Arabia y de los omeyas, además de monedas griegas, romanas, bizantinas e islámicas, así como pesas para monedas, gemas y otros artefactos numismáticos.  \n  \nEl museo tiene una biblioteca especializada con más de 1,500 libros.","city":"Amman","address":"P.O.B. 3103  \n11181  \nAmman, Jordan","phone":"+962 6 5687090","fax":"+962 6 5685848","email":"museum@ahlibank.com.jo"},"6da08597-8da7-5d02-a911-09a5273c1265":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet)**  \nBox 5428  \nNarvavägen 13–17  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955600  \n[www.historiska.se](http://www.historiska.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet)**  \nDjurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34,  \nBox 27140,  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 010 4561299  \n[www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/](http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/etnografiskamuseet/)  \n  \n**National Museum of Fine Arts (Nationalmuseum)**  \nBox 16176  \n103 24 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Södra Blasieholmshamnen  \nTel.: +46 8 51954300  \n[www.nationalmuseum.se](http://www.nationalmuseum.se)  \n  \n**Royal Coin Cabinet (Kungl. Myntkabinettet)**  \nSlottsbacken 6,  \nBox 5428  \n114 84 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 51955300  \n[www.myntkabinettet.se](http://www.myntkabinettet.se)  \n  \n**Royal Armoury (Livrustkammaren)**  \nSlottsbacken 3,  \n111 30 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 8 4023000  \n[www.lrk.lsh.se](http://www.lrk.lsh.se)  \n  \n**National Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska museet)**  \nBox 27131  \n102 52 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24  \nTel.: +46 8 51954900  \n[www.sjohistoriska.se](http://www.sjohistoriska.se)  \n  \n**Army Museum (Armémuseum)**  \nBox 14095,  \n104 41 Stockholm  \nAddress for visitors: Riddargatan 13  \nTel.: +46 8 51956310  \n[www.sfhm.se](http://www.sfhm.se)  \n  \n**Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet)**  \nFyrverkarbacken 13,  \nBox 12541,  \n102 29 Stockholm  \nTel: +46 010 4767000  \n[www.riksarkivet.se](http://www.riksarkivet.se)  \n  \n**Hallwyl Museum (Hallwylska Museet)**  \nHamngatan 4,  \n111 47 Stockholm  \nTel.: +46 8 4023099  \n[http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se](http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se)  \n  \n**Museum of Cultural History**  \nBox 1095  \n221 04 Lund  \nAddress for visitors:  \nTegnérsplatsen  \n223 50 Lund  \nTel.: +46 046 350400  \n[www.kulturen.com](http://www.kulturen.com)  \n  \n**Uppsala University Library**  \nBox 510,  \n751 20 Uppsala  \nAddress for visitors: Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1  \nTel.: +46 18 4713900  \n[www.ub.uu.se](http://www.ub.uu.se)"},"8a41ae85-1217-5a1f-a8f2-68da1d74234d":{"name":"Museo Nacional de Antigüedades y de Arte Islámico","description":"El Museo Nacional de Antigüedades y de Arte Islámico es el museo más antiguo de Argelia y de toda África. La colección fue creada en el año 1835, cinco años después de la ocupación francesa, por el gobierno del General Mariscal Clauzel, quien designó a Adrien Berburgger como Primer Curador. Desde 1838 en adelante el museo exponía piezas de la Antigüedad de procedencia argelina y piezas posteriores hasta el final del Imperio Otomano. Entre 1838 y 1896 este museo ocupó diferentes ubicaciones en la baja kasbah, antes de establecerse en un hermoso parque, localizado en las propiedades de Mustafa Pasha, que ahora se conocen como *el Parque de la Libertad*, donde se inauguró oficialmente en el año 1897.  \n  \nDesde entonces las dos divisiones de la colección del museo, la de la Antigüedad y la Islámica se enriquecieron. Esta colección hace visible una exposición de la historia de Argelia desde el Periodo Libio-Púnico hasta el siglo XX. Las piezas se exhiben en dos edificios distintos: uno alberga la Colección Pre Islámica y el segundo la Colección del Arte Islámico y se inauguró en mayo de 2003.  \n  \nLa Colección de la Antigüedad es muy suntuosa, compuesta por mosaicos, esculturas, inscripciones libias y latinas, monedas y metales, bronce, marfil, objetos en hueso, cerámicas y obras en madera.  \n  \nLa selección Islámica creó la primera colección en el año 1854, incluyendo piezas argelinas y orientales. Gradualmente la colección se fue enriqueciendo tras el descubrimiento de nuevas piezas en excavaciones arqueológicas realizadas en diferentes partes del país. Esta variada colección incluye pladur esculpido de Serdata del siglo X, esculturas de mármol o yeso de Qal’a de Beni Hammad del siglo XI, así como sillas del siglo XI de las mezquitas almorávides de Argel y de la mezquita Nedroma del siglo XII.  \n  \nEl arte mobiliario norteafricano esta muy bien representado en este museo. Las coleciones cuentan con ropa bordada de la época otomana, cerámica, armas, joyería, obras en latón y en otros metales, procedentes de centros urbanos y rurales. La colección se completa con manuscritos y miniaturas.  \n  \nLa colección numismática del museo se expone desde mayo de 2006 en una sala de lectura.","city":"Argel","address":"177, bd Krim-Belkacem, Parc de la Liberté  \nAlgiers, Algeria","website":"https://m-culture.gov.dz/index.php/fr/mus%C3%A9es","phone":"+213 0 21 68 11 29","fax":"+213 0 21 68 12 56","email":"museemna@musee-antiquites.art.dz"},"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"},"b4586981-2102-51f3-a3a7-5094a3b23509":{"name":"Otros museos asociados","description":"**Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghreb Bank**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**National Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Badi Palace**  \nMarrakesh, Morocco  \n  \n**Royal Library**  \nRabat, Morocco  \n  \n**Ethnographic Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Archeological Museum**  \nTetouan, Morocco  \n  \n**Museum of Ceramics**  \nSalé, Morocco  \n  \n**Kasbah Museum**  \nTangiers, Morocco"},"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"},"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"},"f0c1b6b9-8198-5a97-9aea-8ebedfa90ca3":{"name":"Museo de Arte Islámico","description":"Por orden del jedive Ismail Pasha en 1880, la colección de rarezas arqueológicas de la era islámica se inició en la mezquita de Al-Hakim. El Municipio para la Conservación de Antigüedades Árabes—creado en 1881 en asociación con el Ministerio de Awqaf—supervisó la Casa de Antigüedades Árabes, como se la conocía entonces, hasta 1930, cuando el museo pasó a manos del Ministerio de Educación.  \n  \nEl museo solo adquirió artículos de mezquitas y edificios públicos en sus primeros veinte años. Luego emprendió su primera excavación en 1910 en las cercanías de Doronka en el Alto Egipto y una segunda excavación al sur de El Cairo descubriendo una sección de la ciudad de Fustat (la primera capital islámica de Egipto).  \n  \nEl museo adquirió muchos artículos a través de donaciones. El rey Fu'ad I regaló una valiosa colección de textiles, escamas y sellos, al igual que el rey Faruq, Amir Muhammad Ali y Amir Yusuf Kamal. Amir Kamal al-Din Hussein, Yakub Artin Pasha y Ali Ibrahim Pasha también donaron colecciones completas.  \n  \nLas colecciones, que ascienden a 7.082 artefactos, se transfirieron a su edificio actual cuando el museo existente se inauguró en diciembre de 1903. En 1952, el nombre del museo se cambió a \"Museo de Arte Islámico\" para reflejar el alcance de la colección: objetos producidos en el mundo islámico que datan del comienzo de la era islámica (siglo VII d.C.) hasta finales del siglo XIX d.C. El número de objetos registrados ha llegado a 103.000.  \n  \nLas colecciones incluyen lámparas de vidrio esmaltado, cerámica egipcia y una rara colección de filtros de agua de filigrana de loza sin pintar reconocida por sus diseños de encaje. También hay colecciones de artesanía en madera, textiles y piedras con inscripciones, mientras que la colección de alfombras está considerada como una de las más grandes de su clase. Las colecciones de instrumentos científicos muestran hasta qué punto la civilización islámica ha contribuido al conocimiento en muchos campos diferentes. También hay una colección extraordinaria de sellos, pesas, metros, monedas de oro, plata y cobre.  \n  \nEl Museo de Arte Islámico, que tiene una de las colecciones de arte islámico más extensas y completas del mundo, continúa desarrollando y ampliando sus colecciones y modernizando el edificio con sus veinticinco salas, instalaciones y jardín arqueológico.","city":"El Cairo","website":"https://www.miaegypt.org/","phone":"+20 2 2390 1520"},"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"}}