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-{"01ed0e00-4aed-5afc-bdea-937514669d4b":{"name":"Victoria and Albert Museum","description":"The Victoria and Albert (V&A) is the world’s leading museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. When the museum opened to the public in 1852, its mission was to reform design by making works of art available to all, improving the public’s understanding of the subject and providing inspiration for designers and manufacturers. Today, the V&A’s collections span over 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium and from many parts of the world.  \n  \nThe V&A comprises a family of sites, including the V&A in South Kensington, Young V&A located in Bethnal Green, V&A Dundee in Scotland, the V&A Wedgwood Collection housed in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, V&A Gallery at Design Society in Shekou, China, and opening in 2024/25 will be V&A East located within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. Across these sites the museum showcases their collections to a wide range of audiences and aims to champion design and creativity in all its forms.  \n  \nThe V&A has specialised in collecting art and design from the Islamic world since the 1850s, and it was the first institution in the world to collect Islamic art in a systematic fashion. The museum's founders believed that Islamic ideas about structuring patterns and matching decoration to shape and function could improve British design. The collection grew to become the most significant in its field. Outstanding works include the AH 10th / AD 16th-century Ardabil carpet from Iran, a rock crystal ewer from AH 5th / AD 11th-century Egypt, and the world’s greatest collections of Islamic ceramics. The museum also houses the national collection of Islamic textiles.","city":"London","address":"Cromwell Road  \nSouth Kensington  \nSW7 2RL  \nLondon  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.vam.ac.uk","phone":"+44 207 9422000","fax":"+44 207 9422335"},"03192ec8-3f89-5671-83e5-48f444feab3c":{"name":"IMARET – Institute Mohammed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition","description":"Institute Mohammed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition (IMARET) was established in 2006 in Kavala, Greece, as a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with its headquarters located in the house of Mohammed Ali. Embarking on its multicultural heritage, the institute’s mission is to act as a hub between the Arab and the Mediterranean cultures and the Western world, by promoting the study, knowledge and understanding of Arab civilisation's achievements in the fields of science, art, philosophy, history and culture, and underlining their influence on the development of Western thought. Beginning with two unique Egyptian monuments, the institute has founded a museum and a residency programme addressing various creative disciplines.  \n  \nThe institute's activities are widespread in the areas of culture, education and community development, offering a multifaceted programme that covers all areas of art and culture, including music and theatre performances, visual arts exhibitions and educational activities for young people, as well as international conferences, seminars and publications that open debate around ideas and intellectual exchange.","city":"Kavala","address":"Mohammed Ali Square, Panagia,  \n65110, Kavala  \nGreece","website":"www.imaret.org.gr","phone":"+30 2510 620 515","email":"info@imaret.org.gr"},"0560c4eb-38f2-5604-b2ac-2a6ab6194535":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Telč Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Telč) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. From Château Telč, the National Heritage Institute administers four other ancient State monuments in the district of Vysočina – Château Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Lipnice Castle, Château Náměšť nad Oslavou and the Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora. All the properties are open to public.  \n  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Telč","address":"Hradecká 6  \n588 56 Telč  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.npu-telc.eu","phone":"+420 567 213 116","fax":"+420 567 243 655","email":"sekretariat@telc.npu.cz"},"08da2b05-a4ee-59f0-8585-a9431321460e":{"name":"Larache Archaeological Museum","description":"Kindly note that the Larache Archaeological Museum has been closed and all its artefacts have been moved to:  \n  \nCasbah Museum (Tangier)  \nAl-Kasbah, Tangier  \nConservator: Abdelaziz El Idrissi  \nT: +212 539 932 097  \nM: +212 (0) 675 271 922  \n  \nThe following is an older article referring to the when the Larache Archaeological Museum was operational.  \n  \nLocated on Dar el-Makhzen Square near the old city wall, Borj al-Yahoudi was renovated in 1978 as a museum of the city of Larache. The museum exhibits only archaeological objects excavated from the Lixus site, about four kilometres from the Loukkos River harbour.  \n  \nThe first section displays the pieces chronologically; a second room, on the ground floor, is arranged in order of category: religious life, mythology, architecture, jewellery and ceramics.  \n  \nThe chronology is as follows:  \n  \n**The Phoenician Period**  \nAlthough archaeological data from the period is scarce, the museum’s collection (a sphinx, ostrich eggs, jewellery – including the famous gold earring of the goddess Tanit) is evidence of the existence of commercial trade at the port of Lixus.  \n  \n**The Punic Period**  \nAmphorae, imported ceramics and common pottery show the engagement of Lixus in the major Mediterranean trading routes.  \n  \n**The Mauritanian Period**  \nThe collections of amphorae, perfume containers, imported ceramics and copies of bronze works date to this era of intense commercial activity and urban expansion.  \n  \n**The Roman Period**  \nRoman-era archaeological objects occupy a vast area and reveal the flourishing of Lixus under Roman colonisation, from the reign of Claude (AD 1st century) until the Romans abandoned the city (AD 5th century). Included are ceramic utensils imported from Italy, Spain and southern Gaul, amphorae, statuettes, mosaic fragments, bronze furniture, architectural elements – including a Pompeian-style mural.  \n  \n**The Islamic Period**  \nAlthough medieval objects are rare, the Islamic occupation of the site has been confirmed by the discovery of architectural elements, by everyday Almohad and Almoravid ceramics, and especially by *cuerda seca* (dry cord) ceramics, including a celebrated drinking vase. Similar examples have been found in Murcia and Siyasa, Shaltish and Huelva in Andalusia.","city":"Larache","address":"Délégation du Ministère de la Culture  \nLarache, Morocco","phone":"+212 539 912 092"},"0fef2965-45fc-5d87-93da-3978c5e0fbfd":{"name":"Museum Ohne Grenzen","city":"Vienna"},"118eaacb-aebe-52f7-a42f-a9fb2bec534e":{"name":"University of Munich, Institute of Art History","description":"The Institute for Art History of LMU Munich has been founded in 1909 and has grown to be one of the biggest and most influential in Germany since. Professors like Heinrich Wölfflin, Wilhelm Pinder, Hans Jantzen, Hans Sedlmayr and Hans Belting have established its international reputation","city":"Munich","address":"Studienzentrum Kunstgeschichte  \nZentnerstr. 31  \nD - 80798 Munich","website":"http://www.kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.html","phone":"+49 0 89 2180 2465","fax":"+49 0 89 2180 5316","email":"Christina.Hollerith@kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de"},"1dc4a129-85b0-57d5-9622-15c790c4333f":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Zisa Museum  \nAddress: Piazza Zisa, 1  \n90100 - Palermo  \nTel: +39 091 65 20 269  \n  \nCappella Palatina  \nAddress: P.zza del Risorgimento  \n90100 Palermo  \nTel: +39 091 6961111","city":"Palermo"},"1e9ebf9c-d61f-53bf-b587-c45ec279349e":{"name":"Manor and Gardens of Regaleira","description":"Quinta da Regaleira is one of the most surprising of all Sintra’s monuments. Located on the outskirts of the town, it was built between 1904 and 1910 by A.A. Carvalho Monteiro as his favourite country estate. He commissioned this unique project with the Italian set-designer and architect Luigi Manini. The art and architecture of the mansion and the chapel, built in neo-Manueline style, were collocated with other buildings in the bosom of an Edenic garden. A “philosopher’s dwelling” par excellence, conveying a message addressed to those who are ready to engage in the adventure of self-knowledge, Quinta da Regaleira emerges from the Sintra cultural landscape as an example of the “total work of art” and as an expression of a new mythical territory, where philosophy, art and nature come together.","city":"Sintra","address":"Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra  \n  \nPostal address:  \nRua Barbosa do Bocage, 7  \n2710-567 Sintra  \nPortugal","website":"www.regaleira.pt","phone":"+351 21 910 66 50","fax":"+351 21 924 47 25","email":"mail.regaleira@telepac.pt"},"22861a91-9e96-5063-a4f5-311e4ceecf6e":{"name":"Regiona Siciliana, Assessorato ai Beni Culturali"},"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola","description":"Located on the banks of the river Guadiana, the village of Mértola was of exceptional economic importance throughout the history of Iberia, right up until the period of its Christian Reconquest (1238 CE). This was due in large part to the vitality of its port which from the pre-Roman period onward traded in extracted metals from the nearby regions of Aljustrel and the mines of S. Domingos. The growing awareness of the city’s cultural richness owes largely to the heritage work done by the ‘Campo Arqueologico de Mértola’ (est. 1978) and the establishment of the Museum of Mértola on the back of finds from several excavations (est. 1982).  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum, with a geographical focus on the town and its municipality, has branched out to include archaeological sites representing several periods of history within its remit. These include a Roman house which was opened to the public in 1998, an early Christian basilica opened in 1993, as well as the church and necropolis of S. Sebastião which was inaugurated in 1999. Several other sites bring together important collections of archaeological materials, especially in the Castle Tower opened to the public in 1991 and the centre for Islamic Art which was opened in 2001. There is also an important collection of religious art with pieces dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries CE as well as ethnographic materials representative of traditional craftsmanship. These include a blacksmith’s forge and a weaving workshop where, at present, three weavers are in charge of preserving the centuries old tradition of Mértolan weaving.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum contributes significantly to the study and knowledge of the Islamic period in Portugal. While its initial focus concentrated on archaeology, in time the museum opened up to other avenues in promoting the heritage and knowledge of Islamic Mértola. This effort is visible in the Islamic Museum which showcases in a time when the region was the capital of a Taifa kingdom throughout the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.  \n  \nThese consist of objects from the excavations of the Almohad neighbourhood as well as a reconstruction of one of the excavated houses uncovered. Other elements make it possible to establish a synthesis of the missing Mértola. The model of the central mosque reminds us of the original Aljama or central mosque and funerary steles refer indicate the Islamic cemetery or maqbara which is now the subject of renewed excavation.  \n  \nThe ceramics collected during the excavations also evoke daily life in Islamic Mértola with particular reference of those crafted in the ‘cuerda seca’ technique. All in all, the Mértola Museum not only preserves the heritage of the region but also provides important insight and a basis for research into the relationship between the town and several Western Mediterranean ports during the medieval period.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network since 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","fax":"+351 286 610 101","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"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"},"29d8d41a-b480-56bf-8b3d-e906281be54d":{"name":"Dar Si Said","description":"Dar Si Said is a large palatial residence built in the second half of the 19th century by Si Said Ben Moussa, who served as minister of war under the regency of his brother Ba Hmad.  \n  \nA living testimony to Moroccan art and domestic architecture of the 19th century, the monument presents architecture of grandeur and opulence.  \n  \nMost of the collections in this regional museum come from Marrakech and the southern regions of Morocco, particularly Tensift, Sous, High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Bani and Tafilalet. These are related sets of woodwork, jewellery, vessels and ceramics, weapons, carpets and weavings, and some archaeological pieces, including a marble vat from the early 11th century.  \n  \nSince August 2002, the Dar Si Saïd Museum has been hosted an exceptional thematic exhibition focusing solely on wood: Wood – Art and Uses. Chosen from museums throughout the kingdom, the Dar Si Said Museum displays the best examples of wood art from the 12th century to today. In addition to their historical value (Almohad, Wattassid and Saadi pieces), the collections inform us about artisanal techniques (sculptures, engravings, carpentry, filming and painting) and decoration such as *tasstir* (geometric woodwork), and *mouqarnas* (ornamental vaults).  \n  \nThe exhibition is divided into four main areas:  \n– Liturgical furniture (first section on the ground floor) includes a *minbar*, rosaries and Qur’anic tablets.  \n– Architectural wood (second section on the ground floor) is represented by traditional pieces and elements of rural architecture: lintels, corbels, pedestals and doors.  \n– Domestic furnishings (upstairs) includes a wide range of furniture, chests, bridal goods, mirrors and cooking tools.  \n– Diverse objects (also upstairs) related to the various uses of wood in different fields. These are exhibited in the four rooms of the grand riad (traditional musical instruments and tools, antique weapons and objects for personal grooming).","city":"Marrakech","address":"Derb El Bahia, Riad  \nEl-Zaïtoun El-Jadid  \nMarrakech, Morocco","phone":"+212 524 389 564"},"2b1c0dc0-0010-5164-be2c-49145ffe45bb":{"name":"Museum of Macedonia","description":"The National Museum of Macedonia is a complex museum institution comprising the museums of History, Ethnography and Art History. The museum collects, researches, maintains, exhibits and publishes on objects of movable heritage in these domains. It preserves evidence of the way of life and culture in these territories from the settling of Slavs in the 6th century AD till the end of World War II. The icon gallery exhibits a collection of medieval icons including several masterpieces of Byzantine art. The highlight of the permanent display is the icon of the Virgin of Pelagonia painted by Makarie in 1422. The ethnological exhibition takes pride in the magnificent collections of folk costumes, traditional jewellery, traditional architecture, intangible heritage and musical instruments, traditional weaving, crafts and traditional husbandry.  \n  \nThe museum also includes the Documentation Section, Conservation Lab and advanced Marketing Services. The Educational Section in the museum provides guided tours and carries out elaborate educational projects focusing on different target groups.  \n  \nExtensive publishing activities have been developed throughout the years. The Museum of Macedonia has issued numerous exhibition catalogues, periodicals, monographs, studies and other publications. These are available in the museum shop, which also organises production, sales and distribution of replicas of the most outstanding museum items. All the products in the shop can be purchased on the Internet and delivered to any address.","city":"Skopje","address":"Josif Mihajlovic, 7  \n1000 Skopje  \nRepublic of Macedonia (FYROM)","phone":"+389 2 3116 044","fax":"+389 2 3116 439","email":"musmk@t-home.mk"},"2dd0bb8e-3ac0-5be2-be9a-10116ae40dc6":{"name":"South Moravian Region","description":"The South Moravian Region lies in the southeast of the Czech Republic on the border with Austria and Slovakia. The region is home to the Czech Republic’s second largest City, Brno, where the seat of the Regional Authority of the South Moravian Region and the regional headquarters are located. Brno is an important judiciary city and a university town with a long tradition in the organisation of trade fairs, which attract more than a million people from all over the world each year.  \n  \nThe region enjoys excellent transport links and holds a strategic position on the intersection of trans-European long-distance road and rail routes. Tuřany Airport in Brno is the second largest airport in the Czech Republic, with direct flights everyday to London, Munich and Prague, and more than 20 charter flights in the summer.  \n  \nThe South Moravian Region lies in second place in the Czech Republic in terms of the level of education it offers. There are 12 universities in the region, with more than 60,000 students.  \n  \nSouth Moravia is a region with extensive cultural and historical roots and a great many important architectural monuments from all periods and in all styles. Two of these, Villa Tugendhat in Brno and Lednice–Valtice, have been placed on the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites. UNESCO also protects two biosphere reservations in the region – Pálava and the White Carpathian Mountains. The Dyje Basin, one of the Czech Republic’s four national parks, is also found here. The protected landscape area, the Moravian Karst, offers visitors extensive systems of stalactite caves and the Macocha Gorge. Slavkov or Austerlitz, the site of the Battle of the Three Emperors, is also world-famous. In addition, the mammoth hunters left their footprints here at the dawn of human history (Dolní Věstonice), while other archaeological sites (Mikulčice for example) testify to the fame and fortune of the Great Moravian Empire.","city":"Brno","address":"Žerotínovo nám, 449/3  \n601 82 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.kr-jihomoravsky.cz","phone":"+420 541 651 111","fax":"+420 541 651 209","email":"posta@kr-jihomoravsky.cz"},"325b7505-1527-5442-99ea-6a40f8c43d3f":{"name":"Islamic Museum at Al-Aqsa Mosque","description":"The museum was officially inaugurated in AH 1341 / AD 1922. In AH 1348 / AD 1929, it was transferred to its present site in the southwestern corner of the Haram al-Sharif. The museum is administered through the Department of Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem, under the auspices of the Ministry of Jordanian Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places.  \n  \nThe museum comprises three buildings with an exhibition space of over 1,000 square m. The oldest hall is from the AH 6th / AD 12th century and is a rare Crusader monument in the holy city. The second hall was an Ayyubid mosque (AH 7th / AD 13th century) historically known as al-Malikiya mosque or the Jami’a al-Mughariba. The third hall is known as the *al-Fakhriya* corner and its history goes back to the Mamluk period (AH 8th / AD 14th century).  \n  \nThe collection consists of artefacts and remains from the Islamic and non-Islamic epochs, representing various facets of Islamic civilisation ranging in geography, theme and period. Most of the artefacts represent the heritage of al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem and Palestine at large including cities such as Hebron and Nablus.  \n  \nThe museum contains woodwork from different Islamic eras, the oldest dating to the Umayyad period. Metalwork in iron, copper and silver includes the iron enclosure from the Dome of the Rock, candlesticks, swords, daggers, daises, incense burners, coins, rings and memorial pieces. The collection includes marble and glazed tiles that panelled the the Dome of the Rock in the period of Sultan Sülayman the Magnificent (r. AH 926–74 / AD 1520–66) and his successors. There is a collection of earthenware, inscriptions on stone from different Islamic periods and its precursors, and columns and capitals from the Roman and Byzantine periods. There is a valuable collection of Qur’ans, the oldest from the AH 9th / AD 15 th century, and many Mamluk manuscripts whose themes deal with social and economic life in the holy city. The museum displays part of its textile collection, with costumes, grave coverings, pieces from the *kiswa* (covering) of the Ka’ba and pieces of carpet.","city":"Jerusalem","address":"Al-Haram al-Sharif  \nAmro  \nP.O. Box 75085  \nJerusalem","website":"http://www.facebook.com/islamic.museum1922/","phone":"02 6283286","fax":"02 6283286","email":"jerusalem.museum@gmail.com"},"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"},"38b8a503-bba9-5234-b7db-0bbb2a054c57":{"name":"Qatar Museums","description":"Qatar Museums connects the museums, cultural institutions and heritage sites in Qatar and creates the conditions for them to thrive and flourish. It centralises resources and provides a comprehensive organisation for the development of museums and cultural projects, with a long term ambition of creating a strong and sustainable cultural infrastructure for Qatar. Under the patronage of His Highness the Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and led by its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, QM is consolidating Qatar’s efforts to become a vibrant centre for the arts, culture and education, in the Middle East and beyond.  \n  \nSince its foundation in 2005, QM has overseen the development of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, and the Al Zubarah World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. The QM also manages the QM Gallery at Katara and the ALRIWAQ DOHA Exhibition Space. Future projects include the opening of the Fire Station: Artists in Residence in 2014 and the launch of the highly anticipated National Museum of Qatar and the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum.  \n  \nQM is committed to instigating Qatar’s future generation of arts, heritage and museum professionals. At its core is a commitment to nurturing artistic talent, creating opportunities and developing the skills to service Qatar’s emerging art economy. By means of a multi-faceted program and public art initiatives, QM seeks to push the boundaries of the traditional museum model, and create cultural experiences that spill out onto the streets and seek to involve the widest possible audiences. Through a strong emphasis on originating art and culture from within and fostering a spirit of national participation, QM is helping Qatar find its own distinctive voice in today’s global cultural debates.","city":"Doha","address":"Al-Dafna, Doha  \nQM Tower  \nP.O Box 2777  \nDoha, State of Qatar","website":"www.qm.org.qa/en","phone":"+974 4452 5555","fax":"+974 4452 5556"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"National Museum of Aleppo","description":"The earliest collection of art and archaeological artefacts for the National Museum of Aleppo dates back to 1928 and the museum was formally inaugurated in1931. Initially it was devoted to the pre-Greco-Roman era, with works no later than 333 BC, most of which were based on finds from Tell Halaf. It was decided to move the collection from its original location in an Ottoman period building, which had become overcrowded, into a modern purpose-built museum, begun in 1967 and formally opened in 1972. It includes the following wings:  \n  \nPre-historic art: dedicated to finds such as bones and pottery from the regions of Syria and the Euphrates Valley. Some items are about a million years old and the most recent piece dates to no later than 3,200 BC, after which writing was developed and art became historic.  \n  \nAncient Near Eastern art from Syria: one of the most important sections containing pieces from Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla and other significant sites of early Near Eastern civilisations, all displayed in chronological order in three large wings.  \n  \nClassical art from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods: pottery, coins, a number of limestone funerary carvings from the ancient city of Mambij, and a collection of Roman and Byzantine glass flasks used for perfume, eye-kohl and drugs are some of this section's main features, all displayed chronologically.  \n  \nArab Islamic art: The method of display here is based on the item's function and medium, such as pottery, ceramics, metalwork and glass of the various Islamic dynasties as well as a collection of gold and silver coins of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. A stone cenotaph carved in floriated kufic calligraphy is a masterpiece of this hall. Medieval military equipment and an Ottoman wooden ceiling featured in a side chamber are also presented.  \n  \nModern art: paintings by Syrian artists, particularly Aleppines, expressed in various styles such as realism, cubism, expressionism.","city":"Aleppo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400","fax":"+963 21 2122402"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"Founded on 7 May 1888, and considered one of the most important archaeological museums in the Maghreb, the Bardo National Museum is famous for its Roman mosaic panels. The museum resulted from the renovation of the palace of a *bey* (provincial governor) of the 19th century. It consists of a ground floor and two upper floors in which museum objects have been grouped in a chronological order that retraces the history of Tunisia.  \n  \nThe collection includes areas dedicated to:  \n  \n– Prehistory: the development of stone tools, ornaments, engraved stones, and especially to the rock and animal bone sanctuary known as “Hermaion of El-Guettar” that dates back to BC 40,000.  \n  \n– The Punic era, including ceramics, neo-Punic steles and jewellery, and pieces exhumed from several ancient sites in Tunisia.  \n  \n– The Roman era. In addition to ceramics and jewellery, this section is known for its significant collection of mosaics.  \n  \n– The Byzantine era. It contains sarcophagi, mosaics and terracottas whose designs display characteristics of African Christianity, and the large mosaic-covered Kelibia Baptistery.  \n  \n– Mediterranean treasures recovered from a shipwreck found off the coast of Mahdia that also contained bronze artefacts and Athenian marbles.  \n  \n– The Muslim period. One section, devoted to the Middle Ages, includes objects from the Sabra and Raqqada excavations: Fatimid glass, ivory and bronze figurines, ceramics with figurative designs, funeral steles, kufic inscriptions, parchment sheets from the Qur’an and Egyptian textiles. In the second section, popular arts and traditions are represented by weapons, musical instruments, copper objects, jewellery and ceremonial clothing from different regions of Tunisia.  \n  \nObjects are grouped by type and material within each section. The mosaics are presented in wall panels or form part of the palace floor. Smaller objects are displayed in glass cases. Statues are exhibited on their stands or in wall niches. These collections, which comprise the museum’s permanent exhibition, are made accessible to the general public through educational and cultural activities that take place in the museum.  \n  \n*On 18 March 2015, the museum was the site of an attack by an Islamist terrorist group that killed 22 people, most of them tourists.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842","fax":"+216 71 514050"},"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"},"42ce0c09-492c-53a9-aa17-84be27f956bd":{"name":"Muzeum Brněnska, Museum of Literature in Moravia","description":"Since 2005, Museum Brněnska has been based in a Benedictine (Cistercian) monastery in Rajhrad. Recently (2008) the grand historic library (around 65,000 volumes) was complimented by another extensively restored permanent exhibition space dedicated to literature. Alongside other temporary exhibitions, some of Moravia’s most significant literary figures from the ninth century through to the present day are featured. The restored Benedictine library is open to visitors and its holdings are open to outside specialist scholars.  \nHoused in the former 13th-century Cistercian monastery that was built in the spirit of Předklášteří or “cairn of peace” to honour the fallen of Napoleon’s victorious Battle of Austerlitz, it was intended according to the priest, A. Slovak, to make a pious “place of light” from a former battlefield. The monastery is the highlight and natural centre of the protected area of the Battle of Austerlitz.  \nBesides visiting the chapel, the multimedia exhibition (available in five languages) The Battle of the Three Emperors: Slavkov/Austerlitz 1805, housed in a newly renovated museum adjoining the monument, is also highly recommended.  \nEvery year at the beginning of December, a ceremony to honour the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Austerlitz takes place in the area surrounding the monument; the climax to the commemorative events of the anniversary of the battle.","city":"Rajhrad","address":"Klášter 1  \n664 61 Rajhrad  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.muzeumbrnenska.cz","phone":"+420 547 229 136","fax":"+420 547 229 895","email":"rajhrad@muzeumbrnenska.cz; knihovna@muzeumbrnenska.cz"},"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"},"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"},"4ab46509-e7a3-56bf-8e30-734b61d97e56":{"name":"Umm Qays Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum, opened to the public in 1987, is located in a renovated historical building (late 19th century) constructed on the acropolis from basalt and limestone. The exhibition space consists of two vaulted halls in which artefacts uncovered in the course of excavation at the ancient site of Gadara (Umm Qays) are displayed. Mosaic panels, marble statues and carved basalt sarcophagi are exhibited in the courtyard of the museum.","city":"Irbid","address":"P.O.B. 62  \nIrbid, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 7500072","fax":"+962 2 7500071"},"4e8284d7-c66f-544b-a372-47b4614e0909":{"name":"Ministry of Culture","city":"Algiers"},"509d03f2-4460-5ef7-a081-a17b4e4cd52f":{"name":"Further Associated Institutions"},"51411e01-8c76-5349-9fd4-11b2e8962d9e":{"name":"Bavarian Castle Department","description":"The Bavarian Administration of Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, otherwise known as the Bavarian Palace Administration, is one of the most traditional administrations in the Free State of Bavaria. Created as part of the administration at the court of the electors and kings, it is today one of the largest public authorities responsible for museums in Germany, managing 45 palaces, castles and residences as well as further monuments and artists' houses.  \n  \nIt is also responsible for a very special historical heritage: the many magnificent court gardens, palace parks, gardens and lakes. The unique ensembles of European architecture with their sumptuous artistic interiors attract over five million visitors annually from all over the world.  \n  \nSource: Bavarian Castle Department website","city":"Schloss Nymphenburg, München","website":"http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/palace/index.htm"},"5269b013-0d39-58b4-b8a0-fe1872233736":{"name":"Porto Stock Exchange Palace","description":"Porto Stock Exchange Palace was built in 1834 from the ruins of the former St Francisco Convent, which were donated to the Porto Trade Association by Queen Maria II. It is currently the association’s headquarters and was once the Court of Commerce. Later, it became the Porto Commodities and Stock Exchange, the origin of the palace’s name. This edifice is located in the city’s historic centre, which is recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. It is a fine example of the liberal bourgeoisie building of Porto, and its neoclassical façade veils a grand building, which took over 60 years to build, where various architectural and decorative styles blend together.","city":"Porto","address":"Rua Ferreira Borges  \n4050-253 Porto  \nPortugal","website":"http://www.palaciodabolsa.com","phone":"+351 223 399 031","fax":"+351 223 399 090","email":"correio@cciporto.pt"},"52789acf-3d54-515e-af57-c47080c17258":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Kroměříž Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Kroměříž) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. From Kroměříž, the National Heritage Institute administers four other ancient State monuments including Kroměříž Castle and Garden in the district of Zlínský – Buchlov Castle, Château Buchlovice, the Archbishopric Residence, and Château Vizovice Château. All these properties are open to the public.  \n  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Kroměříž","address":"Sněmovní náměstí 1  \n767 01 Kroměříž  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.npu.cz","phone":"+420 573 301 411","fax":"+420 573 301 419","email":"kromeriz@kromeriz.npu.cz"},"54a36e22-544b-5a52-8714-57a63a9ba7fd":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Brno Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Brno) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. There are 12 significant monument complexes in South Moravia which fall under the authority of the Institute. Besides the Baroque Châteaux of Milotice and Valtice, there are the Bítov, Janohrad, Pernštejn and Nový Hrádek castles, as well as the Châteaux Bučovice, Lednice, Lysice, Rájec nad Svitavou, Uherčice and Vranov nad Dyjí.  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Brno","address":"Náměstí Svobody 8  \n601 54 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.npu.cz/uop-br/","phone":"+420 542 536 111","fax":"+420 542 536 217","email":"uop.br.sekretariat@npu.cz"},"559ab197-7289-5af4-a295-1118bde9afce":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums","description":"**The Museum of Islamic Art is closed from October 2023 to March 2027 due to renovation and expansion works.**  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin is the only institution of its kind in Germany, the oldest in the West and with its c. 93,000 pieces it houses one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art from nearly all regions of Islamic rule.  \n  \nIts collections are especially rich in objects from an architectural context including the monumental façade of the caliphal palace of Mshatta (Jordan), dating from the mid-8th century. It is the largest artefact of Islamic Art in any museum worldwide. The unique dome from the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain) and 13th-century prayer niches from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey) are among the highlights. Most loved by our visitors is the finely painted wooden panelling of an upper-class house from Aleppo (Syria) from the early 17th century – it is the oldest surviving exemplar from the Ottoman World. Among the several archaeological groups from major excavations in the Islamic world the finds from the 9th-century caliphal capital of Samarra (Iraq) stand out. The collection also has a large number of important Ottoman and Persian carpets and bibliographical works of art, including numerous miniatures from the Mughal Empire.  \n  \nThe collection is displayed chronologically, allowing the visitor to follow the different stylistic phases of Islamic art and to develop a notion of the complex Islamic history and its artistic merits. Because of the large number of visitors (up to 900,000 yearly), only a small number of the most important works of art are on display. The museum will move inside Pergamon-Museum and will triple its exhibition space (3,000sq.m) by 2020. The layout and concept will discover new and innovative ways to present the cultural legacy.  \n  \nWith its rich art and archaeological collection, the Museum of Islamic Art is one of the leading research institutions dedicated to the material culture of the Middle East and neighbouring regions. Our many research, conservation and exhibition projects amount to a probing investigation of the urban legacies of the Near and Middle East. The institution houses important collections of archival photographs on Islamic art and architecture as well as an internationally outstanding library focused on art, architecture and archaeology in the world of Islam.","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","fax":"+49 30 266 42 5202","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"580d4203-2fdf-5800-bff6-a6e45724577a":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Museums and Antiquities"},"5db20458-bdcf-5050-98fb-3fb2d1392a0a":{"name":"Museum for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities","description":"When it was founded in 1954, the Museum for Mediterranean and Near East Antiquities comprised collections of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Cypriote antiquities. As a department of the National History Museum, the museum was primarily of an archaeological nature aimed at showing the origins of western civilization. However, in 1982, a large part of the Swedish collections of Islamic art were added to it, in response to increasing understanding of the Mediterranean countries as a region of close relations and interactions over the centuries. With its incorporation, in 1999, in the National Museum of World Culture, an organization consisting of the four Swedish state museums with foreign collections, the focus changed to the diversity of culture within the region of the Mediterranean and in relation to the rest of the world.  \n  \nThe Islamic collection of the museum consists of ceramics, metal works, textiles and miniatures, mostly from Iran and Turkey. It also includes well-known collections such as the so-called Hannibal collection of glass fragments. Although Sweden does not border any Islamic lands, there are many cultural objects in archives, libraries and other museums testifying to its diplomatic and commercial relations with Islamic countries. Examples from these institutions were selected to characterize the development of the Islamic collections in Sweden.  \n  \nThe Islamic collection is displayed in two rooms accessible from the main hall. As an introduction, the Muslim way of life is depicted by objects from a religious context. The exhibition itself displays artefacts from different regions and periods and of various materials according to aesthetic traditions. Located near finds from other Mediterranean cultures the exhibition encourages visitors to understand relationships, traditions and influences.","city":"Stockholm","address":"Fredsgatan 2  \nBox 16008  \n10321 Stockholm, Sweden","website":"http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/medelhavsmuseet/","phone":"+46 010 456 12 00","email":"info@medelhavsmuseet.se"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Madaba Archaeological Park  \nHisban, Jordan  \n  \nSpanish Mission  \nAmman, Jordan"},"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"},"66e89f12-f678-5a86-9c94-789412c134aa":{"name":"Centre for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT)","description":"CULTNAT is one of the research centres of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. For more than 14 years, CULTNAT, using new advanced technologies, has striven to document, manage, and disseminate knowledge of Egypt’s huge cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, as well as its natural heritage. CULTNAT’s multilingual databases, a huge repository of heritage information, are reinforced by 2-D and 3-D high quality. This wealth of knowledge is disseminated through different channels: the patented panoramic interactive display system, CULTURAMA, books, multimedia applications, documentary films, websites, virtual reality, augmented reality, mobile applications and GIS applications.","city":"Giza","address":"Smart Village,  \nCairo-Alexandria Desert Road, km 28,  \n12577 Giza  \nEgypt","website":"www.cultnat.org","phone":"+20 2 3534 3111","fax":"+20 2 3534 3055","email":"public.relations@cultnat.org"},"6a136d05-856b-5321-aaeb-eba1b39136a2":{"name":"Eszterháza Centre for Culture, Research and Festivals","description":"*Since 1 January 2015 the Hungarian participation is managed by ECCRF, which took over from The National Trust of Monuments for Hungary further to a reorganisation of the Hungarian cultural heritage authorities.*  \n  \nThe independent Eszterháza Centre for Culture, Research and Festivals was established on 1 March 2014. The establishment of the institution is a great step in the life of the Esterházy palace since it opens the path for a blossoming revival of the palace and the estate of Eszterháza. It means not only the refurbishment and re-installation of the palace museum but also the foundation of an international Haydn Research Centre, the care of the gardens and the estate and, last but not at least, the refreshment of the music life of the site.  \n  \nThe newly established institution will provide opportunities for experts, scholars, students and artists in many domains to study and explore the multifaceted cultural life of the Esterhazy court in the past and will also establish a creative environment of concerts and master classes for world famous and established artists and for young talents as well. The centre would like to cultivate collaboration, cultural dialogue and creative and active exchange between artists and scholars at the academic and university level. The aim is to break disciplinary boundaries, to introduce new perspectives and to provide a suitable, internationally networked environment for interdisciplinary research. Concerts and festivals are organised within the boundaries and the education of the young generation in the framework of the museum pedagogical activities (including special music pedagogy) is emphasised. In addition to the museum, research and musical activities there is an intense horticultural life since there is a huge garden accessible to the general public. The institution runs a series of projects including the partnership with MWNF.","city":"Fertőd","address":"Joseph Haydn út 2.  \nFertőd  \nHungary","website":"www.eszterhaza.hu","phone":"+36 99 537 640","fax":"+36 99 537 640","email":"info@eszterhaza.hu"},"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)"},"6f3cdc51-1adf-525e-99e8-9a95671e60e6":{"name":"Department of Antiquities","description":"In 1923 the Department of Antiquities (DoA) of Jordan was established under the management of Mr Ridha Tawfeq, who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. Law No. 24 for the year 1934 was the first piece of legislation concerning antiquities in Jordan; it was amended by Law No. 21 for the year 1988, and later on by Law No. 22 for the year 2004.  \n  \nThe main goal of the DoA at that time was to protect all antiquities defined according to the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered or modified by human beings including caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products that indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilisations, or any part added or rebuilt after that time.  \n  \nThe DoA as an independent department has its own budget and director within the Jordanian Government.","city":"Amman","address":"10 Sultan al-Atrash Street,  \n11183 Amman  \nJordan","website":"www.doa.gov.jo","phone":"+962 6 4644336","fax":"+962 6 4615848","email":"info@doa.gov.jo"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Tavira Municipal Museum**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Ancient Art**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Moura Municipal Museum**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Santarém Municipal Museum**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Lisbon Cathedral**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Carmo Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**City Museum**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Cathedral of Braga Treasury**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Infante D. Henrique Archaeological and Lapidary Museum**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Évora Museum**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Queen Leonor Regional Museum**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Machado de Castro National Museum**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"71715b75-3521-53ee-8c85-91fca0b977d0":{"name":"National Museums Scotland","description":"The collections of what is now National Museums Scotland were built over more than two centuries, with two strands of history coming together in the story of the organisation’s development. First the desire to have a museum reflecting Scottish history and second the wish to have a museum demonstrating international cultures, natural and physical sciences, and decorative art for Scotland.  \n  \nThe Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was founded in 1780, very much in the spirit of the Enlightenment, to collect the archaeology of Scotland. Its collections passed into public ownership in 1851 as the original collections of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. In 1985 the National Museum of Antiquities was amalgamated with the Royal Scottish Museum. The latter was founded in 1854 as the Industrial Museum of Scotland and reflected the impetus of Victorian ideals of education. It started international collecting and research as well as forming close links to the collections and teaching of Edinburgh University, which continue today. Renamed the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, it opened in its first bespoke buildings, designed by Francis Fowke, on Chambers Street in 1866. The 1985 amalgamation created the largest multi-disciplinary museum in Scotland, with 12 million items in its collections and the largest body of curatorial and conservation expertise in the country. Today, National Museums Scotland includes the National Museum of Scotland, the National War Museum, and the National Museums Collections Centre - a research, storage, and conservation facility in Edinburgh, as well as the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, and the National Museum of Rural Life in Lanarkshire.  \n  \nNational Museums Scotland started acquiring material culture from West Asia and North Africa in 1854. Today, material from West Asia comprises more than 4,000 items from a geographical area that spans from Turkey to Central Asia to Yemen, alongside over 500 objects in our collections from North African countries. Dating from the 7th to the 21st centuries, they give an insight into the past and the present of the people living in these regions, particularly through representations of their different crafts, and the skills and social values associated with them. The museum’s collections reflect British and Scottish collectors’ interests in the Islamic world and embody entangled colonial histories and interrelations.","city":"Edinburgh","address":"Chambers Street,  \nEdinburgh EH1 1JF","website":"http://www.nms.ac.uk","phone":"+ 44 (0)300 123 6789","email":"info@nms.ac.uk"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","fax":"+34 91 432 68 40","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"804de1a6-e288-5381-8982-10883c9b8fcb":{"name":"Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Department of Antiquities","city":"Amman","address":"Department of Antiquities of Jordan (DoA)  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","website":"http://www.doa.gov.jo/En/index.php","phone":"+962 6 4644336, 4641275","fax":"+962 6 4615848","email":"doa@nic.net.jo"},"82e0c8bb-760e-5b14-85e8-24c1bd555bc6":{"name":"Ministry of Culture and Tourism"},"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"},"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"},"8f0d2773-afea-51e8-ab5b-624187d06f77":{"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"},"9d61c11b-d2fa-5227-9f73-d450019497be":{"name":"Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities"},"a0a06f79-6bb6-5eba-a306-be38053da391":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate of 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","phone":"+212 537 274 001 / 03","fax":"+212 537 274 002","email":"www.minculture.gov.ma"},"a15af7a6-105c-5a56-9c17-5e9fd2213651":{"name":"Slavkov Castle (Château Austerlitz)","description":"Slavkov Castle ranks among the oldest well-preserved manors in Moravia. In the first half of the 13th century, a Teutonic Knights Commandery was built in place of the present Baroque Castle; Slavkov is first mentioned as being in their possession in 1237. Parts of the residential building and circular stairway tower of the commandery are preserved under the northern tract of the Baroque castle and beneath one part of the castle courtyard. The central oval salon is an absolutely unique interior, designed and constructed by the architect Ignacio Valmaggini.  \nAt present, almost the entire first floor of Slavkov Castle is accessible to the public, comprising parts of the once extensive Kaunitz gallery, the beginnings of which date to the first half of the 17th century. The biggest expansion of the family’s gallery of paintings occurred in the second half of the 18th century under Václav Antonín of Kaunitz, when the gallery contained not only copies but also original works by famous European masters.  \nSlavkov Castle is famous not only for its architecture but also because of its connection with the Battle of Three Emperors at Slavkov at the beginning of December 1805.  \nSeveral independent galleries are located in the castle, which host seasonal exhibitions and other art-related productions. For example, there are exhibitions on glass, ceramics and floristry; fine art, graphic art, photography, jewellery, textiles and lace, as well as seasonal exhibitions, such as that held at Christmas. Exhibitions of wine and wine-tasting are among many other events held at the Castle.  \nGuided tours with expert commentary make the otherwise inaccessible Museum depositories and collections of the History Museum in Slavkov u Brna, with its exquisite period furniture, accessible to visitors.","city":"Slavkov","address":"Palackého náměstí 1  \n684 01 Slavkov u Brna  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.zamek-slavkov.cz","phone":"+420 544 221 204","fax":"+420 544 221 685","email":"info@zamek-slavkov.cz"},"a628cb11-ea40-5182-b205-ccb36c5338d8":{"name":"Province of Rome (Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale)","description":"Today, the province is the local entity at the very heart of the relationship between state, region and municipality, making it mediator, reference point and coordinator for citizens, services and infrastructure in the city of Rome and its municipalities.  \n  \nIf the state is responsible for governing in general matters, the regions for legislating and the municipalities for providing administrative support for the law, the provinces play an important role in planning, which includes the public’s need and desire for resources, within a geographical area that is larger than individual local communities.  \n  \nIn short, the province is where local authorities are expected to communicate with one another to strengthen their own potential: road safety, professional training, employment policy, food and farming guarantees, soil protection, school building and territorial planning are the key responsibilities of provincial administrations.  \n  \nSince 1990, the Province of Rome has also been responsible for optimising its cultural assets, which it does through study and research, restoration work, and protecting and safeguarding architectural, archaeological and historical-artistic heritage in the province.  \n  \nProtection of cultural assets is assured in partnership with the province’s municipalities by means of targeted public announcements and by direct action both on monumental and historical sites such as palaces, castles, abbeys and archaeological deposits, and on individual objects such as paintings, sculptures, musical instruments or any other artefact having a specific artistic value.  \n  \nThere are various learning and documentary resources available in the sector, such as the Laboratory of Archaeological Cartography and the Library of Archaeology, Art History and Architecture.  \n  \nThe Province of Rome was officially created on 15 October 1870. It now contains 120 municipalities, as well as the capital city itself. Its official seat is the historical Palazzo Valentini, which still contains ancient sculptures and paintings from different periods.","city":"Rome","address":"Provincia di Roma  \nPalazzo Valentini  \nVia IV Novembre 119/a  \n00186 Rome","website":"www.provincia.roma.it","phone":"+39 06 6766 1","email":"info@cittametropolitanaroma.gov.it"},"a8f4e1dc-623c-547b-91d9-32977f0b2b9d":{"name":"Institute of Art History","description":"The Institute of Art History is a public scientific institution focusing on the history and theory of Croatian visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, town planning, regional planning and visual communications) from all chronological or stylistic periods, from the Early Middle Ages to recent events. In addition to scholarly activities and research, the Institute has also systematically developed its library and documentation (library, archives, photo-library and library of plans), its database of Croatian art heritage (art works and monuments) and its publications.  \n  \nThe Institute was founded in 1961 at the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb with the aim of promoting, co-ordinating and linking scholarly research with the teaching of the history of art and archaeology*.* It was conceived and founded by professors Grgo Gamulin and Milan Prelog who directed its research activities in close collaboration with the Department for History of Art.  \n  \nOver time, the Institute changed its status. In 1963 it grew into an independent institution. In 1968 it acquired the status of a university institute. From 1974 to 1991, because it did not meet certain legal requirements, it was integrated into the Centre for Historic Studies, which later became the Institute for Historic Studies of the University of Zagreb, and comprised four former institutes of arts as its departments: Archaeology, History, History of Art and Philosophy. In 1991 it again became an independent Institute. Under a 1993 law regulating scholarship and science it acquired its present status as a public institute.  \n  \nThe Institute currently employs 15 scientists, 10 research fellows and 7 research assistants  \nThe results of scientific research are published on a regular basis, mainly in the journals (*Radovi Instituta za povijest umjetnosti*, *Život umjetnosti*) and publications of the Institute. In the late 1970s the Institute launched its own publishing programme.  \n  \nThe Institute has been located in at its present address since 1991.","city":"Zagreb","address":"Ul. Grada Vukovara 68  \n10 000 Zagreb, Croatia","website":"http://www.ipu.hr/","phone":"+385 1 611 27 44 - 611 27 45","fax":"+385 1 611 27 42","email":"mirjana.braun@yahoo.com;mbraun@ipu.hr"},"ac11a4ca-f2da-5488-8462-098e6588e37c":{"name":"Zoological Botanical Garden Wilhelma","description":"Wilhelma is the most popular recreational facility in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg's capital city. Every year more than 2 million visitors visit the unique Wilhelma Park. Not only does it combine extensive botanical gardens with a modern zoo: owing to its historical Moorish- style buildings, but it is also known as the “Alhambra on the River Neckar”, and in grounds covering more than 74 acres visitors can immerse themselves in the history of Baden-Württemberg. A highly diverse world of flora and fauna also awaits them, with rich botanical collections comprising more than 7,000 plant species, while the zoo is home to more than 1,100 species – some 9,000 animals.","city":"Stuttgart","address":"Wilhelma, 13  \n70376 Stuttgart  \nGermany  \n  \nPostfach 50 12 27  \n70342 Stuttgart  \nGermany","website":"www.wilhelma.de","phone":"+49 711 5402 0","fax":"+49 711 5402 222","email":"info@wilhelma.de"},"aec0256d-aef5-5485-9560-ab187a6b1005":{"name":"Institute for the Administration of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage -  IGESPAR","description":"The Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage, established by the Decree 120/97 of 16 May 1997, is charged with the safeguarding and improvement of Portuguese architectural heritage, including monuments with special historical, architectural, artistic, scientific, social or technical value existing in national territory, through the production of binding statements which are applied to monuments and sites that are listed or are in the process of being listed.  \n  \nThe Institute is also charged with the conservation, recovery and restoration of State-owned listed monuments and sites, the classification of monuments and archaeological sites, and the management of the main national monuments, providing dependent services.","city":"Lisbon","address":"Palácio Nacional da Ajuda  \n1349-021","website":"www.ippar.pt","phone":"+351 213614200","fax":"+351 213637047","email":"ippar@ippar.pt"},"af4615a8-3b32-5dd1-982c-aa0295c74353":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Fine Arts"},"afffcb31-4567-5a53-ab82-c5452bdcf51e":{"name":"Karatay Madrasa Tilework Museum","description":"Karatay Madrasa was built in 1251 (649, H.) by Emir Celaleddin Karatay during the period of II. İzzettin Keykavus. Its architect is unknown. The madrasa, which was also used during the Ottoman era, was abandoned at the end of the 19th century. Karatay Madrasa, which holds an important place in the tile artefacts of the Anadolu Seljukid period, was opened to visitors in 1955 as the Tile Artefacts Museum.  \n  \nThe single-storied madrasa was built in the closed madrasa type in the Seljukid Era for *hadith* and *tafsir* education. Entering through the door, you arrive in a courtyard covered with a dome (now open), and from there you go through another door to the madrasa. The madrasa’s courtyard is covered by a dome with an opening to provide light and air, and is decorated with mosaic tiles. Short verses are written on the upper parts of the walls, on the dome pulley and on panels of cell doors.  \n  \nBasmala and Ayat-el Kursi inscriptions are located in the arches of the main house, through a tunnel vault to the west of the building. Triangles – transitional architectural elements of the dome – include the names of the prophets Muhammad, Jesus, Moses and David, and the names of the four caliphs: Abu Bakr, Omar, Osman and Ali. The domed cell to the left of the iwan is the tomb of Celaleddin Karatay.  \n  \nMost of the mosaic tiles that once covered the walls are gone. The colours of the remaining tiles are turquoise, dark blue and black.  \n  \nThe artefacts exhibited are from the Anatolian Seljukid and Ottoman periods. Tiles, plaster works, ceramic plates, candle holders and unglazed ceramics are exhibited in the chamber where the tomb of Celaleddin Karatay stands, and in the students’ cells to the south. The tiles from the Kubad-Abad Palace were made using lustre and underglaze techniques, and cross, semi-cross, eight-pointed star and square shapes.  \n  \nThe iwan contains tile remnants from the Seljukid era, and ceramics from the Seljukid and Ottoman periods. In the domed hall glass plates, tile pieces, ceiling fragments from Eşrefoğlu Mosque, and ceramics from the Ottoman era are displayed.","city":"Konya","address":"Alaeddin Meydanı  \nKonya, Turkey","phone":"+90 332 351 19 14","fax":"Not available"},"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"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Madaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum was founded in 1974 in one of the old houses of Madaba that was purchased by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and transformed into a museum.  \n  \nThis museum holds artefacts and finds that have been recovered during excavations in many archaeological sites in Madaba region. These artefacts consist mainly of pottery and glass vessels, metalwork, coins and mosaic floors. Their dates range from the Iron Age to the Islamic periods.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189","fax":"+962 5 3244189"},"bc08e5f9-b067-531d-b2c7-115fddfc214f":{"name":"Prussian Palaces (Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin Brandenburg)","description":"The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (German: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg) or SPSG, was founded by a treaty of 23 August 1994 between the German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg as a public foundation following German reunification. The treaty came into force on 1 January 1995. The foundation is separate from the considerably larger Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz).  \n  \nSource Wikipedia","city":"Potsdam","address":"Postfach 60 14 62,  \n14414 Potsdam  \nGermany","website":"https://www.spsg.de/en/home/"},"bc3696f3-8f77-5a5a-8d83-cb8445448b36":{"name":"Ministry of Culture,Supreme Council of Antiquities"},"c0c2fa4f-c38c-578e-8cc1-4703cc60b8a9":{"name":"Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts","description":"The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts was the first museum in Turkey to bring together works of Islamic art. It was founded in 1914 as the Museum of Islamic Foundations and housed in the Imaret building of the Süleymaniye Complex, built by the great Turkish architect Sinan in the 16th century. The museum was renamed the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts after the declaration of the republic and moved to its present location in the 16th-century Ibrahim Paşa Palace in 1983.  \n  \nThe core collection of the museum comprises Islamic artworks collected from across the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. These works include carpets, manuscripts, metalwork, glassware, ceramics, woodwork and ethnographic materials. The collection represents an extensive period ranging from the rise of Islam to the 20th century and the vast geographical area ruled by the Ottoman Empire.  \n  \nThe carpets, numbering some 1,700, in their quality and variety constitute one of the most important collections of carpets in the world, so that the museum is sometimes thought of as a carpet museum. But the museum also has other outstanding collections: the manuscripts collection represents all the ruling Islamic states from the AH 1st / AD 7th century to the 20th century across a wide geographical area. The metalwork collection allows visitors to follow the development of Turkish metalwork in Anatolia and the rich collection of woodwork ranges from the AH 3rd / AD 9th century to the Ottoman period. The glassware and pottery collections include artefacts recovered during excavations at renowned Abbasid centres such as Samarra and Keshan (Iran) and Raqqa (Syria) as well as artefacts from the Anatolian Turkish period. The stonework, most bearing inscriptions, includes examples from the Umayyad, Abbasid, Mamluk, Seljuq and Ottoman periods. The ethnographic department is the newest section.  \n  \nThe museum also organises, hosts and participates in temporary national and international exhibitions.  \n  \nAfter the grand restoration works The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts re-opened in April 2014, exactly 100 years after its foundation, with special exhibitions to celebrate its hundredth anniversary.","city":"İstanbul","address":"İbrahim Paşa Sarayı Atmeydanı Sok. No: 46  \nSultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey","website":"https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/tiem","phone":"+90 212 518 18 05 / 06","fax":"+90 212 518 18 07","email":"tiem@tiem.gov.tr"},"c0f4bd16-caed-59a5-8c05-07349e063e43":{"name":"State Castles and Gardens Baden-Württemberg","description":"The SSG is in charge of the preservation, management, presentation and marketing of the most important palaces, gardens, castles and monasteries owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg and conducts scientific research as well as providing educational offers. It was founded in 1987 and is an unincorporated public institution within the state enterprise Assets and Construction Baden Württemberg, which belongs to the state’s Ministry of Finance. Approximately 150 staff members and 230 seasonal workers located in one central and 11 decentralised administration units take care of 60 historic monuments in total.","city":"Bruchsal","address":"Schlossraum, 22a  \n76646 Bruchsal  \nGermany","website":"www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de/","phone":"+49 72 51 74 27 70","fax":"+49 72 51 74 27 11","email":"info@ssg.bwl.de"},"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"},"c71ee250-e8d7-508a-af95-b5e136174c22":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola, Mertola"},"c9284900-9055-5081-9abe-863fad506cdc":{"name":"‘Ajlun Castle Museum","description":"This small museum was established in 1993 and renovated in 2003. It is located inside ‘Ajlun Castle. The artefacts displayed in the museum are limited to finds from ‘Ajlun district and date from the Neolithic to the Islamic periods. The collection consists mainly of pottery vessels, glass bottles, stone tools, metalwork, coins and inscriptions found in and around the castle.","city":"‘Ajlun","address":"P.O.B. 86  \n‘Ajlun, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 6420206","fax":"Not available"},"cbed6eae-1448-51e1-a0d2-37ccab174ea6":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, National Institute of Cultural Heritage"},"ce4d8147-795e-5a50-9c18-cf90561d29e5":{"name":"Rabat Archaeological Museum","description":"**Historical Description**  \n  \nWith 550 objects on display and thousands more in storage, the Rabat Archaeological Museum, founded in 1928, is one of the most prestigious national museums. It traces the history of Morocco from prehistoric times to the Islamic era. It is the culmination of a series of expansions and improvements that have made possible the inclusion of prehistoric, ancient and Islamic collections. A museum tour developed after renovations in 2003–04 highlights objects from excavations of the Almohad Tinmel Mosque and around the Koutoubia Mosque of Marrakesh.  \n  \n**Museum Collections**  \n  \nThe exhibits are displayed in three rooms, a patio and a garden.  \n  \n– On the ground floor, a chronological tour retraces the history of pre-Islamic Morocco: prehistoric civilisations, and then the Phoenician, Mauritanian and Roman eras, each represented by characteristic tools and objects.  \n  \n– Upstairs, the Islamic collections are organised by themes. Coins come from successive dynasties in Morocco. Ceramics display different techniques specific to the Islamic period, such *cuerda seca* (dry cord), stamping, metallic or polychrome glazes. Housing is represented both in its structural and decorative aspects: concrete work, but also murals, painted or engraved wood, capitals, trellises, stucco, and more.  \n  \n– The second themed section highlights antique marble statuary, with different artistic movements from Mauritania Tingitana (a Roman province). Prestigious works illustrate mythology and the history and public life of the Roman Empire: Venus, Theseus Slaying the Minotaur, Ephebe Pouring Drink, an imposing head of Juno, and busts of Juba II and Cato are among many pieces of inestimable scientific and aesthetic value.  \n  \n– The third section has a collection of inscriptions and rock carvings.  \n  \n*The Rabat Archaeological Museum is known today as the Museum of History and Civilisations.*","city":"Rabat","address":"23, rue Brihi  \nRabat, Morocco","phone":"+212 537 70 19 19"},"cf8ec428-5799-50a3-9650-91f330ba6493":{"name":"Dar Jamaï Museum","description":"The Jamai Palace was built in 1882 by Mokhtar bin Larbi Jamai, the grand vizier of the sultan Moulay Hassan I, according to an inscription in the reception hall. The French bought it in 1912, and they converted it successively into a hospital, a military court, and in 1920, into the “Museum of Indigenous Arts”, devoted to the handicrafts of Meknes and the surrounding mountainous Middle Atlas and Rif regions. Inspired by Spanish-Maghrebi design and decoration, Dar Jamai was created to meet the needs of private and public life.  \n  \n**Museum Collections**  \n  \nOn the ground floor, three rooms dedicated to ceramics from Fez and Tafilalet, ceramics from Meknes-Fez and painted and sculpted wood lead to the central patio. Two rooms formerly reserved for women also open onto the patio; one is dedicated to costumes and embroidery, the other to urban and rural jewellery.  \n  \nThe vizier’s private Moorish bath displays *hammam* objects such as wooden buckets, small brass containers, woolen gloves, and the like.  \n  \nThe room of old ironwork includes panels with keys, padlocks, knockers, chandeliers, locks, and a complete set of blacksmithing tools.  \n  \nPottery from the Rif region, Zarhoun pottery and metalwork are displayed in the former kitchens, while pavilions and corridors are decorated with various small carpets and manuscripts.  \n  \nThe textile room has two looms, tapestries and blankets.  \n  \nUpstairs, the bride’s room and the *koubba*, where the vizier received his distinguished guests – a sumptuous cupola decorated with terracotta tiles and stucco – is covered by a painted and carved cedar ceiling. This ceremonial salon with alcoves is furnished in the Makhzen tradition: brass, Rabat carpets, sofas, embroidered silks from Meknes, Rabat and Salé, velvets embroidered in gold, leather cushions, mosquito nets, and more.  \n  \nThe last room is devoted to weapons from the Rif, Souss and Tafilalet regions of Morocco.","city":"Meknès","address":"Place Hadim  \nMeknès, Morocco","phone":"+212 535 540 863","fax":"Not available"},"d10f1d84-ce50-539f-aad0-624ff1d3e8c9":{"name":"Topkapı Palace Museum","description":"Topkapı Palace, the administrative and residential palace of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, was completed by AH 882 / AD 1478 after the city had been conquered by Mehmed II. It was used continuously by the Ottoman rulers until they moved to the palaces built along the Bosphorus in the 13th / 19th century. After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey, the palace became a museum on 3 April 1924 by order of Atatürk.  \nThe palace became a grandiose, multi-functional structure through continual development and additional construction by different sultans, which also reflects the institutional structure of the Ottoman Empire. The splendour and multi-level structure of Ottoman protocol and hierarchy can clearly be seen in the architecture. Even the rise and the fall of the empire found its artistic expression in the palace. As well as being a stage for the dramatic events of the past, this palace is one of the few examples of its kind that survived along with its historical lifestyle.  \n  \nAmong the items exhibited in the museum are portraits and costumes of the sultans, Chinese and Japanese porcelains used in the palace, metal kitchenware, Yıldız porcelain and glassware, European porcelain and silver items, Islamic and Turkish weapons. Holy relics of Prophet Mohammed and the first caliphs that were brought from Medina in the early 10th / 16th century by Selim I are exhibited in the Holy Relics section. Among those relics are the mantle of the Prophet Mohammed, his swords and his foot print.  \n  \nFour thrones, aigrette-holders, the Topkapı dagger and the diamond of Kaşıkçı are the most famous examples of the items from the treasury of the Ottomans. The museum's archive holds important documents of correspondence of the Ottoman Sultans and its library contains famous manuscripts from the Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods.  \n  \nTopkapı Palace Museum operates under the Directorate of National Palaces of the Presidency of the Republic.","city":"Istanbul","address":"Sultanahmet  \nFatih, İstanbul, Turkey","website":"https://www.millisaraylar.gov.tr/en","phone":"+90 212 512 04 80; +90 212 236","fax":"+90 212 259 32 92","email":"info@ millisaraylar.gov.tr"},"d9f6c12d-ca03-5d6e-b33c-c1a37daec1fa":{"name":"Glasgow Museums","description":"Although not the capital, Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland. It prides itself on its multi-cultural scene with a prosperous Muslim community representing the largest non-white Scottish group in the city and in Scotland. The Glasgow Museums collection is the biggest managed by any local authority in the United Kingdom and one of a handful of municipal collections that are recognized to have national importance. This service was founded in 1854 with the McLellan collection of European paintings, which was donated to the people of Glasgow by Archibald McLellan together with a building to house it. At present Glasgow manages thirteen public museums covering a wide range of subjects.  \n  \nGlasgow’s Islamic collections come from all over the world with objects from Africa, Spain, the Middle East and Central Asia. The oldest items date back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The earliest objects to enter the museums’ collections were donated in the 1870s. Though many of these are private donations, some were purchased by the museum service. The Islamic collections are mainly housed at The Burrell Collection, The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.  \n  \nThe main strength of the Islamic collections lies in the large donation of Sir William Burrell and his wife, who gifted their massive and varied collection to Glasgow in 1944. It includes Iranian and Mughal Indian ceramics and carpets, Turkish and Uzbek textiles and embroideries, and Hispano-Moresque lustrewares. The other Islamic collections of Glasgow Museums include objects from Mughal India, Fatimid and Mamluk Egypt and Syria, the Ottoman Middle East, and 19th century Berber and Arab North Africa. In addition to all of the above, Glasgow Museums is interested in developing its contemporary Islamic collections by welcoming donations of modern Islamic arts and crafts, as well as strengthening the other areas within its Islamic collections.","city":"Glasgow","address":"The Burrell Collection  \nPollok Country Park  \n2060 Pollokshaws Road  \nG43 1AT  \nGlasgow, United Kingdom","website":"http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/","phone":"+44 141 2872550","fax":"+44 141 2872597"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Built during the 9th / 15th century by Sidi Kacem, the mausoleum has been transformed into a museum of ceramics. It consists of an entrance hall leading to a ceramics workshop, and to a patio surrounded by rooms and a funeral space. The courtyard galleries and alcoves have been converted into exhibition spaces for ceramic objects. This collection traces different eras of Muslim history in Tunisia, and also includes objects of Persian origin.  \n  \nCeramic objects dating back to the Aghlabid era can be identified by the use of metallic lustre, archaic Kufic script, and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic drawings as decoration. The pieces dating back to the Fatimid period are illustrated with animated scenes in blue on a white background.  \n  \nHafsid ceramics are distinguished by the absence of illustrated scenes in favour of geometric motifs with floral decoration in which cobalt blue and manganese brown dominate. There are also ceramic tiles dating back to the Ottoman era, some of which are decorated with bouquets of flowers.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452","fax":"+216 71 562452"},"de2dbebd-e2b6-5434-b061-c35adc183958":{"name":"Udayas Museum (National Museum of Jewellery)","description":"**Historical Description**  \n  \nCreated in 1915, the Oudayas Museum is one of the oldest public museums in Morocco, along with the Batha Museum in Fez. The Oudayas Museum contains one of the largest museum collections in the country.  \n  \nA landmark in the history of Morocco, the Oudayas Casbah was originally a fort built by the Almoravids (10th–12th centuries) on the cliff overlooking the Bouregreg estuary. In the 12th century, under the Almohads, Abdelmoumen renovated the fort into a royal residence and defensive post in support of the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1609, Philip II of Spain expelled nearly one million Moriscos – descendants of Muslims who at that time were living in Spain under Christian rule. Among these were 2,000 Arabic-speaking Muslims, the Hornacheros, who settled in the Oudayas Casbah and established an independent republic that engaged in piracy. The turbulent history of the Bouregreg estuary ended with the Alaouite Sidi Mohammed bin Abdellah (1757–89).  \n  \nThroughout its history the Oudayas Casbah has been the site of major construction works, including Bab el-Kebir, the monumental Almohad gate; the rampart of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Rachid; and the princely residence of Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727).  \n  \n**The Museum**  \n  \nBuilt in the former pavilions of the sultan Moulay Ismaïl, the Oudayas Museum is an Andalusian-inspired architectural masterpiece. Initially comprising private collections (Libert: ceramics, brass and carved wood; Besancenot: silver jewels), it has been continuously enriched by new acquisitions. All currently displayed collections of manuscripts, coins, astrolabes, clothing, carpets, cabinetry, weapons, and so on, are from the Islamic period.  \n  \nThe first room features silver and gold-plated jewellery from the High Atlas, Middle Atlas, Anti-Atlas and the Sahara. Two loggias house blue or polychrome enamelled ceramics from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Clothing and ceremonial accessories of city-dwellers follow, and finally there is a collection of gold ornaments of high aesthetic and historical value.","city":"Rabat","address":"Musée National des Bijoux (Ancien musée des Oudayas)  \nCasbah des Oudayas  \nRabat, Morocco","phone":"+212 537 731537","fax":"Not available"},"defa425b-fe47-5a8e-bb82-33721be61de9":{"name":"Batha Museum","description":"Built in 1885, the original building was a courthouse and summer residence of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Hassan I before being renovated as a museum in 1915. The Batha Museum brings together archaeological collections, architectural elements and ethnographic objects relating to the city of Fez and its surrounding area. Since a reorganisation in 2006, the museum’s theme has revolved around spiritual life and the art of living.  \n  \nThrough large rooms overlooking the patio and garden, the tour begins with the city’s Islamic origins: manuscripts illuminated with gold leaf, liturgical wooden objects, planispheric brass astrolabes – and a rare example of a leather astrolabe dial. One section is dedicated to architectural elements. Wood is featured: friezes, panels, lintels and other corbels from different dynasties display Moroccan craftsmanship. Besides their artistic value, some pieces are historical and archaeological treasures, such as the beam dating from AD 877, the oldest wood in Islamic Morocco, evidence of the city of Kairouan’s artistic influences.  \n  \nZelliges (handmade terracotta tiles) are a distinctive feature of Moroccan-Andalusian Islamic architecture, with excellent collections here in the Batha Museum, with some dating back to the 14th century.  \n  \nAlso on exhibit are traditional arts from Fez, whose richness and variety are manifested in a collection of delicate embroidery in a single thread colour, and a variety of ornaments and wedding dresses for brides typically from the cities. There is also a rich collection of tin-based ceramics enamelled in a monochrome blue-grey.  \n  \nVisitors can discover rural crafts and museum-quality objects like jewellery and pottery outside the city of Fez.","city":"Fès","address":"Ksar El Batha  \nPlace du 11 janvier  \nFès, Morocco","phone":"+212 53 563 41 16"},"edb8cc68-6a7b-575f-9541-6421a991bf33":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Hama Museum**  \nHama, Syria"},"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"},"eff55f70-afdd-5a6d-b577-f7e280407996":{"name":"Musei Civici d’Arte Antica di Bologna in cooperation with the Province of Bologna","city":"Bologna"},"f0448341-50fd-5737-bf32-5fe7fdf30a77":{"name":"Museum of Jordanian Heritage","description":"This museum is located in the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University; it was founded in 1984 and officially opened in 1988.  \n  \nThe main gallery consists of four rooms: the first room (Hunting and Gathering) deals with Jordan’s prehistory; the second (City State) focuses on the Bronze Ages, illustrated through graphics and drawings; the third room (East and West) deals with the history of material culture in the Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine periods; and the fourth room concentrates on Jordan in the Islamic periods. The second floor has special topics related to the history of technology, rural life and folklore. A new gallery of numismatics was added to the museum in 2002.","city":"Irbid","address":"Irbid, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 7211111-4465","fax":"Not available"},"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"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Silves Archaeological Museum","description":"Brief History  \n  \nInaugurated in 1990, the Silves Museum was built around the magnificent 12th-13th century Almohad well-cistern, which was discovered through archaeological excavations in the 1980s. The site is currently classified as a national monument and is the centrepiece of the Silves Museum’s permanent exhibition. The museum space also integrates the Almohad era city wall, making it not only a museum that exhibits a significant historical collection, but also a rare jewel of present day Portuguese Islamic heritage.  \n  \nSince its inauguration the museum has left its permanent collection, consisting of around 800 mostly ceramic objects, open to public viewing. The museum also contains a plethora of objects in reserve which were acquired through several archaeological excavations conducted throughout Portugal.  \n  \nCollection  \n  \nChronologically divided into five sections, the museum includes a collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman era objects. Its collections are distinguished not just by the quantity but also by their exceptional quality and includes objects from the medieval Islamic periods. These constitute objects from the Umayyad Caliphate, the Taifa era, the Almoravid and the later Almohad dynasties, representing a long period of Islamic rule that ranged from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE. Due to the nature of the site, there is a strong representation of objects from the Almohad period between the 12th and 13th centuries, which attest to the richness and importance of Silves during this historic period.  \n  \nThe museum’s collection also exhibits a range of comparatively modern objects, from the 15th to the 17th centuries, which attest to the influential and complex network of trade routes between the city of Silves and other significant ports of the time.  \n  \nPublic Outreach  \n  \nThe museum has been developing a programme of temporary exhibitions from its own funds as a means to not only showcase certain presentations, but also strengthen cultural relations with countries that were historically linked to the municipality of Silves. Among these include projects with the Kingdom of Morocco.  \n  \nThe museum’s educational department plays a key role in the attraction and retention of the public awareness. This is done through prioritising communication with young audiences and providing them with tools that help interpret the museum’s archaeological collection.  \n  \nIt is through this approach that the pedagogic workshops were formed which, with the help of local artisans, offer a range of activities that help raise awareness towards the historic material culture showcased in the museum. These include pottery, ceramics, weaving and calligraphy. For other audiences who wish to experience a wider variety of themes, there are workshops centred on the local environment, heritage, playhouses, the sciences as well as tours that complement temporary exhibitions. Lastly, to stimulate further interest and promote the study of the collection, the museum has developed projects and activities with other international networks that have similar interests.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","fax":"+351 282 440 856","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"},"fdce3078-0f3e-504f-8c9d-b8c96d6ff7fb":{"name":"The National Museum","description":"The Saudi National Museum is part of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre administered by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. It was established in Riyadh on 6.10.1419 AH / 23.1.1999 AD in celebration of 100 years of unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  \n  \nThe National Museum is the main building in the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre, covering an area of 28,000 square meters, including exhibition halls. It is a cultural landmark displaying the antiquities and heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and presenting past cultures, civilisations and historic events that occurred in the Arabian Peninsula in general and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular through exhibitions using the most modern resources and technology.  \n  \nThe Museum consists of eight galleries; each represents a particular cultural and historical period in chronological order from prehistoric times until the modern period. The principal objective of the National Museum is to highlight the national cultural identity and its depth and dimensions through the antiquities and heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.","city":"Riyadh","address":"King Abdul Aziz Historical Center, Al-Muraba  \nP.O. Box: 3734  \n11481 Riyadh  \nSaudi Arabia","website":"www.nationalmuseum.org.sa","phone":"+966 1 1 4029500","fax":"+966 1 1 4030306","email":"TNM@scta.gov.sa"}}
+{"01ed0e00-4aed-5afc-bdea-937514669d4b":{"name":"Victoria and Albert Museum","description":"The Victoria and Albert (V&A) is the world’s leading museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. When the museum opened to the public in 1852, its mission was to reform design by making works of art available to all, improving the public’s understanding of the subject and providing inspiration for designers and manufacturers. Today, the V&A’s collections span over 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium and from many parts of the world.  \n  \nThe V&A comprises a family of sites, including the V&A in South Kensington, Young V&A located in Bethnal Green, V&A Dundee in Scotland, the V&A Wedgwood Collection housed in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, V&A Gallery at Design Society in Shekou, China, and opening in 2024/25 will be V&A East located within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. Across these sites the museum showcases their collections to a wide range of audiences and aims to champion design and creativity in all its forms.  \n  \nThe V&A has specialised in collecting art and design from the Islamic world since the 1850s, and it was the first institution in the world to collect Islamic art in a systematic fashion. The museum's founders believed that Islamic ideas about structuring patterns and matching decoration to shape and function could improve British design. The collection grew to become the most significant in its field. Outstanding works include the AH 10th / AD 16th-century Ardabil carpet from Iran, a rock crystal ewer from AH 5th / AD 11th-century Egypt, and the world’s greatest collections of Islamic ceramics. The museum also houses the national collection of Islamic textiles.","city":"London","address":"Cromwell Road  \nSouth Kensington  \nSW7 2RL  \nLondon  \nUnited Kingdom","website":"http://www.vam.ac.uk","phone":"+44 207 9422000","fax":"+44 207 9422335"},"02ca9cee-a0b8-5b33-9a54-c3481e78c5bf":{"name":"Municipal Museum of Santarem","description":"The Municipal Museum of Santarém has been a secular institution since 1892. During the 1990s, the concept of the museum changed. Since then, three museums have been established at different locations and with specific purposes. The Municipal Museum is now a Multi-Core Museum.  \n  \nThe first nucleus is the Art and Archaeology Museum, located in S. João de Alporão Church (Church of St. John of Alporão). The Museum organises thematic and temporary exhibitions. The second centre is housed at Anselmo Braamcamp Freire’s House-Museum. Here there are paintings, sculpture and furniture; decorative art, in porcelain and earthenware, as well as an important library.  \n  \nThe Time’s Centre, is in one of the city’s *ex-libris*. Located in a peculiar tower, it is composed of a large collection of watches. From the top floor there is a wonderful view of the city.  \n  \nNowadays there is a new centre, the Urbi Scalabis Interpretation Centre located in the Portas de Sol Garden, where the history of Santarém’s evolution and development is explored.  \n  \nAll these centres combine traditional methods used for museum display with interactive equipment through which visitors learn, explore and enjoy the museum experience.  \n  \nRegarding the Anselmo Braamcamp Freire House-Museum, located in the same building as the public library. Both of them came as result of the legacy left to the city by Anselmo Braamcamp Freire: the house, books, furniture and art collection. Braamcamp Freire was an early 20th-century politician and humanist. He had real concern for human rights and other cultural issues; a defender of free access to information and knowledge. This is the main reason he left his assets to the city. He believed that the whole population should have access, through a public library, to books and artworks. (Written by Helena Vicente)","city":"Santarém","address":"Praça do Município  \n2005-245","website":"http://www.cm-santarem.pt","phone":"+351 243 304 200","fax":"+351 243 304 244","email":"geral@cm-santarem.pt"},"03192ec8-3f89-5671-83e5-48f444feab3c":{"name":"IMARET – Institute Mohammed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition","description":"Institute Mohammed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition (IMARET) was established in 2006 in Kavala, Greece, as a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with its headquarters located in the house of Mohammed Ali. Embarking on its multicultural heritage, the institute’s mission is to act as a hub between the Arab and the Mediterranean cultures and the Western world, by promoting the study, knowledge and understanding of Arab civilisation's achievements in the fields of science, art, philosophy, history and culture, and underlining their influence on the development of Western thought. Beginning with two unique Egyptian monuments, the institute has founded a museum and a residency programme addressing various creative disciplines.  \n  \nThe institute's activities are widespread in the areas of culture, education and community development, offering a multifaceted programme that covers all areas of art and culture, including music and theatre performances, visual arts exhibitions and educational activities for young people, as well as international conferences, seminars and publications that open debate around ideas and intellectual exchange.","city":"Kavala","address":"Mohammed Ali Square, Panagia,  \n65110, Kavala  \nGreece","website":"www.imaret.org.gr","phone":"+30 2510 620 515","email":"info@imaret.org.gr"},"0560c4eb-38f2-5604-b2ac-2a6ab6194535":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Telč Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Telč) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. From Château Telč, the National Heritage Institute administers four other ancient State monuments in the district of Vysočina – Château Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Lipnice Castle, Château Náměšť nad Oslavou and the Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora. All the properties are open to public.  \n  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Telč","address":"Hradecká 6  \n588 56 Telč  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.npu-telc.eu","phone":"+420 567 213 116","fax":"+420 567 243 655","email":"sekretariat@telc.npu.cz"},"08da2b05-a4ee-59f0-8585-a9431321460e":{"name":"Larache Archaeological Museum","description":"Kindly note that the Larache Archaeological Museum has been closed and all its artefacts have been moved to:  \n  \nCasbah Museum (Tangier)  \nAl-Kasbah, Tangier  \nConservator: Abdelaziz El Idrissi  \nT: +212 539 932 097  \nM: +212 (0) 675 271 922  \n  \nThe following is an older article referring to the when the Larache Archaeological Museum was operational.  \n  \nLocated on Dar el-Makhzen Square near the old city wall, Borj al-Yahoudi was renovated in 1978 as a museum of the city of Larache. The museum exhibits only archaeological objects excavated from the Lixus site, about four kilometres from the Loukkos River harbour.  \n  \nThe first section displays the pieces chronologically; a second room, on the ground floor, is arranged in order of category: religious life, mythology, architecture, jewellery and ceramics.  \n  \nThe chronology is as follows:  \n  \n**The Phoenician Period**  \nAlthough archaeological data from the period is scarce, the museum’s collection (a sphinx, ostrich eggs, jewellery – including the famous gold earring of the goddess Tanit) is evidence of the existence of commercial trade at the port of Lixus.  \n  \n**The Punic Period**  \nAmphorae, imported ceramics and common pottery show the engagement of Lixus in the major Mediterranean trading routes.  \n  \n**The Mauritanian Period**  \nThe collections of amphorae, perfume containers, imported ceramics and copies of bronze works date to this era of intense commercial activity and urban expansion.  \n  \n**The Roman Period**  \nRoman-era archaeological objects occupy a vast area and reveal the flourishing of Lixus under Roman colonisation, from the reign of Claude (AD 1st century) until the Romans abandoned the city (AD 5th century). Included are ceramic utensils imported from Italy, Spain and southern Gaul, amphorae, statuettes, mosaic fragments, bronze furniture, architectural elements – including a Pompeian-style mural.  \n  \n**The Islamic Period**  \nAlthough medieval objects are rare, the Islamic occupation of the site has been confirmed by the discovery of architectural elements, by everyday Almohad and Almoravid ceramics, and especially by *cuerda seca* (dry cord) ceramics, including a celebrated drinking vase. Similar examples have been found in Murcia and Siyasa, Shaltish and Huelva in Andalusia.","city":"Larache","address":"Délégation du Ministère de la Culture  \nLarache, Morocco","phone":"+212 539 912 092"},"0fef2965-45fc-5d87-93da-3978c5e0fbfd":{"name":"Museum Ohne Grenzen","city":"Vienna"},"118eaacb-aebe-52f7-a42f-a9fb2bec534e":{"name":"University of Munich, Institute of Art History","description":"The Institute for Art History of LMU Munich has been founded in 1909 and has grown to be one of the biggest and most influential in Germany since. Professors like Heinrich Wölfflin, Wilhelm Pinder, Hans Jantzen, Hans Sedlmayr and Hans Belting have established its international reputation","city":"Munich","address":"Studienzentrum Kunstgeschichte  \nZentnerstr. 31  \nD - 80798 Munich","website":"http://www.kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.html","phone":"+49 0 89 2180 2465","fax":"+49 0 89 2180 5316","email":"Christina.Hollerith@kunstgeschichte.uni-muenchen.de"},"19c6017a-4b0e-5530-b7ac-c09f8a4bf54d":{"name":"Calouste Gulbenkian Museum","description":"Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born in Scutari in 1869 into a family of Armenian origin. A pioneer of the oil industry and an exceptionally discerning and knowledgeable collector, he came to Portugal in 1942 as the Second World War raged in Europe. Gulbenkian spent the remaining years of his life in Lisbon and died here in 1955.  \n  \nIn 1956 the Foundation which takes his name was created, fulfilling his wish that the works of art that he had assembled over four decades as a collector should be kept together under one roof.  \n  \nThis desire was fulfilled in 1969 with the inauguration of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. The museum’s collection numbers some 6000 pieces. The breadth of the collection reflects Gulbenkian’s own preferences and the personal tastes which always guided him. It covers various periods of the history of art, from classical and oriental Antiquity to European art of the early twentieth century.  \n  \nThe Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is set in the Parque Santa Gertrudes and is a landmark in museum architecture in Portugal. With numerous openings to the exterior, it offers visitors a continuous dialogue between Nature and Art.  \n  \nThe permanent exhibition galleries are on the first floor of the building and distributed around two patios. Each gallery is linked with its successor according to a chronological and geographical system of classification which results in two independent itineraries within the general circuit of the museum.  \n  \nGulbenkian was especially interested in oriental art (perhaps because of his own origins) and the collection’s numerous ceramics, carpets, tapestries, illuminations, book bindings and mosque lamps from the East are an illustration of this interest. These exhibits trace the various artistic tendencies of Persia, Turkey, Syria, the Caucasus, Armenia and India from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, and are on display in the Islamic Orient gallery.","city":"Lisbon","address":"Av. Berna, 45 A  \n1067-001 Lisbon, Portugal","website":"https://gulbenkian.pt/","phone":"+351 217 823 000","fax":"+351 217 823 032","email":"museu@gulbenkian.pt"},"1dc4a129-85b0-57d5-9622-15c790c4333f":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Zisa Museum  \nAddress: Piazza Zisa, 1  \n90100 - Palermo  \nTel: +39 091 65 20 269  \n  \nCappella Palatina  \nAddress: P.zza del Risorgimento  \n90100 Palermo  \nTel: +39 091 6961111","city":"Palermo"},"1e9ebf9c-d61f-53bf-b587-c45ec279349e":{"name":"Manor and Gardens of Regaleira","description":"Quinta da Regaleira is one of the most surprising of all Sintra’s monuments. Located on the outskirts of the town, it was built between 1904 and 1910 by A.A. Carvalho Monteiro as his favourite country estate. He commissioned this unique project with the Italian set-designer and architect Luigi Manini. The art and architecture of the mansion and the chapel, built in neo-Manueline style, were collocated with other buildings in the bosom of an Edenic garden. A “philosopher’s dwelling” par excellence, conveying a message addressed to those who are ready to engage in the adventure of self-knowledge, Quinta da Regaleira emerges from the Sintra cultural landscape as an example of the “total work of art” and as an expression of a new mythical territory, where philosophy, art and nature come together.","city":"Sintra","address":"Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra  \n  \nPostal address:  \nRua Barbosa do Bocage, 7  \n2710-567 Sintra  \nPortugal","website":"www.regaleira.pt","phone":"+351 21 910 66 50","fax":"+351 21 924 47 25","email":"mail.regaleira@telepac.pt"},"22861a91-9e96-5063-a4f5-311e4ceecf6e":{"name":"Regiona Siciliana, Assessorato ai Beni Culturali"},"236add0a-18d4-55b1-88dd-71cad26804b1":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola","description":"Located on the banks of the river Guadiana, the village of Mértola was of exceptional economic importance throughout the history of Iberia, right up until the period of its Christian Reconquest (1238 CE). This was due in large part to the vitality of its port which from the pre-Roman period onward traded in extracted metals from the nearby regions of Aljustrel and the mines of S. Domingos. The growing awareness of the city’s cultural richness owes largely to the heritage work done by the ‘Campo Arqueologico de Mértola’ (est. 1978) and the establishment of the Museum of Mértola on the back of finds from several excavations (est. 1982).  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum, with a geographical focus on the town and its municipality, has branched out to include archaeological sites representing several periods of history within its remit. These include a Roman house which was opened to the public in 1998, an early Christian basilica opened in 1993, as well as the church and necropolis of S. Sebastião which was inaugurated in 1999. Several other sites bring together important collections of archaeological materials, especially in the Castle Tower opened to the public in 1991 and the centre for Islamic Art which was opened in 2001. There is also an important collection of religious art with pieces dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries CE as well as ethnographic materials representative of traditional craftsmanship. These include a blacksmith’s forge and a weaving workshop where, at present, three weavers are in charge of preserving the centuries old tradition of Mértolan weaving.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum contributes significantly to the study and knowledge of the Islamic period in Portugal. While its initial focus concentrated on archaeology, in time the museum opened up to other avenues in promoting the heritage and knowledge of Islamic Mértola. This effort is visible in the Islamic Museum which showcases in a time when the region was the capital of a Taifa kingdom throughout the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.  \n  \nThese consist of objects from the excavations of the Almohad neighbourhood as well as a reconstruction of one of the excavated houses uncovered. Other elements make it possible to establish a synthesis of the missing Mértola. The model of the central mosque reminds us of the original Aljama or central mosque and funerary steles refer indicate the Islamic cemetery or maqbara which is now the subject of renewed excavation.  \n  \nThe ceramics collected during the excavations also evoke daily life in Islamic Mértola with particular reference of those crafted in the ‘cuerda seca’ technique. All in all, the Mértola Museum not only preserves the heritage of the region but also provides important insight and a basis for research into the relationship between the town and several Western Mediterranean ports during the medieval period.  \n  \nThe Mértola Museum has been part of the Portuguese Museum Network since 2002.","city":"Mértola","address":"Morada – Praça Luís de Camões  \n7750-909 Mértola, Portugal","website":"http://www.camertola.pt/","phone":"+351 286 610 100","fax":"+351 286 610 101","email":"museus@cm-mertola.pt"},"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"},"29d8d41a-b480-56bf-8b3d-e906281be54d":{"name":"Dar Si Said","description":"Dar Si Said is a large palatial residence built in the second half of the 19th century by Si Said Ben Moussa, who served as minister of war under the regency of his brother Ba Hmad.  \n  \nA living testimony to Moroccan art and domestic architecture of the 19th century, the monument presents architecture of grandeur and opulence.  \n  \nMost of the collections in this regional museum come from Marrakech and the southern regions of Morocco, particularly Tensift, Sous, High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Bani and Tafilalet. These are related sets of woodwork, jewellery, vessels and ceramics, weapons, carpets and weavings, and some archaeological pieces, including a marble vat from the early 11th century.  \n  \nSince August 2002, the Dar Si Saïd Museum has been hosted an exceptional thematic exhibition focusing solely on wood: Wood – Art and Uses. Chosen from museums throughout the kingdom, the Dar Si Said Museum displays the best examples of wood art from the 12th century to today. In addition to their historical value (Almohad, Wattassid and Saadi pieces), the collections inform us about artisanal techniques (sculptures, engravings, carpentry, filming and painting) and decoration such as *tasstir* (geometric woodwork), and *mouqarnas* (ornamental vaults).  \n  \nThe exhibition is divided into four main areas:  \n– Liturgical furniture (first section on the ground floor) includes a *minbar*, rosaries and Qur’anic tablets.  \n– Architectural wood (second section on the ground floor) is represented by traditional pieces and elements of rural architecture: lintels, corbels, pedestals and doors.  \n– Domestic furnishings (upstairs) includes a wide range of furniture, chests, bridal goods, mirrors and cooking tools.  \n– Diverse objects (also upstairs) related to the various uses of wood in different fields. These are exhibited in the four rooms of the grand riad (traditional musical instruments and tools, antique weapons and objects for personal grooming).","city":"Marrakech","address":"Derb El Bahia, Riad  \nEl-Zaïtoun El-Jadid  \nMarrakech, Morocco","phone":"+212 524 389 564"},"2b1c0dc0-0010-5164-be2c-49145ffe45bb":{"name":"Museum of Macedonia","description":"The National Museum of Macedonia is a complex museum institution comprising the museums of History, Ethnography and Art History. The museum collects, researches, maintains, exhibits and publishes on objects of movable heritage in these domains. It preserves evidence of the way of life and culture in these territories from the settling of Slavs in the 6th century AD till the end of World War II. The icon gallery exhibits a collection of medieval icons including several masterpieces of Byzantine art. The highlight of the permanent display is the icon of the Virgin of Pelagonia painted by Makarie in 1422. The ethnological exhibition takes pride in the magnificent collections of folk costumes, traditional jewellery, traditional architecture, intangible heritage and musical instruments, traditional weaving, crafts and traditional husbandry.  \n  \nThe museum also includes the Documentation Section, Conservation Lab and advanced Marketing Services. The Educational Section in the museum provides guided tours and carries out elaborate educational projects focusing on different target groups.  \n  \nExtensive publishing activities have been developed throughout the years. The Museum of Macedonia has issued numerous exhibition catalogues, periodicals, monographs, studies and other publications. These are available in the museum shop, which also organises production, sales and distribution of replicas of the most outstanding museum items. All the products in the shop can be purchased on the Internet and delivered to any address.","city":"Skopje","address":"Josif Mihajlovic, 7  \n1000 Skopje  \nRepublic of Macedonia (FYROM)","phone":"+389 2 3116 044","fax":"+389 2 3116 439","email":"musmk@t-home.mk"},"2d1fcee2-b5ee-57c9-9036-8389d4947106":{"name":"Budapest History Museum","description":"In 2007 the Budapest History Museum celebrated the 120th anniversary of its foundation and the 100th anniversary of its first exhibition. The state-sponsored Museum is located at 10 sites among which are three museums – the Royal Palace, the Kiscell Museum and the Aquincum Museum – there are also the Turkish Burial Chapel of Gül Baba, the Medieval Synagogue, Hercules Villa and the Roman Baths.  \n  \nThe archaeologists at the Budapest History Museum lead excavations within the the capital and its surroundings, collect objects, documents and other works of art, and carry out research into the history of Budapest from the Palaeolithic era to the present. The museum publishes periodicals and other papers on the history of the city, and its experts participate in international research projects.  \n  \nIncorporated into the former Royal Castle, the Medieval Palace of Buda, was the seat of the Hungarian kings. Here, Permanent exhibitions present a historical survey of Buda and Pest from the Palaeolithic era to the end of the Avar period, and the history of Buda and Pest from the 17th to the 20th century. Famous Gothic statues found in the late 1970s are on display as are relics from the Middle Ages.  \n  \nIn the Baroque Monastery and Church of Kiscell, a permanent exhibition elucidates the history of the capital from the 19th to the 20th century, together with a gallery showing a selection of artworks by 19th- and 20th- century artists.  \n  \nThe Aquincum archaeological site provides working evidence of recent excavations, while a permanent exhibition in the late 19th-century museum building displays objects excavated on this site dating from the Antique Roman period. A new exhibition hall is currently under construction in a former electricity station built in 1930; it will provide a new, extensive exhibition on the history of ancient times.  \n  \nTemporary exhibitions are held in rooms on the ground floor and in the first-floor exhibition hall.","city":"Budapest","address":"Budapest History Museum  \nBuda Castle Building \"E\"  \nSzent György tér 2  \nBudapest 1014  \nHungary","website":"http://www.btm.hu","phone":"+36 1 487 8800","fax":"+36 1 487 8872","email":"btm@mail.btm.hu"},"2dd0bb8e-3ac0-5be2-be9a-10116ae40dc6":{"name":"South Moravian Region","description":"The South Moravian Region lies in the southeast of the Czech Republic on the border with Austria and Slovakia. The region is home to the Czech Republic’s second largest City, Brno, where the seat of the Regional Authority of the South Moravian Region and the regional headquarters are located. Brno is an important judiciary city and a university town with a long tradition in the organisation of trade fairs, which attract more than a million people from all over the world each year.  \n  \nThe region enjoys excellent transport links and holds a strategic position on the intersection of trans-European long-distance road and rail routes. Tuřany Airport in Brno is the second largest airport in the Czech Republic, with direct flights everyday to London, Munich and Prague, and more than 20 charter flights in the summer.  \n  \nThe South Moravian Region lies in second place in the Czech Republic in terms of the level of education it offers. There are 12 universities in the region, with more than 60,000 students.  \n  \nSouth Moravia is a region with extensive cultural and historical roots and a great many important architectural monuments from all periods and in all styles. Two of these, Villa Tugendhat in Brno and Lednice–Valtice, have been placed on the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites. UNESCO also protects two biosphere reservations in the region – Pálava and the White Carpathian Mountains. The Dyje Basin, one of the Czech Republic’s four national parks, is also found here. The protected landscape area, the Moravian Karst, offers visitors extensive systems of stalactite caves and the Macocha Gorge. Slavkov or Austerlitz, the site of the Battle of the Three Emperors, is also world-famous. In addition, the mammoth hunters left their footprints here at the dawn of human history (Dolní Věstonice), while other archaeological sites (Mikulčice for example) testify to the fame and fortune of the Great Moravian Empire.","city":"Brno","address":"Žerotínovo nám, 449/3  \n601 82 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.kr-jihomoravsky.cz","phone":"+420 541 651 111","fax":"+420 541 651 209","email":"posta@kr-jihomoravsky.cz"},"31de84d4-3de2-5ea1-b1d4-c8712cbcb314":{"name":"Museum of Arts and Crafts","description":"The Museum of Arts and Crafts was founded in 1880 by the Croatian Art Society.  \n  \nThe organisation of the Museum derived from the theoretical foundations of the Arts and Crafts movement. In keeping with the spirit of the times, the Arts and Crafts School was opened in 1882. The new headquarters building of the Museum and the School was completed in 1888, in the old Fair Square, today's Marshal Tito Square.  \n  \nThe basic collections of museum objects were created mostly from the donations of patriots. They were augmented through the purchase of several important collections from private collectors and also by programmed acquisitions, both within the country and from abroad.  \n  \nUp to World War One the Museum's scientific, professional and collection policy respected the conception laid down in the original motives underlying its establishment.  \n  \nBetween the two World Wars the concept of the Museum changed from being a collection of items to a cultural, historical and artistic institution.  \n  \nAfter World War Two the concept of modern museum communication became important, with many activities intended to involve the public.  \n  \nThe permanent display, opened in 1962, was of particular importance. Its backbone was the collection of furniture which, guided by the idea of a complex art museum that values equally all the fields of plastic arts design, was displayed in synthesis with other objects.  \n  \nThe present permanent display, created in 1995, has built on the positive experiences of earlier displays and has been broadened by new thematic units. With modern spatial differentiation and new multimedia contents the museum has become an experience which, by placing the visitor in an atmosphere of tangible historical heritage, essentially determines him or her as a cultural being.  \n  \nFor the Baroque period the Museum's holdings include many outstanding European artefacts, especially in the applied arts, including one of the largest collections of Baroque church art in Croatia.","city":"Zagreb","address":"Trg maršala Tita, 10  \n10000 Zagreb  \nCroatia","website":"http://www.muo.hr","phone":"+385 1 4882111","fax":"+385 1 4828088","email":"muo@muo.hr"},"325b7505-1527-5442-99ea-6a40f8c43d3f":{"name":"Islamic Museum at Al-Aqsa Mosque","description":"The museum was officially inaugurated in AH 1341 / AD 1922. In AH 1348 / AD 1929, it was transferred to its present site in the southwestern corner of the Haram al-Sharif. The museum is administered through the Department of Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem, under the auspices of the Ministry of Jordanian Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places.  \n  \nThe museum comprises three buildings with an exhibition space of over 1,000 square m. The oldest hall is from the AH 6th / AD 12th century and is a rare Crusader monument in the holy city. The second hall was an Ayyubid mosque (AH 7th / AD 13th century) historically known as al-Malikiya mosque or the Jami’a al-Mughariba. The third hall is known as the *al-Fakhriya* corner and its history goes back to the Mamluk period (AH 8th / AD 14th century).  \n  \nThe collection consists of artefacts and remains from the Islamic and non-Islamic epochs, representing various facets of Islamic civilisation ranging in geography, theme and period. Most of the artefacts represent the heritage of al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem and Palestine at large including cities such as Hebron and Nablus.  \n  \nThe museum contains woodwork from different Islamic eras, the oldest dating to the Umayyad period. Metalwork in iron, copper and silver includes the iron enclosure from the Dome of the Rock, candlesticks, swords, daggers, daises, incense burners, coins, rings and memorial pieces. The collection includes marble and glazed tiles that panelled the the Dome of the Rock in the period of Sultan Sülayman the Magnificent (r. AH 926–74 / AD 1520–66) and his successors. There is a collection of earthenware, inscriptions on stone from different Islamic periods and its precursors, and columns and capitals from the Roman and Byzantine periods. There is a valuable collection of Qur’ans, the oldest from the AH 9th / AD 15 th century, and many Mamluk manuscripts whose themes deal with social and economic life in the holy city. The museum displays part of its textile collection, with costumes, grave coverings, pieces from the *kiswa* (covering) of the Ka’ba and pieces of carpet.","city":"Jerusalem","address":"Al-Haram al-Sharif  \nAmro  \nP.O. Box 75085  \nJerusalem","website":"http://www.facebook.com/islamic.museum1922/","phone":"02 6283286","fax":"02 6283286","email":"jerusalem.museum@gmail.com"},"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"},"38b8a503-bba9-5234-b7db-0bbb2a054c57":{"name":"Qatar Museums","description":"Qatar Museums connects the museums, cultural institutions and heritage sites in Qatar and creates the conditions for them to thrive and flourish. It centralises resources and provides a comprehensive organisation for the development of museums and cultural projects, with a long term ambition of creating a strong and sustainable cultural infrastructure for Qatar. Under the patronage of His Highness the Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and led by its Chairperson, Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, QM is consolidating Qatar’s efforts to become a vibrant centre for the arts, culture and education, in the Middle East and beyond.  \n  \nSince its foundation in 2005, QM has overseen the development of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, and the Al Zubarah World Heritage Site Visitor Centre. The QM also manages the QM Gallery at Katara and the ALRIWAQ DOHA Exhibition Space. Future projects include the opening of the Fire Station: Artists in Residence in 2014 and the launch of the highly anticipated National Museum of Qatar and the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum.  \n  \nQM is committed to instigating Qatar’s future generation of arts, heritage and museum professionals. At its core is a commitment to nurturing artistic talent, creating opportunities and developing the skills to service Qatar’s emerging art economy. By means of a multi-faceted program and public art initiatives, QM seeks to push the boundaries of the traditional museum model, and create cultural experiences that spill out onto the streets and seek to involve the widest possible audiences. Through a strong emphasis on originating art and culture from within and fostering a spirit of national participation, QM is helping Qatar find its own distinctive voice in today’s global cultural debates.","city":"Doha","address":"Al-Dafna, Doha  \nQM Tower  \nP.O Box 2777  \nDoha, State of Qatar","website":"www.qm.org.qa/en","phone":"+974 4452 5555","fax":"+974 4452 5556"},"3acfd33c-e4e0-5b37-a94a-380f38913853":{"name":"National Museum of Aleppo","description":"The earliest collection of art and archaeological artefacts for the National Museum of Aleppo dates back to 1928 and the museum was formally inaugurated in1931. Initially it was devoted to the pre-Greco-Roman era, with works no later than 333 BC, most of which were based on finds from Tell Halaf. It was decided to move the collection from its original location in an Ottoman period building, which had become overcrowded, into a modern purpose-built museum, begun in 1967 and formally opened in 1972. It includes the following wings:  \n  \nPre-historic art: dedicated to finds such as bones and pottery from the regions of Syria and the Euphrates Valley. Some items are about a million years old and the most recent piece dates to no later than 3,200 BC, after which writing was developed and art became historic.  \n  \nAncient Near Eastern art from Syria: one of the most important sections containing pieces from Tell Halaf, Mari, Ugarit, Ebla and other significant sites of early Near Eastern civilisations, all displayed in chronological order in three large wings.  \n  \nClassical art from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods: pottery, coins, a number of limestone funerary carvings from the ancient city of Mambij, and a collection of Roman and Byzantine glass flasks used for perfume, eye-kohl and drugs are some of this section's main features, all displayed chronologically.  \n  \nArab Islamic art: The method of display here is based on the item's function and medium, such as pottery, ceramics, metalwork and glass of the various Islamic dynasties as well as a collection of gold and silver coins of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. A stone cenotaph carved in floriated kufic calligraphy is a masterpiece of this hall. Medieval military equipment and an Ottoman wooden ceiling featured in a side chamber are also presented.  \n  \nModern art: paintings by Syrian artists, particularly Aleppines, expressed in various styles such as realism, cubism, expressionism.","city":"Aleppo","address":"Al-Ma'arri Street  \nAleppo, Syria","phone":"+963 21 2122400","fax":"+963 21 2122402"},"3b3a5b19-fbaa-51e8-9923-ce90d4287338":{"name":"National Museum of Bardo","description":"Founded on 7 May 1888, and considered one of the most important archaeological museums in the Maghreb, the Bardo National Museum is famous for its Roman mosaic panels. The museum resulted from the renovation of the palace of a *bey* (provincial governor) of the 19th century. It consists of a ground floor and two upper floors in which museum objects have been grouped in a chronological order that retraces the history of Tunisia.  \n  \nThe collection includes areas dedicated to:  \n  \n– Prehistory: the development of stone tools, ornaments, engraved stones, and especially to the rock and animal bone sanctuary known as “Hermaion of El-Guettar” that dates back to BC 40,000.  \n  \n– The Punic era, including ceramics, neo-Punic steles and jewellery, and pieces exhumed from several ancient sites in Tunisia.  \n  \n– The Roman era. In addition to ceramics and jewellery, this section is known for its significant collection of mosaics.  \n  \n– The Byzantine era. It contains sarcophagi, mosaics and terracottas whose designs display characteristics of African Christianity, and the large mosaic-covered Kelibia Baptistery.  \n  \n– Mediterranean treasures recovered from a shipwreck found off the coast of Mahdia that also contained bronze artefacts and Athenian marbles.  \n  \n– The Muslim period. One section, devoted to the Middle Ages, includes objects from the Sabra and Raqqada excavations: Fatimid glass, ivory and bronze figurines, ceramics with figurative designs, funeral steles, kufic inscriptions, parchment sheets from the Qur’an and Egyptian textiles. In the second section, popular arts and traditions are represented by weapons, musical instruments, copper objects, jewellery and ceremonial clothing from different regions of Tunisia.  \n  \nObjects are grouped by type and material within each section. The mosaics are presented in wall panels or form part of the palace floor. Smaller objects are displayed in glass cases. Statues are exhibited on their stands or in wall niches. These collections, which comprise the museum’s permanent exhibition, are made accessible to the general public through educational and cultural activities that take place in the museum.  \n  \n*On 18 March 2015, the museum was the site of an attack by an Islamist terrorist group that killed 22 people, most of them tourists.*","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée national du Bardo  \n2000 Le Bardo, Tunisia","website":"http://www.bardomuseum.tn/","phone":"+216 71 513650 – 71 513842","fax":"+216 71 514050"},"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"},"42ce0c09-492c-53a9-aa17-84be27f956bd":{"name":"Muzeum Brněnska, Museum of Literature in Moravia","description":"Since 2005, Museum Brněnska has been based in a Benedictine (Cistercian) monastery in Rajhrad. Recently (2008) the grand historic library (around 65,000 volumes) was complimented by another extensively restored permanent exhibition space dedicated to literature. Alongside other temporary exhibitions, some of Moravia’s most significant literary figures from the ninth century through to the present day are featured. The restored Benedictine library is open to visitors and its holdings are open to outside specialist scholars.  \nHoused in the former 13th-century Cistercian monastery that was built in the spirit of Předklášteří or “cairn of peace” to honour the fallen of Napoleon’s victorious Battle of Austerlitz, it was intended according to the priest, A. Slovak, to make a pious “place of light” from a former battlefield. The monastery is the highlight and natural centre of the protected area of the Battle of Austerlitz.  \nBesides visiting the chapel, the multimedia exhibition (available in five languages) The Battle of the Three Emperors: Slavkov/Austerlitz 1805, housed in a newly renovated museum adjoining the monument, is also highly recommended.  \nEvery year at the beginning of December, a ceremony to honour the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Austerlitz takes place in the area surrounding the monument; the climax to the commemorative events of the anniversary of the battle.","city":"Rajhrad","address":"Klášter 1  \n664 61 Rajhrad  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.muzeumbrnenska.cz","phone":"+420 547 229 136","fax":"+420 547 229 895","email":"rajhrad@muzeumbrnenska.cz; knihovna@muzeumbrnenska.cz"},"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"},"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"},"47364e44-3c52-55de-b9a6-855ff85e7443":{"name":"Monastir Museum of Islamic Art","description":"Housed in the Ribat of Monastir, which dates to the 2nd / 8th century, the museum consists of an open-air gallery displaying grave markers, and an exhibition space which was formerly the prayer room of the fort. This space houses richly decorated objects grouped by material and type; they constitute a collection that roughly corresponds to successive phases of the Muslim era in Tunisia.  \n  \nCeramic objects, in a wide variety of shapes, colours and decorative motifs, are characteristic of the Aghlabid, Fatimid, Hafsid and Ottoman periods. Originating from the sites of Raqqada and Sabra al-Masouriya, and dating back to the 3rd / 9th and 4th / 10th centuries, stucco elements are decorated with floral, geometric and inscription motifs. The marble elements are all funerary steles in the form of tablets, a column and a sword; they come from the Monastir cemetery and date back to the 3rd–5th / 9th–11th centuries.  \n  \nWooden friezes decorated with floral motifs and inscriptions come from the Great Mosque of Kairouan, and wooden corbels from the 4th–5th / 10th–11th centuries are also exhibited. Glass objects from the Fatimid and Mamluk periods are on display. Some were found at the Sabra al-Mansouriya site. The room contains a case with gold and silver coins dating back to the above-mentioned periods, and glass calibrators from the 9th century. The metallic objects include a remarkable astrolabe dating to the 12th / 18th century.  \n  \nThe arts of calligraphy and binding are represented by a set of parchment Qur’an folios from the library of the Great Mosque of Kairouan that date back to the 9th to 12th centuries. Among these is the Qur’an of al-Hadinah, governess to the Zirid ruler Badis (410 / 1020). Leather bindings decorated with floral and geometric motifs reveal the evolution of this art over five centuries (3rd–7th / 9th–13th). Coptic and Fatimid textiles with epigraphs that include names of workshops are characteristic of royal production, and enhance the museum’s permanent collection.","city":"Monastir","address":"Ribat  \nMonastir, Tunisie","phone":"+216 73 461272","fax":"+216 73 461272"},"4ab46509-e7a3-56bf-8e30-734b61d97e56":{"name":"Umm Qays Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum, opened to the public in 1987, is located in a renovated historical building (late 19th century) constructed on the acropolis from basalt and limestone. The exhibition space consists of two vaulted halls in which artefacts uncovered in the course of excavation at the ancient site of Gadara (Umm Qays) are displayed. Mosaic panels, marble statues and carved basalt sarcophagi are exhibited in the courtyard of the museum.","city":"Irbid","address":"P.O.B. 62  \nIrbid, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 7500072","fax":"+962 2 7500071"},"4df52263-9f4f-577a-8758-36bd2784101b":{"name":"National Tile Museum","description":"The *azulejo* is one of the most characteristic expressions of Portuguese fine arts and one of the elements that clearly identify the Portuguese culture and aesthetic language. The Museu Nacional do Azulejo acts as a showcase for the immense ceramic heritage found in many places in Portugal. It is one of the most important museums in the country and is unparalleled in Portugal due to its unique collection, as well as for the building where it is located - the ancient Convent of Madre de Deus (Mother of God), founded in 1509 by Queen D. Leonor (1458-1525), a peerless work of Portuguese religious architecture. Following major works undertaken on the orders of D. João III (1502-1566), further works followed in the reigns of D. Pedro II (1648-1706) and D. João V (1689-1750). Gilt wood carvings covered the altars and picture frames, articulating with the blue .  \nThe collection covers the production of *azulejo* from the second half of the 15th century to the present day. In addition to the *azulejo* the collection integrates ceramics, porcelain and faïence of the 19th and 20th centuries.  \nThe route allows the visitant to have an overview of the history of the *azulejo* production in the Portuguese territory until the present day, as well as to visit the spaces of the ancient convent, with particular reference to the Church, the chapter-house, the cloisters and the Chapel of Saint Anthony.  \nThe exhibition begins with the Islamic origins of the *azulejo*, seen in both its name and the techniques and decoration used. From this brief introduction, the expository route follows a chronological organization. The highlights of the exhibition include an *azulejo* made in Seville c.1508-1509 with the armillary sphere (king D. Manuel's personal symbol), the retable of *Nossa Senhora da Vida* (Lisbon, c.1580), the pattern compositions and the altar frontals of the 17th century, *The Leopard Hunt* and *Singerie: The Marriage of the Hen* (Lisbon, 17th century), the commissions of the blue and white tiles to The Netherlands (also covering the Church's walls) and the Portuguese production, the *Grand Panorama of Lisbon* (Lisbon, c.1700) and the modern and contemporary artists.  \nThe Museu Nacional do Azulejo has one of the best and most complete collections of contemporary authorial revetments, displaying the multiple proposals produced in recent times.","city":"Lisbon","address":"Rua da Madre de Deus, 4  \n1900-312 Lisboa","how_to_reach":"**Bus:**  \nIn front of the Museum: 718, 742, 794, 759 (only at night).  \nAvenida Infante D.Henrique (a 5 min. walk to the Museum): 28, 759  \n  \n**Metro:**  \nSanta Apolónia Station (a 20 min. walk to the Museum)  \n  \n**Train:**  \nSanta Apolónia Station (a 20 min. walk to the Museum)  \n  \n**Car:**  \nThere are two parking areas nearby: one in front of the Museum and another one in the Rua Nelson de Barros (a 5 min. walk to the Museum).","website":"http://www.museudoazulejo.pt/","phone":"+351 21 8100340","fax":"+351 21 8100369","email":"geral@mnazulejo.dgpc.pt"},"4e8284d7-c66f-544b-a372-47b4614e0909":{"name":"Ministry of Culture","city":"Algiers"},"509d03f2-4460-5ef7-a081-a17b4e4cd52f":{"name":"Further Associated Institutions"},"51411e01-8c76-5349-9fd4-11b2e8962d9e":{"name":"Bavarian Castle Department","description":"The Bavarian Administration of Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, otherwise known as the Bavarian Palace Administration, is one of the most traditional administrations in the Free State of Bavaria. Created as part of the administration at the court of the electors and kings, it is today one of the largest public authorities responsible for museums in Germany, managing 45 palaces, castles and residences as well as further monuments and artists' houses.  \n  \nIt is also responsible for a very special historical heritage: the many magnificent court gardens, palace parks, gardens and lakes. The unique ensembles of European architecture with their sumptuous artistic interiors attract over five million visitors annually from all over the world.  \n  \nSource: Bavarian Castle Department website","city":"Schloss Nymphenburg, München","website":"http://www.schloesser.bayern.de/englisch/palace/index.htm"},"5269b013-0d39-58b4-b8a0-fe1872233736":{"name":"Porto Stock Exchange Palace","description":"Porto Stock Exchange Palace was built in 1834 from the ruins of the former St Francisco Convent, which were donated to the Porto Trade Association by Queen Maria II. It is currently the association’s headquarters and was once the Court of Commerce. Later, it became the Porto Commodities and Stock Exchange, the origin of the palace’s name. This edifice is located in the city’s historic centre, which is recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. It is a fine example of the liberal bourgeoisie building of Porto, and its neoclassical façade veils a grand building, which took over 60 years to build, where various architectural and decorative styles blend together.","city":"Porto","address":"Rua Ferreira Borges  \n4050-253 Porto  \nPortugal","website":"http://www.palaciodabolsa.com","phone":"+351 223 399 031","fax":"+351 223 399 090","email":"correio@cciporto.pt"},"52789acf-3d54-515e-af57-c47080c17258":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Kroměříž Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Kroměříž) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. From Kroměříž, the National Heritage Institute administers four other ancient State monuments including Kroměříž Castle and Garden in the district of Zlínský – Buchlov Castle, Château Buchlovice, the Archbishopric Residence, and Château Vizovice Château. All these properties are open to the public.  \n  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Kroměříž","address":"Sněmovní náměstí 1  \n767 01 Kroměříž  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.npu.cz","phone":"+420 573 301 411","fax":"+420 573 301 419","email":"kromeriz@kromeriz.npu.cz"},"53724213-926c-5852-9d55-d58f73ce9266":{"name":"Pepoli Museum","description":"The Pepoli Museum is located in the 14th century palace of the ‘300’ which was the seat of the convent of the Carmelite Fathers.  \n  \nWithin the museum, the most important section is that attributed to the private collections of Count Agostino Pepoli, to whom the museum was attributed to when it was built in the 1900s.  \n  \nTo the museum collections were later added works from the Fardelliana art gallery which constituted paintings from the Neapolitan school as well as other works from Trapani religious organisations. Other important aspects within the museum constitute the collections of applied arts from patrons such as Count Hernandez of Erice and the Hospice Sieri Pepoli.  \n  \nAlongside its collections of paintings and sculptures, the Pepoli museum showcases the development of figurative arts within the region; nativity paintings, corals, gold and silver objects, ecclesiastical furnishings, sacred hangings, majolica pottery, archaeological finds, coins and historical relics of the city of Trapani.  \n  \nIn regard to Islamic art, the museum contains a noteworthy collection of epigraphs with Kufic inscriptions upon its ground floor.","city":"Trapani","address":"Via Conte Agostino Pepoli, 180  \n91100  \nTrapani, Italy","website":"http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/museopepoli/MuseoPepoli.html","phone":"+39 0923 553269","fax":"+39 0923 535444","email":"museo.pepoli@regione.sicilia.it"},"54a36e22-544b-5a52-8714-57a63a9ba7fd":{"name":"National Heritage Institute","description":"The Brno Regional Department of the National Institute for the Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Sites of the Czech Republic (National Heritage Institute Brno) is a professional body whose responsibility it is to protect, study, document, and present the cultural heritage of the South Moravian region. There are 12 significant monument complexes in South Moravia which fall under the authority of the Institute. Besides the Baroque Châteaux of Milotice and Valtice, there are the Bítov, Janohrad, Pernštejn and Nový Hrádek castles, as well as the Châteaux Bučovice, Lednice, Lysice, Rájec nad Svitavou, Uherčice and Vranov nad Dyjí.  \nAnother component of the Institute is its agenda relating to the Legislative Act of Monuments. The current agenda comprises restoration and renovation of cultural monuments, as well as intervention where necessary for the wellbeing of municipal monuments, natural reserves and areas of scientific interest, towns and villages of historic interest, monuments of traditional folk building and technical monuments. It also monitors archaeological sites and supervises the restoration of monuments.","city":"Brno","address":"Náměstí Svobody 8  \n601 54 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.npu.cz/uop-br/","phone":"+420 542 536 111","fax":"+420 542 536 217","email":"uop.br.sekretariat@npu.cz"},"559ab197-7289-5af4-a295-1118bde9afce":{"name":"Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums","description":"**The Museum of Islamic Art is closed from October 2023 to March 2027 due to renovation and expansion works.**  \n  \nThe Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin is the only institution of its kind in Germany, the oldest in the West and with its c. 93,000 pieces it houses one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art from nearly all regions of Islamic rule.  \n  \nIts collections are especially rich in objects from an architectural context including the monumental façade of the caliphal palace of Mshatta (Jordan), dating from the mid-8th century. It is the largest artefact of Islamic Art in any museum worldwide. The unique dome from the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain) and 13th-century prayer niches from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey) are among the highlights. Most loved by our visitors is the finely painted wooden panelling of an upper-class house from Aleppo (Syria) from the early 17th century – it is the oldest surviving exemplar from the Ottoman World. Among the several archaeological groups from major excavations in the Islamic world the finds from the 9th-century caliphal capital of Samarra (Iraq) stand out. The collection also has a large number of important Ottoman and Persian carpets and bibliographical works of art, including numerous miniatures from the Mughal Empire.  \n  \nThe collection is displayed chronologically, allowing the visitor to follow the different stylistic phases of Islamic art and to develop a notion of the complex Islamic history and its artistic merits. Because of the large number of visitors (up to 900,000 yearly), only a small number of the most important works of art are on display. The museum will move inside Pergamon-Museum and will triple its exhibition space (3,000sq.m) by 2020. The layout and concept will discover new and innovative ways to present the cultural legacy.  \n  \nWith its rich art and archaeological collection, the Museum of Islamic Art is one of the leading research institutions dedicated to the material culture of the Middle East and neighbouring regions. Our many research, conservation and exhibition projects amount to a probing investigation of the urban legacies of the Near and Middle East. The institution houses important collections of archival photographs on Islamic art and architecture as well as an internationally outstanding library focused on art, architecture and archaeology in the world of Islam.","city":"Berlin","address":"Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, 6  \n10117 Berlin  \nGermany","website":"http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html","phone":"+49 30 266 42 5201","fax":"+49 30 266 42 5202","email":"isl@smb.spk-berlin.de"},"580d4203-2fdf-5800-bff6-a6e45724577a":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Museums and Antiquities"},"5db20458-bdcf-5050-98fb-3fb2d1392a0a":{"name":"Museum for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities","description":"When it was founded in 1954, the Museum for Mediterranean and Near East Antiquities comprised collections of Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Cypriote antiquities. As a department of the National History Museum, the museum was primarily of an archaeological nature aimed at showing the origins of western civilization. However, in 1982, a large part of the Swedish collections of Islamic art were added to it, in response to increasing understanding of the Mediterranean countries as a region of close relations and interactions over the centuries. With its incorporation, in 1999, in the National Museum of World Culture, an organization consisting of the four Swedish state museums with foreign collections, the focus changed to the diversity of culture within the region of the Mediterranean and in relation to the rest of the world.  \n  \nThe Islamic collection of the museum consists of ceramics, metal works, textiles and miniatures, mostly from Iran and Turkey. It also includes well-known collections such as the so-called Hannibal collection of glass fragments. Although Sweden does not border any Islamic lands, there are many cultural objects in archives, libraries and other museums testifying to its diplomatic and commercial relations with Islamic countries. Examples from these institutions were selected to characterize the development of the Islamic collections in Sweden.  \n  \nThe Islamic collection is displayed in two rooms accessible from the main hall. As an introduction, the Muslim way of life is depicted by objects from a religious context. The exhibition itself displays artefacts from different regions and periods and of various materials according to aesthetic traditions. Located near finds from other Mediterranean cultures the exhibition encourages visitors to understand relationships, traditions and influences.","city":"Stockholm","address":"Fredsgatan 2  \nBox 16008  \n10321 Stockholm, Sweden","website":"http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/medelhavsmuseet/","phone":"+46 010 456 12 00","email":"info@medelhavsmuseet.se"},"6021cc63-7507-5dd7-8c81-4b04847b92d2":{"name":"Ethnography Museum","description":"The Ethnography Museum is located on a hill donated by the General Directorate of Foundations to the Ministry of National Education. The architect Arif Hikmet (Koyunoğlu) is one of the most renowned architects of the early Republican period. The building has a rectangular plan with a single dome. The stone walls are faced with coarse sandstone, and the marble pediment has carved decoration.  \n  \nA special commission to collect and purchase artefacts was established in Istanbul, headed by Prof. Celal Esad (Arseven) in 1924 and then by Halil Ethem (Eldem), Director of Istanbul Museums, in 1925. 1,250 purchased artefacts were placed in the museum whose construction was completed in 1927. Hamit Zübeyr Koşay was appointed as the director. The equestrian bronze statue of Atatürk that stands in front of the Museum was made by the Italian sculptor B. Conanica at the request of the Ministry of National Education in 1927.  \n  \nOn 15 April 1928, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk) visited the museum and on his request the museum was opened to public on 18 July 1930 on the occasion of the visit of Afghan King Amanullah Han. In November 1938 the inner courtyard was reserved as a temporary mausoleum for Atatürk until his body was transferred to his own mausoleum, the Anıtkabir, in 1953. This section is stil kept as a symbolic cenotaph in Atatürk’s memory. Between 1953 and 1956, renovations were carried out for the International Museums Week in 1956 when the museum was reopened to the public.  \n  \nThe Ethnography Museum houses examples of Turkish art dating from the Seljuq period to modern times.  \n  \nTo the right of the entrance are halls displaying items related to the Anatolian wedding ceremony and bridal dresses, Turkish embroidery, Turkish carpets, Anatolian coffee culture and the circumcision ceremony.  \n  \nTo the left of the entrance are halls housing tile and glass artefacts, objects donated by Besim Atalay, Ottoman calligraphy and some of the finest wooden artefacts from the Seljuq and Emirate periods.","city":"Ankara","address":"Talatpaşa Bulvarı, Ülkü Sokak, 4  \n(Eski Türk Ocağı yanı) Opera  \nAnkara, Turkey","website":"https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=AET01&DistId=MRK","phone":"+90 312 311 30 07","fax":"+90 312 311 95 56","email":"ankaraetnografyamuze@kultur.gov.tr"},"609d991f-8031-5bb5-a9b6-a18f8a52f5aa":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"Madaba Archaeological Park  \nHisban, Jordan  \n  \nSpanish Mission  \nAmman, Jordan"},"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"},"66e89f12-f678-5a86-9c94-789412c134aa":{"name":"Centre for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT)","description":"CULTNAT is one of the research centres of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. For more than 14 years, CULTNAT, using new advanced technologies, has striven to document, manage, and disseminate knowledge of Egypt’s huge cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, as well as its natural heritage. CULTNAT’s multilingual databases, a huge repository of heritage information, are reinforced by 2-D and 3-D high quality. This wealth of knowledge is disseminated through different channels: the patented panoramic interactive display system, CULTURAMA, books, multimedia applications, documentary films, websites, virtual reality, augmented reality, mobile applications and GIS applications.","city":"Giza","address":"Smart Village,  \nCairo-Alexandria Desert Road, km 28,  \n12577 Giza  \nEgypt","website":"www.cultnat.org","phone":"+20 2 3534 3111","fax":"+20 2 3534 3055","email":"public.relations@cultnat.org"},"6a136d05-856b-5321-aaeb-eba1b39136a2":{"name":"Eszterháza Centre for Culture, Research and Festivals","description":"*Since 1 January 2015 the Hungarian participation is managed by ECCRF, which took over from The National Trust of Monuments for Hungary further to a reorganisation of the Hungarian cultural heritage authorities.*  \n  \nThe independent Eszterháza Centre for Culture, Research and Festivals was established on 1 March 2014. The establishment of the institution is a great step in the life of the Esterházy palace since it opens the path for a blossoming revival of the palace and the estate of Eszterháza. It means not only the refurbishment and re-installation of the palace museum but also the foundation of an international Haydn Research Centre, the care of the gardens and the estate and, last but not at least, the refreshment of the music life of the site.  \n  \nThe newly established institution will provide opportunities for experts, scholars, students and artists in many domains to study and explore the multifaceted cultural life of the Esterhazy court in the past and will also establish a creative environment of concerts and master classes for world famous and established artists and for young talents as well. The centre would like to cultivate collaboration, cultural dialogue and creative and active exchange between artists and scholars at the academic and university level. The aim is to break disciplinary boundaries, to introduce new perspectives and to provide a suitable, internationally networked environment for interdisciplinary research. Concerts and festivals are organised within the boundaries and the education of the young generation in the framework of the museum pedagogical activities (including special music pedagogy) is emphasised. In addition to the museum, research and musical activities there is an intense horticultural life since there is a huge garden accessible to the general public. The institution runs a series of projects including the partnership with MWNF.","city":"Fertőd","address":"Joseph Haydn út 2.  \nFertőd  \nHungary","website":"www.eszterhaza.hu","phone":"+36 99 537 640","fax":"+36 99 537 640","email":"info@eszterhaza.hu"},"6da08597-8da7-5d02-a911-09a5273c1265":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","also_known_as":"Other Swedish 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)"},"6dad7774-d6a4-55b6-8d2c-c7751bdd6b44":{"name":"Civic Museums of Ancient Art","description":"Three museums make up the Civic Museums of Ancient Art (Musei Civici d’Arte Antica) in Bologna. The Collezioni Comunali d’Arte (Municipal Art Collections) were instituted in 1936 in the Ancien Régime apartments of the papal legate in the City Hall. Housed here are works from the 13th to the 20th century. The collection – paintings, sculptures, furniture, furnishings and decorative objects – is the sum of 19th- and 20th-century bequests along with works that originally belonged to former ruling bodies of the city, including mythological and allegorical paintings (1713–1723) by Donato Creti. Works of the Emilian school (medieval painted and carved crosses; paintings by Vitale da Bologna, Jacopo di Paolo, Francia, Aspertini, Passerotti, the Carracci, Tiarini, Cagnacci, Crespi, Gandolfi and Palagi) are hung next to others by masters from all over Italy and abroad (Bonfigli, Moretti, Pirez, Signorelli, Bertoja, Gentileschi, Nuvolone, Hayez and Brullov). The rooms communicate the atmosphere of different artistic periods in Bolognese art.  \n  \nSince 1985, the Medieval Museum has been housed in the Renaissance Palazzo Ghisilardi. The items here come from several historical collections: the Baroque Wunderkammer of the Marquis Cospi; Luigi Ferdinando Marsili’s collection, one of the most important in Enlightenment Europe; collections of 19th-century artists (Baruzzi and Palagi). The Medieval sculpture department is at the heart the Museum’s identity. Among the masterpieces exhibited are examples of high Medieval craftsmanship, a cope embroidered in opus anglicanum with stories of the Life of Christ, a statue of Pope Boniface VIII in gilded copper, Gothic French ivories, important Renaissance and post-Renaissance items (weapons, armoury and glass) and Bolognese illuminated manuscripts. Renaissance and Baroque bronze sculptures include Giambologna’s model for the Neptune fountain, Algardi’s Saint Michael Archangel and Bernini’s bust of Pope Gregory XV Ludovisi.  \n  \nThe Davia Bargellini Museum was inaugurated in 1924 in the building of the same name. It includes a picture gallery (Vitale da Bologna, Michele di Matteo, Jacopo di Paolo, Prospero and Lavinia Fontana, Passerotti, Franceschini, Giuseppe Maria and Luigi Crespi) and a rich selection of objects of applied art recreating an authentic 18th-century Bolognese setting. Some items are particularly rare, such as the marionette theatre and a miniature of an 18th-century private house. Bolognese Baroque sculpture is represented by a wide display of works, mainly terracotta, dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries.","city":"Bologna","address":"Via Manzoni, 4  \n40121 Bologna  \nItaly","website":"http://www.museibologna.it/arteantica","phone":"+39 051 2193916","fax":"+39 051 232312","email":"museiarteantica@comune.bologna.it"},"6f3cdc51-1adf-525e-99e8-9a95671e60e6":{"name":"Department of Antiquities","description":"In 1923 the Department of Antiquities (DoA) of Jordan was established under the management of Mr Ridha Tawfeq, who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. Law No. 24 for the year 1934 was the first piece of legislation concerning antiquities in Jordan; it was amended by Law No. 21 for the year 1988, and later on by Law No. 22 for the year 2004.  \n  \nThe main goal of the DoA at that time was to protect all antiquities defined according to the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered or modified by human beings including caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products that indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilisations, or any part added or rebuilt after that time.  \n  \nThe DoA as an independent department has its own budget and director within the Jordanian Government.","city":"Amman","address":"10 Sultan al-Atrash Street,  \n11183 Amman  \nJordan","website":"www.doa.gov.jo","phone":"+962 6 4644336","fax":"+962 6 4615848","email":"info@doa.gov.jo"},"70de1706-9586-5047-bb4b-f1cf7fb14120":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","also_known_as":"Other Portuguese Museums","description":"**Tavira Municipal Museum**  \nTavira, Faro, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Ancient Art**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Moura Municipal Museum**  \nMoura, Beja, Portugal  \n  \n**Santarém Municipal Museum**  \nSantarém, Portugal  \n  \n**Lisbon Cathedral**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Carmo Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**City Museum**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Cathedral of Braga Treasury**  \nBraga, Portugal  \n  \n**Infante D. Henrique Archaeological and Lapidary Museum**  \nFaro, Portugal  \n  \n**Évora Museum**  \nÉvora, Portugal  \n  \n**National Museum of Archaeology**  \nLisbon, Portugal  \n  \n**Queen Leonor Regional Museum**  \nBeja, Portugal  \n  \n**Machado de Castro National Museum**  \nCoimbra, Portugal"},"71715b75-3521-53ee-8c85-91fca0b977d0":{"name":"National Museums Scotland","description":"The collections of what is now National Museums Scotland were built over more than two centuries, with two strands of history coming together in the story of the organisation’s development. First the desire to have a museum reflecting Scottish history and second the wish to have a museum demonstrating international cultures, natural and physical sciences, and decorative art for Scotland.  \n  \nThe Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was founded in 1780, very much in the spirit of the Enlightenment, to collect the archaeology of Scotland. Its collections passed into public ownership in 1851 as the original collections of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. In 1985 the National Museum of Antiquities was amalgamated with the Royal Scottish Museum. The latter was founded in 1854 as the Industrial Museum of Scotland and reflected the impetus of Victorian ideals of education. It started international collecting and research as well as forming close links to the collections and teaching of Edinburgh University, which continue today. Renamed the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, it opened in its first bespoke buildings, designed by Francis Fowke, on Chambers Street in 1866. The 1985 amalgamation created the largest multi-disciplinary museum in Scotland, with 12 million items in its collections and the largest body of curatorial and conservation expertise in the country. Today, National Museums Scotland includes the National Museum of Scotland, the National War Museum, and the National Museums Collections Centre - a research, storage, and conservation facility in Edinburgh, as well as the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, and the National Museum of Rural Life in Lanarkshire.  \n  \nNational Museums Scotland started acquiring material culture from West Asia and North Africa in 1854. Today, material from West Asia comprises more than 4,000 items from a geographical area that spans from Turkey to Central Asia to Yemen, alongside over 500 objects in our collections from North African countries. Dating from the 7th to the 21st centuries, they give an insight into the past and the present of the people living in these regions, particularly through representations of their different crafts, and the skills and social values associated with them. The museum’s collections reflect British and Scottish collectors’ interests in the Islamic world and embody entangled colonial histories and interrelations.","city":"Edinburgh","address":"Chambers Street,  \nEdinburgh EH1 1JF","website":"http://www.nms.ac.uk","phone":"+ 44 (0)300 123 6789","email":"info@nms.ac.uk"},"7712e497-33e4-5529-91c3-47abff00f87c":{"name":"National Archaeological Museum","description":"The National Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Nacional or MAN) is Spain’s most important museum of history. It preserves, researches and presents its collections of archaeology, art and history to the public. In doing so, the museum aspires to offer all visitors an accurate, attractive, interesting and critical interpretation of the meaning of objects from the past, in the hopes that a deeper knowledge of history will help them to better analyse and understand the reality of today. Given the relevance and scope of its collections, the National Archaeological Museum is comparable in its specialty to prominent Spanish museums (Prado, Thyssen, Reina Sofía or the Royal Collections Gallery), by showing our country’s diversity and affluence in terms of cultural history.  \n  \nThe museum occupies a monumental building in the heart of the Salamanca quarter, one of Madrid’s busiest shopping and leisure districts, and is strategically positioned along the Recoletos-Prado artery, which boasts the highest concentration of art and culture institutions in the city. The museum’s magnificent building in the heart of Madrid offers a historical infrastructure — complete with building, garden and fence —which is fully renovated and accessible.  \n  \nThe MAN has grown and evolved constantly since it was created in 1867, almost 160 years ago, and is still changing today to meet the needs of the 21st century. After a complete overhaul between 2008 and 2014, the institution reopened in April 2014 with a brand-new look and layout, claiming its place among Europe’s most modern museums. The renovated building is divided into six floors and has a total surface area of nearly 30,000 m2, of which 18,304 m2 are reserved for public use (the permanent exhibition alone occupies 9,239 m2). The museum has also been fitted out with different service areas, including a spacious vestibule, café, shop and activity rooms.  \n  \nThe MAN’s extraordinary collection, which includes a large number of priceless historical and cultural artefacts, comprises over one million archaeological, historical and artistic objects.  \n  \nIts holdings are vast and varied: Palaeolithic bifaces, practically the only tool in existence for millennia; delicate ivory carvings that combine aesthetic appeal with practical functionality; prehistoric engravings found in the Cave of El Castillo, evidence of humanity’s earliest artistic and symbolic expressions; the abstract aesthetics of the “Idol of Extremadura”; the classical, timeless beauty of the Lady of Elche; ancient Roman sculptures; the extraordinary treasure of Guarrazar; the Romanesque crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha; the lovely equestrian figure of Hector by Il Filarete; and the ornamental paintings of Luis Paret on a Baroque armchair are just some of the treasures it houses.  \n  \nThe Museum's Islamic Art collection largely comes from the different historical periods of Al-Andalus, the name that the Muslims gave to the territory they conquered in the Iberian Peninsula. The aesthetic quality achieved by Andalusian art is demonstrated in the capitals, arches, marble panels and alabaster and plaster decorations of the period, especially from the Caliphate of Córdoba. Added to this is the museum's collection of decorative and highly refined objects made in the Andalusian palace workshops, such as metal, ivory and glazed ceramics. Likewise, a large collection of objects is preserved that show the symbiosis of Hispano-Islamic and Christian forms in the Iberian Peninsula, as the dome of the Torrijos Palace.","city":"Madrid","address":"Serrano, 13  \n28001  \nMadrid, Spain","website":"http://www.man.es/","phone":"+34 91 577 79 12","fax":"+34 91 432 68 40","email":"secretaria.man@mecd.es"},"804de1a6-e288-5381-8982-10883c9b8fcb":{"name":"Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Department of Antiquities","city":"Amman","address":"Department of Antiquities of Jordan (DoA)  \nP.O. Box 88  \nAmman, Jordan","website":"http://www.doa.gov.jo/En/index.php","phone":"+962 6 4644336, 4641275","fax":"+962 6 4615848","email":"doa@nic.net.jo"},"82e0c8bb-760e-5b14-85e8-24c1bd555bc6":{"name":"Ministry of Culture and Tourism"},"863ae63e-5ab8-590c-ad90-49303d250f04":{"name":"Calouste Gulbenkian Museum","description":"Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born in Scutari in 1869 into a family of Armenian origin. A pioneer of the oil industry and an exceptionally discerning and knowledgeable collector, he came to Portugal in 1942 as the Second World War raged in Europe. Gulbenkian spent the remaining years of his life in Lisbon and died here in 1955.  \n  \nIn 1956 the Foundation which takes his name was created, fulfilling his wish that the works of art that he had assembled over four decades as a collector should be kept together under one roof.  \n  \nThis desire was fulfilled in 1969 with the inauguration of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. The museum’s collection numbers some 6000 pieces. The breadth of the collection reflects Gulbenkian’s own preferences and the personal tastes which always guided him. It covers various periods of the history of art, from classical and oriental Antiquity to European art of the early twentieth century.  \n  \nThe Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is set in the Parque Santa Gertrudes and is a landmark in museum architecture in Portugal. With numerous openings to the exterior, it offers visitors a continuous dialogue between Nature and Art.  \n  \nThe permanent exhibition galleries are on the first floor of the building and distributed around two patios. Each gallery is linked with its successor according to a chronological and geographical system of classification which results in two independent itineraries within the general circuit of the museum.  \n  \nGulbenkian was especially interested in oriental art (perhaps because of his own origins) and the collection’s numerous ceramics, carpets, tapestries, illuminations, book bindings and mosque lamps from the East are an illustration of this interest. These exhibits trace the various artistic tendencies of Persia, Turkey, Syria, the Caucasus, Armenia and India from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, and are on display in the Islamic Orient gallery.","city":"Lisbon"},"86c2677f-bc19-5689-bcb8-09e58498520a":{"name":"South Moravian Museum","description":"The South Moravian Museum in Znojmo is one of the oldest museums in Moravia. Founded in 1878, its first exhibition opened in 1889; since 1910, the collections have been kept in the Znojmo Castle. The castle, together with the unique national monument – the Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St. Catherine – was placed under the supervision of the museum in 1920. The museum’s name change to the South Moravian (Regional) Museum in 1931 reflects the museum’s expansion. After the Second World War, the museum gradually assumed the characteristics of a specialised institution – its deposits and exhibits gradually growing – so that today the museum has over 300,000 exhibits, the result of research and other activities carried out by the natural history and history departments.  \n  \nThe departments of Botany, Geology and Zoology focus on the research and documentation of the region’s natural history including the Podyjí National Park. The Archaeological department engages in conservation, documentation and research of the area’s archaeological history from pre-history, through all periods, to more recent times. The Departments of History and Art History care for artefacts of artistic and historical value. The South Moravian Museum’s research, exhibitions and other activities make it the leading institution of the Znojmo region.  \n  \nThe museum’s collections of natural history, archaeology and historical artefacts from the region are located in the Gothic monastery built in the middle of the 13th century, where the Czech king Přemysl Otakar II (r. 1279–1297) is buried. Among the buildings that belong to South Moravian Museum are the House of Art that has its seat in one of Znojmo’s most beautiful Renaissance palaces; Znojmo Castle founded in the 11th century by the feudal princes of the Przemyslid dynasty; the unique national monument – the Romanesque Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St. Catherine – the ruins of Cornštejn Castle and the Prokop Diviš memorial in Znojmo-Přímětice.","city":"Znojmo","address":"Přemyslovců 129/8  \n669 02 Znojmo  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.znojmuz.cz","phone":"+420 515 282 211","fax":"+420 515 282 222","email":"znojmuz@znojmuz.cz"},"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"},"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"},"8f0d2773-afea-51e8-ab5b-624187d06f77":{"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"},"9d61c11b-d2fa-5227-9f73-d450019497be":{"name":"Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities"},"a0a06f79-6bb6-5eba-a306-be38053da391":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate of 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","phone":"+212 537 274 001 / 03","fax":"+212 537 274 002","email":"www.minculture.gov.ma"},"a15af7a6-105c-5a56-9c17-5e9fd2213651":{"name":"Slavkov Castle (Château Austerlitz)","description":"Slavkov Castle ranks among the oldest well-preserved manors in Moravia. In the first half of the 13th century, a Teutonic Knights Commandery was built in place of the present Baroque Castle; Slavkov is first mentioned as being in their possession in 1237. Parts of the residential building and circular stairway tower of the commandery are preserved under the northern tract of the Baroque castle and beneath one part of the castle courtyard. The central oval salon is an absolutely unique interior, designed and constructed by the architect Ignacio Valmaggini.  \nAt present, almost the entire first floor of Slavkov Castle is accessible to the public, comprising parts of the once extensive Kaunitz gallery, the beginnings of which date to the first half of the 17th century. The biggest expansion of the family’s gallery of paintings occurred in the second half of the 18th century under Václav Antonín of Kaunitz, when the gallery contained not only copies but also original works by famous European masters.  \nSlavkov Castle is famous not only for its architecture but also because of its connection with the Battle of Three Emperors at Slavkov at the beginning of December 1805.  \nSeveral independent galleries are located in the castle, which host seasonal exhibitions and other art-related productions. For example, there are exhibitions on glass, ceramics and floristry; fine art, graphic art, photography, jewellery, textiles and lace, as well as seasonal exhibitions, such as that held at Christmas. Exhibitions of wine and wine-tasting are among many other events held at the Castle.  \nGuided tours with expert commentary make the otherwise inaccessible Museum depositories and collections of the History Museum in Slavkov u Brna, with its exquisite period furniture, accessible to visitors.","city":"Slavkov","address":"Palackého náměstí 1  \n684 01 Slavkov u Brna  \nCzech Republic","website":"www.zamek-slavkov.cz","phone":"+420 544 221 204","fax":"+420 544 221 685","email":"info@zamek-slavkov.cz"},"a34751d0-27ea-55db-a4ca-a2403fb9243e":{"name":"Moravian Museum","description":"The Moravian Museum, the second largest and oldest museum in the Czech Republic, was founded in July 1817 by a decree of Emperor Francis I. The museum’s collections include over six million objects, representing valuable scientific material from the fields of literature, music and theatre; geology, mineralogy, botany, zoology and entomology. In addition to documenting scientific history, the museum organises a programme of temporary exhibitions, lectures and other activities, and also features a Children's Museum dedicated to the education and leisure of younger museum visitors.  \n  \nThe Moravian Museum is a contributory organisation of the Ministry of culture of the Czech Republic. A research oriented institution, its main task is to carry out basic and applied research, to disseminate its results by means of teaching, publications or technology transfer, within the framework of the museum’s activities.","city":"Brno","address":"Zelný trh 6,  \n659 37 Brno","website":"http://www.mzm.cz","phone":"+420 533 435 220","email":"mzm@mzm.cz"},"a628cb11-ea40-5182-b205-ccb36c5338d8":{"name":"Province of Rome (Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale)","description":"Today, the province is the local entity at the very heart of the relationship between state, region and municipality, making it mediator, reference point and coordinator for citizens, services and infrastructure in the city of Rome and its municipalities.  \n  \nIf the state is responsible for governing in general matters, the regions for legislating and the municipalities for providing administrative support for the law, the provinces play an important role in planning, which includes the public’s need and desire for resources, within a geographical area that is larger than individual local communities.  \n  \nIn short, the province is where local authorities are expected to communicate with one another to strengthen their own potential: road safety, professional training, employment policy, food and farming guarantees, soil protection, school building and territorial planning are the key responsibilities of provincial administrations.  \n  \nSince 1990, the Province of Rome has also been responsible for optimising its cultural assets, which it does through study and research, restoration work, and protecting and safeguarding architectural, archaeological and historical-artistic heritage in the province.  \n  \nProtection of cultural assets is assured in partnership with the province’s municipalities by means of targeted public announcements and by direct action both on monumental and historical sites such as palaces, castles, abbeys and archaeological deposits, and on individual objects such as paintings, sculptures, musical instruments or any other artefact having a specific artistic value.  \n  \nThere are various learning and documentary resources available in the sector, such as the Laboratory of Archaeological Cartography and the Library of Archaeology, Art History and Architecture.  \n  \nThe Province of Rome was officially created on 15 October 1870. It now contains 120 municipalities, as well as the capital city itself. Its official seat is the historical Palazzo Valentini, which still contains ancient sculptures and paintings from different periods.","city":"Rome","address":"Provincia di Roma  \nPalazzo Valentini  \nVia IV Novembre 119/a  \n00186 Rome","website":"www.provincia.roma.it","phone":"+39 06 6766 1","email":"info@cittametropolitanaroma.gov.it"},"a8f4e1dc-623c-547b-91d9-32977f0b2b9d":{"name":"Institute of Art History","description":"The Institute of Art History is a public scientific institution focusing on the history and theory of Croatian visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, town planning, regional planning and visual communications) from all chronological or stylistic periods, from the Early Middle Ages to recent events. In addition to scholarly activities and research, the Institute has also systematically developed its library and documentation (library, archives, photo-library and library of plans), its database of Croatian art heritage (art works and monuments) and its publications.  \n  \nThe Institute was founded in 1961 at the Faculty of Arts in Zagreb with the aim of promoting, co-ordinating and linking scholarly research with the teaching of the history of art and archaeology*.* It was conceived and founded by professors Grgo Gamulin and Milan Prelog who directed its research activities in close collaboration with the Department for History of Art.  \n  \nOver time, the Institute changed its status. In 1963 it grew into an independent institution. In 1968 it acquired the status of a university institute. From 1974 to 1991, because it did not meet certain legal requirements, it was integrated into the Centre for Historic Studies, which later became the Institute for Historic Studies of the University of Zagreb, and comprised four former institutes of arts as its departments: Archaeology, History, History of Art and Philosophy. In 1991 it again became an independent Institute. Under a 1993 law regulating scholarship and science it acquired its present status as a public institute.  \n  \nThe Institute currently employs 15 scientists, 10 research fellows and 7 research assistants  \nThe results of scientific research are published on a regular basis, mainly in the journals (*Radovi Instituta za povijest umjetnosti*, *Život umjetnosti*) and publications of the Institute. In the late 1970s the Institute launched its own publishing programme.  \n  \nThe Institute has been located in at its present address since 1991.","city":"Zagreb","address":"Ul. Grada Vukovara 68  \n10 000 Zagreb, Croatia","website":"http://www.ipu.hr/","phone":"+385 1 611 27 44 - 611 27 45","fax":"+385 1 611 27 42","email":"mirjana.braun@yahoo.com;mbraun@ipu.hr"},"ac11a4ca-f2da-5488-8462-098e6588e37c":{"name":"Zoological Botanical Garden Wilhelma","description":"Wilhelma is the most popular recreational facility in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg's capital city. Every year more than 2 million visitors visit the unique Wilhelma Park. Not only does it combine extensive botanical gardens with a modern zoo: owing to its historical Moorish- style buildings, but it is also known as the “Alhambra on the River Neckar”, and in grounds covering more than 74 acres visitors can immerse themselves in the history of Baden-Württemberg. A highly diverse world of flora and fauna also awaits them, with rich botanical collections comprising more than 7,000 plant species, while the zoo is home to more than 1,100 species – some 9,000 animals.","city":"Stuttgart","address":"Wilhelma, 13  \n70376 Stuttgart  \nGermany  \n  \nPostfach 50 12 27  \n70342 Stuttgart  \nGermany","website":"www.wilhelma.de","phone":"+49 711 5402 0","fax":"+49 711 5402 222","email":"info@wilhelma.de"},"aec0256d-aef5-5485-9560-ab187a6b1005":{"name":"Institute for the Administration of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage -  IGESPAR","description":"The Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage, established by the Decree 120/97 of 16 May 1997, is charged with the safeguarding and improvement of Portuguese architectural heritage, including monuments with special historical, architectural, artistic, scientific, social or technical value existing in national territory, through the production of binding statements which are applied to monuments and sites that are listed or are in the process of being listed.  \n  \nThe Institute is also charged with the conservation, recovery and restoration of State-owned listed monuments and sites, the classification of monuments and archaeological sites, and the management of the main national monuments, providing dependent services.","city":"Lisbon","address":"Palácio Nacional da Ajuda  \n1349-021","website":"www.ippar.pt","phone":"+351 213614200","fax":"+351 213637047","email":"ippar@ippar.pt"},"af4615a8-3b32-5dd1-982c-aa0295c74353":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Fine Arts"},"afffcb31-4567-5a53-ab82-c5452bdcf51e":{"name":"Karatay Madrasa Tilework Museum","description":"Karatay Madrasa was built in 1251 (649, H.) by Emir Celaleddin Karatay during the period of II. İzzettin Keykavus. Its architect is unknown. The madrasa, which was also used during the Ottoman era, was abandoned at the end of the 19th century. Karatay Madrasa, which holds an important place in the tile artefacts of the Anadolu Seljukid period, was opened to visitors in 1955 as the Tile Artefacts Museum.  \n  \nThe single-storied madrasa was built in the closed madrasa type in the Seljukid Era for *hadith* and *tafsir* education. Entering through the door, you arrive in a courtyard covered with a dome (now open), and from there you go through another door to the madrasa. The madrasa’s courtyard is covered by a dome with an opening to provide light and air, and is decorated with mosaic tiles. Short verses are written on the upper parts of the walls, on the dome pulley and on panels of cell doors.  \n  \nBasmala and Ayat-el Kursi inscriptions are located in the arches of the main house, through a tunnel vault to the west of the building. Triangles – transitional architectural elements of the dome – include the names of the prophets Muhammad, Jesus, Moses and David, and the names of the four caliphs: Abu Bakr, Omar, Osman and Ali. The domed cell to the left of the iwan is the tomb of Celaleddin Karatay.  \n  \nMost of the mosaic tiles that once covered the walls are gone. The colours of the remaining tiles are turquoise, dark blue and black.  \n  \nThe artefacts exhibited are from the Anatolian Seljukid and Ottoman periods. Tiles, plaster works, ceramic plates, candle holders and unglazed ceramics are exhibited in the chamber where the tomb of Celaleddin Karatay stands, and in the students’ cells to the south. The tiles from the Kubad-Abad Palace were made using lustre and underglaze techniques, and cross, semi-cross, eight-pointed star and square shapes.  \n  \nThe iwan contains tile remnants from the Seljukid era, and ceramics from the Seljukid and Ottoman periods. In the domed hall glass plates, tile pieces, ceiling fragments from Eşrefoğlu Mosque, and ceramics from the Ottoman era are displayed.","city":"Konya","address":"Alaeddin Meydanı  \nKonya, Turkey","phone":"+90 332 351 19 14","fax":"Not available"},"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"},"b49b6caf-2037-5450-9920-62d736638529":{"name":"Madaba Archaeological Museum","description":"This museum was founded in 1974 in one of the old houses of Madaba that was purchased by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and transformed into a museum.  \n  \nThis museum holds artefacts and finds that have been recovered during excavations in many archaeological sites in Madaba region. These artefacts consist mainly of pottery and glass vessels, metalwork, coins and mosaic floors. Their dates range from the Iron Age to the Islamic periods.","city":"Madaba","address":"P.O.B. 12  \nMadaba, Jordan","phone":"+962 5 3244189","fax":"+962 5 3244189"},"b4bdbe1f-6da6-5bef-9d1c-d19fa5720ec8":{"name":"State District Archive","description":"There are two archives in the depository at “U Husova Sboru Street” in the city of Olomouc: the State District Archives Olomouc and the Olomouc Branch of the Land Archives in Opava.  \n  \nThe public records and documents of the State District Archives Olomouc are broken down into separate categories: state administration, municipal administration and self-government of the Olomouc District. The oldest document in the archives, and the oldest city privilege of its kind in Czech Lands, is Uničov's city privilege dated 1223. Other categories contain court documents, those from economic institutions and documents connected with healthcare, schools or cultural institutions. Those documents that deal with different social organisations are of particular interest. Resources of local religious institutions, estates of significant people of the central Moravian region and some paperwork (engravings, photographs, maps, posters and so one) also provide rich material. The State District Archives Olomouc was established in 1960, when the resources of two traditional city archives (Olomouc and Uničov) and three minor county archives (Litovel, Olomouc and Šternberk) were incorporated into them.  \n  \nThe most valuable treasures of the Olomouc Branch of the Land Archives in Opava were created by the activities of religious institutions, which have been seated in Olomouc since the 11th century (Olomouc Bishopric and Archbishopric, Olomouc Metropolitan Chapter and others). The most valuable items among them – two documents issued by Bishop Jindřich Zdík in 1141 – are the oldest preserved original papers, which were elaborated in the territory of the Bohemian Kingdom by order of a clerical official. Another important element of the Olomouc Archives are the documents of the Jesuit College, established in 1566, especially its collection of theses in the form of graphic art from 1676–1745.","city":"Olomouc","address":"U Husova sboru 10  \n771 00 Olomouc  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.archives.cz","phone":"+420 585 236 101, 585 220 919","fax":"+420 585 236 152, 585 236 153","email":"podatelna@ol.archives.cz"},"ba8c2613-78d1-53bb-a8ff-a6dc36582fe1":{"name":"Regional Museum","description":"The Regional Museum in Olomouc dates back to 1883, when the Patriotic Museum Society established it as the first regional Czech museum in Moravia. Today the museum holds over one million items comprising geological, mineralogical, Palaeontological, zoological, entomological, archaeological, numismatic, ethnographical, cartographic, military, medical-pharmaceutical, musical, and decorative arts collections. More recently the collections have grown to include artefacts associated with the development of industry, transport, business and handcrafts.  \n  \nThe architectonic development of the region is shown in a large collection of topographical prints, drawings and paintings.  \n  \nThe museum’s photographic archive contains around 300,000 negatives. In the lapidarium, over 400 unique items document the evolution of the building from the Roman style to the 19th century. The library, with more than 70,000 volumes, also has a unique collection of 126 manuscripts and 2,000 ancient prints.  \n  \nAlongside the Museum’s permanent exhibition – From Astronomical Clock to Clocks –the Northern Hall and Large Hall host on average 20 temporary exhibitions annually.  \n  \nThe main purpose of the permanent exhibition is to illustrate the technical progress and development of styles associated with time-measuring instruments. There are Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical clocks, as well as documentation relating to the beginning of mass-production of clocks. A collection of well-preserved parts of Olomouc-produced astronomical clocks from the 16th century up to 1926, are also on display including machine mechanisms, clock faces, figural sculptures and remains of wood-carving and painted decoration. The Museum belongs within a selective group of institutions in Europe with similar collections.  \n  \nThe Regional Museum in Olomouc‘s permanent collection is housed in the former convent of the order of St. Clare, founded on the site in the 13th century, and rebuilt in the 18th century in the Late-Baroque style. The university library was located in the convent church. The convent was dissolved in 1781 by the emperor Joseph II. The buildings were used as barracks up until 1951 when the Regional Museum in Olomouc took them over.","city":"Olomouc","address":"Náměstí Republiky 5  \n771 73 Olomouc  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.vmo.cz","phone":"+420 585 515 111","fax":"+420 585 222 743","email":"vmo@vmo.cz"},"bc08e5f9-b067-531d-b2c7-115fddfc214f":{"name":"Prussian Palaces (Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin Brandenburg)","description":"The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (German: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg) or SPSG, was founded by a treaty of 23 August 1994 between the German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg as a public foundation following German reunification. The treaty came into force on 1 January 1995. The foundation is separate from the considerably larger Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz).  \n  \nSource Wikipedia","city":"Potsdam","address":"Postfach 60 14 62,  \n14414 Potsdam  \nGermany","website":"https://www.spsg.de/en/home/"},"bc3696f3-8f77-5a5a-8d83-cb8445448b36":{"name":"Ministry of Culture,Supreme Council of Antiquities"},"c0c2fa4f-c38c-578e-8cc1-4703cc60b8a9":{"name":"Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts","description":"The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts was the first museum in Turkey to bring together works of Islamic art. It was founded in 1914 as the Museum of Islamic Foundations and housed in the Imaret building of the Süleymaniye Complex, built by the great Turkish architect Sinan in the 16th century. The museum was renamed the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts after the declaration of the republic and moved to its present location in the 16th-century Ibrahim Paşa Palace in 1983.  \n  \nThe core collection of the museum comprises Islamic artworks collected from across the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. These works include carpets, manuscripts, metalwork, glassware, ceramics, woodwork and ethnographic materials. The collection represents an extensive period ranging from the rise of Islam to the 20th century and the vast geographical area ruled by the Ottoman Empire.  \n  \nThe carpets, numbering some 1,700, in their quality and variety constitute one of the most important collections of carpets in the world, so that the museum is sometimes thought of as a carpet museum. But the museum also has other outstanding collections: the manuscripts collection represents all the ruling Islamic states from the AH 1st / AD 7th century to the 20th century across a wide geographical area. The metalwork collection allows visitors to follow the development of Turkish metalwork in Anatolia and the rich collection of woodwork ranges from the AH 3rd / AD 9th century to the Ottoman period. The glassware and pottery collections include artefacts recovered during excavations at renowned Abbasid centres such as Samarra and Keshan (Iran) and Raqqa (Syria) as well as artefacts from the Anatolian Turkish period. The stonework, most bearing inscriptions, includes examples from the Umayyad, Abbasid, Mamluk, Seljuq and Ottoman periods. The ethnographic department is the newest section.  \n  \nThe museum also organises, hosts and participates in temporary national and international exhibitions.  \n  \nAfter the grand restoration works The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts re-opened in April 2014, exactly 100 years after its foundation, with special exhibitions to celebrate its hundredth anniversary.","city":"İstanbul","address":"İbrahim Paşa Sarayı Atmeydanı Sok. No: 46  \nSultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey","website":"https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/tiem","phone":"+90 212 518 18 05 / 06","fax":"+90 212 518 18 07","email":"tiem@tiem.gov.tr"},"c0f4bd16-caed-59a5-8c05-07349e063e43":{"name":"State Castles and Gardens Baden-Württemberg","description":"The SSG is in charge of the preservation, management, presentation and marketing of the most important palaces, gardens, castles and monasteries owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg and conducts scientific research as well as providing educational offers. It was founded in 1987 and is an unincorporated public institution within the state enterprise Assets and Construction Baden Württemberg, which belongs to the state’s Ministry of Finance. Approximately 150 staff members and 230 seasonal workers located in one central and 11 decentralised administration units take care of 60 historic monuments in total.","city":"Bruchsal","address":"Schlossraum, 22a  \n76646 Bruchsal  \nGermany","website":"www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de/","phone":"+49 72 51 74 27 70","fax":"+49 72 51 74 27 11","email":"info@ssg.bwl.de"},"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"},"c71ee250-e8d7-508a-af95-b5e136174c22":{"name":"Archaeological Area and Museum of Mertola, Mertola"},"c9284900-9055-5081-9abe-863fad506cdc":{"name":"‘Ajlun Castle Museum","description":"This small museum was established in 1993 and renovated in 2003. It is located inside ‘Ajlun Castle. The artefacts displayed in the museum are limited to finds from ‘Ajlun district and date from the Neolithic to the Islamic periods. The collection consists mainly of pottery vessels, glass bottles, stone tools, metalwork, coins and inscriptions found in and around the castle.","city":"‘Ajlun","address":"P.O.B. 86  \n‘Ajlun, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 6420206","fax":"Not available"},"cbed6eae-1448-51e1-a0d2-37ccab174ea6":{"name":"Ministry of Culture, National Institute of Cultural Heritage"},"ce4d8147-795e-5a50-9c18-cf90561d29e5":{"name":"Rabat Archaeological Museum","description":"**Historical Description**  \n  \nWith 550 objects on display and thousands more in storage, the Rabat Archaeological Museum, founded in 1928, is one of the most prestigious national museums. It traces the history of Morocco from prehistoric times to the Islamic era. It is the culmination of a series of expansions and improvements that have made possible the inclusion of prehistoric, ancient and Islamic collections. A museum tour developed after renovations in 2003–04 highlights objects from excavations of the Almohad Tinmel Mosque and around the Koutoubia Mosque of Marrakesh.  \n  \n**Museum Collections**  \n  \nThe exhibits are displayed in three rooms, a patio and a garden.  \n  \n– On the ground floor, a chronological tour retraces the history of pre-Islamic Morocco: prehistoric civilisations, and then the Phoenician, Mauritanian and Roman eras, each represented by characteristic tools and objects.  \n  \n– Upstairs, the Islamic collections are organised by themes. Coins come from successive dynasties in Morocco. Ceramics display different techniques specific to the Islamic period, such *cuerda seca* (dry cord), stamping, metallic or polychrome glazes. Housing is represented both in its structural and decorative aspects: concrete work, but also murals, painted or engraved wood, capitals, trellises, stucco, and more.  \n  \n– The second themed section highlights antique marble statuary, with different artistic movements from Mauritania Tingitana (a Roman province). Prestigious works illustrate mythology and the history and public life of the Roman Empire: Venus, Theseus Slaying the Minotaur, Ephebe Pouring Drink, an imposing head of Juno, and busts of Juba II and Cato are among many pieces of inestimable scientific and aesthetic value.  \n  \n– The third section has a collection of inscriptions and rock carvings.  \n  \n*The Rabat Archaeological Museum is known today as the Museum of History and Civilisations.*","city":"Rabat","address":"23, rue Brihi  \nRabat, Morocco","phone":"+212 537 70 19 19"},"cf8ec428-5799-50a3-9650-91f330ba6493":{"name":"Dar Jamaï Museum","description":"The Jamai Palace was built in 1882 by Mokhtar bin Larbi Jamai, the grand vizier of the sultan Moulay Hassan I, according to an inscription in the reception hall. The French bought it in 1912, and they converted it successively into a hospital, a military court, and in 1920, into the “Museum of Indigenous Arts”, devoted to the handicrafts of Meknes and the surrounding mountainous Middle Atlas and Rif regions. Inspired by Spanish-Maghrebi design and decoration, Dar Jamai was created to meet the needs of private and public life.  \n  \n**Museum Collections**  \n  \nOn the ground floor, three rooms dedicated to ceramics from Fez and Tafilalet, ceramics from Meknes-Fez and painted and sculpted wood lead to the central patio. Two rooms formerly reserved for women also open onto the patio; one is dedicated to costumes and embroidery, the other to urban and rural jewellery.  \n  \nThe vizier’s private Moorish bath displays *hammam* objects such as wooden buckets, small brass containers, woolen gloves, and the like.  \n  \nThe room of old ironwork includes panels with keys, padlocks, knockers, chandeliers, locks, and a complete set of blacksmithing tools.  \n  \nPottery from the Rif region, Zarhoun pottery and metalwork are displayed in the former kitchens, while pavilions and corridors are decorated with various small carpets and manuscripts.  \n  \nThe textile room has two looms, tapestries and blankets.  \n  \nUpstairs, the bride’s room and the *koubba*, where the vizier received his distinguished guests – a sumptuous cupola decorated with terracotta tiles and stucco – is covered by a painted and carved cedar ceiling. This ceremonial salon with alcoves is furnished in the Makhzen tradition: brass, Rabat carpets, sofas, embroidered silks from Meknes, Rabat and Salé, velvets embroidered in gold, leather cushions, mosquito nets, and more.  \n  \nThe last room is devoted to weapons from the Rif, Souss and Tafilalet regions of Morocco.","city":"Meknès","address":"Place Hadim  \nMeknès, Morocco","phone":"+212 535 540 863","fax":"Not available"},"d10f1d84-ce50-539f-aad0-624ff1d3e8c9":{"name":"Topkapı Palace Museum","description":"Topkapı Palace, the administrative and residential palace of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul, was completed by AH 882 / AD 1478 after the city had been conquered by Mehmed II. It was used continuously by the Ottoman rulers until they moved to the palaces built along the Bosphorus in the 13th / 19th century. After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey, the palace became a museum on 3 April 1924 by order of Atatürk.  \nThe palace became a grandiose, multi-functional structure through continual development and additional construction by different sultans, which also reflects the institutional structure of the Ottoman Empire. The splendour and multi-level structure of Ottoman protocol and hierarchy can clearly be seen in the architecture. Even the rise and the fall of the empire found its artistic expression in the palace. As well as being a stage for the dramatic events of the past, this palace is one of the few examples of its kind that survived along with its historical lifestyle.  \n  \nAmong the items exhibited in the museum are portraits and costumes of the sultans, Chinese and Japanese porcelains used in the palace, metal kitchenware, Yıldız porcelain and glassware, European porcelain and silver items, Islamic and Turkish weapons. Holy relics of Prophet Mohammed and the first caliphs that were brought from Medina in the early 10th / 16th century by Selim I are exhibited in the Holy Relics section. Among those relics are the mantle of the Prophet Mohammed, his swords and his foot print.  \n  \nFour thrones, aigrette-holders, the Topkapı dagger and the diamond of Kaşıkçı are the most famous examples of the items from the treasury of the Ottomans. The museum's archive holds important documents of correspondence of the Ottoman Sultans and its library contains famous manuscripts from the Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods.  \n  \nTopkapı Palace Museum operates under the Directorate of National Palaces of the Presidency of the Republic.","city":"Istanbul","address":"Sultanahmet  \nFatih, İstanbul, Turkey","website":"https://www.millisaraylar.gov.tr/en","phone":"+90 212 512 04 80; +90 212 236","fax":"+90 212 259 32 92","email":"info@ millisaraylar.gov.tr"},"d5cbde37-0645-5fff-928c-0190e87f0c5b":{"name":"City Museum","description":"The Brno City Museum was established in 1904. Since 1960, the museum has been seated in Špilberk Castle, the Baroque fortress known as the “Dungeon of the nations”. The permanent exhibition presents casemates that were part of the Baroque fortress system converted into the civil prison during the reign of Emperor Joseph II. On display are the collections of historic weapons, watches, glass, porcelain, furniture, fashion accessories, vedute, paintings and sculptures. The most important collection presents the prominent Late-Baroque Moravian sculptor, Ondřej Schweigl’s (1735–1812) life and work, and its association with Brno.","city":"Brno","address":"Špilberk 1  \n662 24 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.spilberk.cz","phone":"+420 542 123 611","fax":"+420 542 123 613","email":"muzeum.brno@spilberk.cz"},"d9f6c12d-ca03-5d6e-b33c-c1a37daec1fa":{"name":"Glasgow Museums","description":"Although not the capital, Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland. It prides itself on its multi-cultural scene with a prosperous Muslim community representing the largest non-white Scottish group in the city and in Scotland. The Glasgow Museums collection is the biggest managed by any local authority in the United Kingdom and one of a handful of municipal collections that are recognized to have national importance. This service was founded in 1854 with the McLellan collection of European paintings, which was donated to the people of Glasgow by Archibald McLellan together with a building to house it. At present Glasgow manages thirteen public museums covering a wide range of subjects.  \n  \nGlasgow’s Islamic collections come from all over the world with objects from Africa, Spain, the Middle East and Central Asia. The oldest items date back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The earliest objects to enter the museums’ collections were donated in the 1870s. Though many of these are private donations, some were purchased by the museum service. The Islamic collections are mainly housed at The Burrell Collection, The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.  \n  \nThe main strength of the Islamic collections lies in the large donation of Sir William Burrell and his wife, who gifted their massive and varied collection to Glasgow in 1944. It includes Iranian and Mughal Indian ceramics and carpets, Turkish and Uzbek textiles and embroideries, and Hispano-Moresque lustrewares. The other Islamic collections of Glasgow Museums include objects from Mughal India, Fatimid and Mamluk Egypt and Syria, the Ottoman Middle East, and 19th century Berber and Arab North Africa. In addition to all of the above, Glasgow Museums is interested in developing its contemporary Islamic collections by welcoming donations of modern Islamic arts and crafts, as well as strengthening the other areas within its Islamic collections.","city":"Glasgow","address":"The Burrell Collection  \nPollok Country Park  \n2060 Pollokshaws Road  \nG43 1AT  \nGlasgow, United Kingdom","website":"http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/","phone":"+44 141 2872550","fax":"+44 141 2872597"},"dcd4bbe2-60f3-5f7f-8e3a-0eba386ac5bf":{"name":"Sidi Kacem al-Jalizi Museum","description":"Built during the 9th / 15th century by Sidi Kacem, the mausoleum has been transformed into a museum of ceramics. It consists of an entrance hall leading to a ceramics workshop, and to a patio surrounded by rooms and a funeral space. The courtyard galleries and alcoves have been converted into exhibition spaces for ceramic objects. This collection traces different eras of Muslim history in Tunisia, and also includes objects of Persian origin.  \n  \nCeramic objects dating back to the Aghlabid era can be identified by the use of metallic lustre, archaic Kufic script, and stylised zoomorphic and anthropomorphic drawings as decoration. The pieces dating back to the Fatimid period are illustrated with animated scenes in blue on a white background.  \n  \nHafsid ceramics are distinguished by the absence of illustrated scenes in favour of geometric motifs with floral decoration in which cobalt blue and manganese brown dominate. There are also ceramic tiles dating back to the Ottoman era, some of which are decorated with bouquets of flowers.","city":"Tunis","address":"Musée de Sidi Kacem Al-Jalizi  \nrue du 9 Avril  \nTunis, Tunisia","phone":"+216 71 321452","fax":"+216 71 562452"},"de2dbebd-e2b6-5434-b061-c35adc183958":{"name":"Udayas Museum (National Museum of Jewellery)","description":"**Historical Description**  \n  \nCreated in 1915, the Oudayas Museum is one of the oldest public museums in Morocco, along with the Batha Museum in Fez. The Oudayas Museum contains one of the largest museum collections in the country.  \n  \nA landmark in the history of Morocco, the Oudayas Casbah was originally a fort built by the Almoravids (10th–12th centuries) on the cliff overlooking the Bouregreg estuary. In the 12th century, under the Almohads, Abdelmoumen renovated the fort into a royal residence and defensive post in support of the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1609, Philip II of Spain expelled nearly one million Moriscos – descendants of Muslims who at that time were living in Spain under Christian rule. Among these were 2,000 Arabic-speaking Muslims, the Hornacheros, who settled in the Oudayas Casbah and established an independent republic that engaged in piracy. The turbulent history of the Bouregreg estuary ended with the Alaouite Sidi Mohammed bin Abdellah (1757–89).  \n  \nThroughout its history the Oudayas Casbah has been the site of major construction works, including Bab el-Kebir, the monumental Almohad gate; the rampart of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Rachid; and the princely residence of Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727).  \n  \n**The Museum**  \n  \nBuilt in the former pavilions of the sultan Moulay Ismaïl, the Oudayas Museum is an Andalusian-inspired architectural masterpiece. Initially comprising private collections (Libert: ceramics, brass and carved wood; Besancenot: silver jewels), it has been continuously enriched by new acquisitions. All currently displayed collections of manuscripts, coins, astrolabes, clothing, carpets, cabinetry, weapons, and so on, are from the Islamic period.  \n  \nThe first room features silver and gold-plated jewellery from the High Atlas, Middle Atlas, Anti-Atlas and the Sahara. Two loggias house blue or polychrome enamelled ceramics from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Clothing and ceremonial accessories of city-dwellers follow, and finally there is a collection of gold ornaments of high aesthetic and historical value.","city":"Rabat","address":"Musée National des Bijoux (Ancien musée des Oudayas)  \nCasbah des Oudayas  \nRabat, Morocco","phone":"+212 537 731537","fax":"Not available"},"defa425b-fe47-5a8e-bb82-33721be61de9":{"name":"Batha Museum","description":"Built in 1885, the original building was a courthouse and summer residence of the Alaouite sultan Moulay Hassan I before being renovated as a museum in 1915. The Batha Museum brings together archaeological collections, architectural elements and ethnographic objects relating to the city of Fez and its surrounding area. Since a reorganisation in 2006, the museum’s theme has revolved around spiritual life and the art of living.  \n  \nThrough large rooms overlooking the patio and garden, the tour begins with the city’s Islamic origins: manuscripts illuminated with gold leaf, liturgical wooden objects, planispheric brass astrolabes – and a rare example of a leather astrolabe dial. One section is dedicated to architectural elements. Wood is featured: friezes, panels, lintels and other corbels from different dynasties display Moroccan craftsmanship. Besides their artistic value, some pieces are historical and archaeological treasures, such as the beam dating from AD 877, the oldest wood in Islamic Morocco, evidence of the city of Kairouan’s artistic influences.  \n  \nZelliges (handmade terracotta tiles) are a distinctive feature of Moroccan-Andalusian Islamic architecture, with excellent collections here in the Batha Museum, with some dating back to the 14th century.  \n  \nAlso on exhibit are traditional arts from Fez, whose richness and variety are manifested in a collection of delicate embroidery in a single thread colour, and a variety of ornaments and wedding dresses for brides typically from the cities. There is also a rich collection of tin-based ceramics enamelled in a monochrome blue-grey.  \n  \nVisitors can discover rural crafts and museum-quality objects like jewellery and pottery outside the city of Fez.","city":"Fès","address":"Ksar El Batha  \nPlace du 11 janvier  \nFès, Morocco","phone":"+212 53 563 41 16"},"e4a45e50-1dd1-5680-88c5-cd761132d6ed":{"name":"Regional Gallery of Sicily - Abatellis Palace","description":"The Regional Gallery of Sicily showcases the evolution of the figurative arts within Palermo and Western Sicily from the 12th to 18th centuries. The palace that houses the museum was built in 1495 as the residence of Francesco Abatellis, Master of Sicily’s ports, and stands as an important representative of Gothic-Catalan architecture within the region. After the death of Abatellis, part of the building adjoining the palace was converted in 1527 into a convent for the Benedictine Nuns of the church of Santa Maria della Pietà. This was then later turned into a Dominican Monastery. During the Second World War, the palace sustained considerable bombing damage in 1943, leading to initiatives for its complete restoration. The museum was finally opened to the public on the 23rd of June 1954.  \n  \nThe present layout of the museum is the result of collaborative efforts between the curator Giorgio Vigni and the Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa throughout the years 1953-54.  \n  \nThe permanent museum exhibition is divided into two sections; sculpture is located on the ground floor whilst paintings are located on the upper floor.  \n  \nThe Gallery's collections come from acquisitions, donations and confiscations of property belonging to suppressed religious organisations. Before being grouped together in the current headquarters, these works were part of the Royal University Pinacoteca, then collections of the National Museum of Palermo. The works of Islamic art preserved in the Gallery come mainly from the city of Palermo where they were recovered during restoration works and architectural restructuring of the most important Arab-Norman sites. These include the Norman Palace (later the Royal Palace), the church of Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio called the Martorana, the church of San Giacomo la Mazzara (which no longer exists) and the Casa Maturano, a building adjacent to the church of Martorana. Other objects, particularly wood and ceramics, were purchased mainly from the Egyptian antiquities market by the then director of the Royal Museum, Antonio Salinas, between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.","city":"Palermo","address":"Via Alloro, 4  \n90133  \nPalermo, Italy","website":"http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/palazzoabatellis/","phone":"+39 091 6230011","fax":"+39 091 6165305","email":"gall.abatellis@regione.sicilia.it"},"ebefa388-6b9b-5fa0-a9a7-a26465c1e27d":{"name":"Olomouc Museum of Art","description":"Olomouc Museum of Art consists of three museums. The original museum (formerly the Gallery of Fine Art founded in 1952) became an autonomous museum in 1990.  \n  \n1\\. The Museum of Modern Art came about when it moved into the building of the Olomouc Museum of Art in June 2006. The exhibition programme and acquisition activities are focused on modern art from the 20th and 21st centuries.  \n2\\. In 2006, the Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum (established 1998) was opened, representing the first museum of its type in Czech Lands. The proposed construction of an Archdiocesan Museum was possible after the historical buildings of the so-called Olomouc Castle were returned to the Catholic Church. On the basis of the contract drawn up between the Olomouc Archbishopric and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Olomouc Museum of Art was entrusted with bringing the project to completion. While the grounds of the Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum offer visitors the opportunity to view the architectural remains of an entire millennium, the Museum presents a permanent exhibition of the artistic culture of the Olomouc diocese from the 12th to the 18th centuries, bringing together artefacts from the historical territory of Moravia with a focus on art patronage and collections of the Olomouc bishops.  \n3\\. The Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum was established in 2006 as part of the Olomouc Museum of Art, and detached from the rest of the Museum, is situated in the former Archbishop’s Château in Kroměříž. The Museum holds one of the largest château libraries in the country: almost 90,000 volumes, including illuminated manuscripts and a music archive of more than 6,000, mainly Baroque, compositions. There is also a rich collection of old-master drawings, graphic works and coins and medals.  \n  \nGuided tours are available to visitors through the halls, rooms with historic furniture, and the picture galleries.  \n  \nThe Archbishop’s Château in Kroměříž along with its gardens, were proclaimed a National Cultural Monument in 1995 and recorded on the UNESCO List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites in 1998.","city":"Olomouc","address":"Denisova 47,  \n771 11 Olomouc","website":"http://www.muo.cz/","phone":"+420 585 514 111, 585 514 277","fax":"+420 585 223 166, 585 514 240","email":"info@olmuart.cz"},"edb8cc68-6a7b-575f-9541-6421a991bf33":{"name":"Further Associated Museums","description":"**Hama Museum**  \nHama, Syria"},"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"},"eff55f70-afdd-5a6d-b577-f7e280407996":{"name":"Musei Civici d’Arte Antica di Bologna in cooperation with the Province of Bologna","city":"Bologna"},"f0448341-50fd-5737-bf32-5fe7fdf30a77":{"name":"Museum of Jordanian Heritage","description":"This museum is located in the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University; it was founded in 1984 and officially opened in 1988.  \n  \nThe main gallery consists of four rooms: the first room (Hunting and Gathering) deals with Jordan’s prehistory; the second (City State) focuses on the Bronze Ages, illustrated through graphics and drawings; the third room (East and West) deals with the history of material culture in the Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine periods; and the fourth room concentrates on Jordan in the Islamic periods. The second floor has special topics related to the history of technology, rural life and folklore. A new gallery of numismatics was added to the museum in 2002.","city":"Irbid","address":"Irbid, Jordan","phone":"+962 2 7211111-4465","fax":"Not available"},"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"},"f122df37-7701-5aeb-9557-616648cd7273":{"name":"Regional Museum","description":"The headquarters of the Regional Museum in Mikulov is an imposing chateau that overlooks the picturesque town that lies between Brno and Vienna. The border between Moravia and Austria was once guarded by a medieval castle founded by Czech King Otakar Přemysl I. Its Gothic defence towers, which still stand out from the body of the castle, are a reminder of Mikulov‘s historical significance. The owners of the town – the Liechtenstein and Dietrichstein families – gradually developed the residence according to their requirements, creating the present Baroque elegance. The Dietrichstein gallery is dedicated to this noble Moravian family, members of which helped shape European history. Through the stories of its individual members, it presents the history of the region. On display are paintings from the 17th to the 20th centuries, along with a portrait gallery of prominent family members and their children. The Dietrichsteins held court in Mikulov from 1575 until the end of the Second World War, and the fortunes of the town were closely linked with their social, political, and economic power. The gallery includes exhibits on the history of the chateau, the town and the Mikulov estate.  The exhibition, Traditional Viticulture in Moravia examines the history of wine cultivation in the area: from its very beginnings; production and sale through to modern viticulture and winemaking. It demonstrates the traditional cultivation of grapevines and the annual cycle in the vineyard; the pests that afflict the grape vine and the history of how they are fought.","city":"Mikulov","address":"Zámek 22/1  \n69201 Mikulov  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.rmm.cz","phone":"+420 519 309 019","fax":"+420 519 309 030","email":"rmm@rmm.cz"},"f446146a-791c-5ab5-a762-4bd0263541be":{"name":"Moravian Gallery","description":"The Moravian Gallery in Brno, the second largest art museum in the Czech Republic, is exceptional for the wide range of artistic disciplines it covers. It is the only institution in the country collecting visual art that is concerned with painting, drawing, graphic art and sculpture – from the past and the present – as well as photography, applied art and design.  \n  \nFounded in Brno in 1961 by amalgamating the Museum of Applied Arts and the Picture Gallery of the Moravian Museum, it is housed in three centrally located and architecturally impressive buildings. The Moravian Gallery in Brno sets out to present visual culture from within the Czech Republic in a European context, through both permanent and temporary exhibitions. To achieve its goals it works together with a number of institutions at home and abroad and participates in international projects. At a global level the most renowned event organised by the Moravian Gallery in Brno is the International Biennale of Graphic Design, which has been taking place here since 1963.  \n  \nThe temporary displays and permanent exhibitions are enriched by an accompanying programme of lectures, guided tours, workshops, concerts and performances created to suit the whole spectrum of visitors. Special attention is paid to children, whether visiting individually or in school groups.  \n  \nA testimonial to the museum's accessibility is a collection of art for the visually impaired and related exhibition projects such as Possible Messages and Invisible Causes.","city":"Brno","address":"Husova 18,  \nCZ-662 00 Brno  \nCzech Republic","website":"http://www.moravska-galerie.cz","phone":"+420 532 169 111; 532 169 130","email":"info@moravska-galerie.cz"},"f533d81d-c3e7-57c1-955a-e9aac47d7bb3":{"name":"Hungarian National Gallery","description":"The Hungarian National Gallery (HNG) is the largest public collection documenting and presenting the rise and development of fine arts in Hungary. It has operated as an independent institution since 1957 moving to its present location, the former Royal Palace of Buda, in 1975.  \n  \nIn 1957 a new museum, the Hungarian National Gallery, was created for the collection and display of specifically Hungarian art. The basis of its collection was the New Hungarian Picture Gallery at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, and the Hungarian material belonging to that museum’s collections of modern sculpture, medals, and prints and drawings. The holdings of the new institution included approximately 6,000 paintings, 2,100 sculptures, 3,100 medals, 11,000 drawings and 5,000 prints. The HNG opened in Budapest on 5 October 1957, in a building that formerly housed the Supreme Court.  \n  \nIn 1975 the HNG moved to Buda Palace, into buildings B, C and D, which had been specially refurbished. In October of that year it opened its exhibitions in a provisional form. Its holdings were augmented with items from the Department of Old Hungarian Art at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, making it possible to show the entire history of art in Hungary, with works from the 11th century to the present.  \n  \nOver subsequent years other permanent exhibitions have been added: Panel Paintings and Wooden Sculptures from the Mediaeval Period and Baroque Art in Hungary in 1979; Late Gothic Winged Altarpieces opened in the former throne-room of the palace in 1982; and Mediaeval and Renaissance Stone Carvings opened in 1985.  \n  \nInside the museum, on the ground floor of Building C, the crypt of the Habsburg palatines (viceroys) was opened to the public in 1989, and in 2005, the HNG’s exhibition spaces were further augmented by the acquisition of Building A of Buda Castle.","city":"Budapest","address":"Szent György tér 2  \nH-1014 Budapest  \nHungary  \n  \nPOSTAL ADDRESS:  \nH-1250 Budapest  \nPO Box 31  \nHungary","website":"http://www.mng.hu","phone":"+36 1 375 8858","fax":"+36 1 375 8898","email":"mng@mng.hu"},"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"},"f72fb94f-1822-5cff-9f41-8593a1edb4e8":{"name":"Weilheim City Museum","description":"The museum founded in October 1882 by the citizen Benedikt Höck, and focusing on Weilheim's cultural history, has been located since 1966 in ten rooms on three floors of the Old Town Hall, which is directly beside the urban parish church. The detached building, used for administration until 1936, was built in 1538, when the city celebrated the 300th jubilee of its founding, and was rebuilt in 1788–91 (with noble facades by Franz Joseph Bader from nearby Wessobrunn). Since 1977 there has been a special room for exhibitions in the former public bakery hall on the ground floor on the building's western side.  \n  \nThe collection of nearly 500 objects places particular emphasis on sculpture since the Middle Ages, especially from the Weilheim School *c*. 1600, painting and applied art since the late Gothic era, furniture (for example, an impressive cupboard by Clement Betle, 1587), a model of the city from 1811, and one of the oldest nativity cribs in Bavaria (1721) consisting of 62 figures which are painted on carved panels. Also interesting are two Bavarian rustic sleeping-rooms from *c*.1782–1820 and 1824.","city":"Weilheim","address":"Marienplatz, 1  \nD-82362 Weilheim i.OB","website":"http://www.weilheim.de/index.asp?tid=2&cid=11373&nid=96","phone":"+49 881 682600","fax":"+49 881 682299","email":"stadtmuseum@weilheim.de"},"fa4acaf4-e4a9-5f92-8877-0946904fdbd3":{"name":"Silves Archaeological Museum","description":"Brief History  \n  \nInaugurated in 1990, the Silves Museum was built around the magnificent 12th-13th century Almohad well-cistern, which was discovered through archaeological excavations in the 1980s. The site is currently classified as a national monument and is the centrepiece of the Silves Museum’s permanent exhibition. The museum space also integrates the Almohad era city wall, making it not only a museum that exhibits a significant historical collection, but also a rare jewel of present day Portuguese Islamic heritage.  \n  \nSince its inauguration the museum has left its permanent collection, consisting of around 800 mostly ceramic objects, open to public viewing. The museum also contains a plethora of objects in reserve which were acquired through several archaeological excavations conducted throughout Portugal.  \n  \nCollection  \n  \nChronologically divided into five sections, the museum includes a collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman era objects. Its collections are distinguished not just by the quantity but also by their exceptional quality and includes objects from the medieval Islamic periods. These constitute objects from the Umayyad Caliphate, the Taifa era, the Almoravid and the later Almohad dynasties, representing a long period of Islamic rule that ranged from the 8th to the 13th centuries CE. Due to the nature of the site, there is a strong representation of objects from the Almohad period between the 12th and 13th centuries, which attest to the richness and importance of Silves during this historic period.  \n  \nThe museum’s collection also exhibits a range of comparatively modern objects, from the 15th to the 17th centuries, which attest to the influential and complex network of trade routes between the city of Silves and other significant ports of the time.  \n  \nPublic Outreach  \n  \nThe museum has been developing a programme of temporary exhibitions from its own funds as a means to not only showcase certain presentations, but also strengthen cultural relations with countries that were historically linked to the municipality of Silves. Among these include projects with the Kingdom of Morocco.  \n  \nThe museum’s educational department plays a key role in the attraction and retention of the public awareness. This is done through prioritising communication with young audiences and providing them with tools that help interpret the museum’s archaeological collection.  \n  \nIt is through this approach that the pedagogic workshops were formed which, with the help of local artisans, offer a range of activities that help raise awareness towards the historic material culture showcased in the museum. These include pottery, ceramics, weaving and calligraphy. For other audiences who wish to experience a wider variety of themes, there are workshops centred on the local environment, heritage, playhouses, the sciences as well as tours that complement temporary exhibitions. Lastly, to stimulate further interest and promote the study of the collection, the museum has developed projects and activities with other international networks that have similar interests.","city":"Silves","address":"Rua Porta de Loulé, n. 14  \n8300-129  \nSilves, Portugal","website":"https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/547/museu-municipal-de-arqueologia-de-silves.aspx","phone":"+351 282 444 832","fax":"+351 282 440 856","email":"museu.municipal@cm-silves.pt"},"fae81dae-0250-52ec-acc1-171da28b9eef":{"name":"Borghese Gallery","description":"The Casino Borghese ­– today the Borghese Museum and Gallery – was commissioned from Flaminio Ponzio by Pope Paolo V's nephew, Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, who wanted a suburban villa to house his art collections. It was completed after Ponzio's death by Giovanni Vasanzio in 1613–15.  \n  \nCasino Borghese lies inside a great park and the garden is divided into three precincts divided by a series of spaces and buildings: the Casino, three Secret Gardens, the Aviary, the Meridiana Pavilion.  \n  \nCardinal Borghese's antique collection was augmented by archaeological excavations on the family property and by acquisitions such as the collections of Ceoli and Tommaso e Giovan Battista Della Porta.  \n  \nThe cardinal was uninterested in medieval art, but was very interested in renaissance and contemporary art. He used his powerful position to increase his collection by any means, including confiscation. He imprisoned Domenichino to obtain his *La Caccia di* *Diana* and ordered the secret removal to Rome of Raphael's *Deposition* from the Baglioni Chapel in Perugia.  \n  \nScipione commissioned works from the most important contemporary artists: Bernini, Caravaggio, Guido Reni, Guercino, Lanfranco, Domenichino, Algardi, Cavalier d'Arpino, Rubens, Lavinia Fontana, Nicolas Cordier and Antonio Susini. He also bought many paintings from the Ferrara School. With Scipione the renaissance concept of the aristocratic patron was transformed into the 'modern' collector.  \n  \nAfter the marriage of Paolo Borghese and Olimpia Aldobrandini (1682) part of the Aldobrandini inheritance was incorporated in the Borghese collection.  \n  \nBetween 1770 and 1793 Marcantonio IV Borghese renewed the villa in neoclassical style. His son Camillo married Pauline Bonaparte and was persuaded by his brother-in-law, Napoleon, to 'sell' him (1807) a considerable part of the archaeological collection, which now is in the Louvre; fortunately Camillo also bought many works such as Correggio's *Danae* (1827) and Guercino's *Prodigal Son* and commissioned from Canova (1805–8) a sculpture of Pauline as *Venus Victrix*, a neoclassical masterpiece. Gaps caused by the 'sale' were filled with new finds from recent excavations and works from various Borghese residences.  \n  \nIn 1902 the Casino Borghese and its collection were acquired by Italian Government.  \n  \nAmong the great pieces in the collection are: Titian's *Sacred and Profane Love*; marble sculptures by Bernini including *Apollo and Daphne*, *Pluto and Proserpina*, *David*, *Aeneas and Anchises*; paintings by Caravaggio including *Boy with a Basket of Fruit*, *Madonna of the Palafrenieri* and *David with the Head of Goliath*; and many works by Raphael, Rubens, Pinturicchio, Perugino, Titian, Domenichino, Carracci and many others.","city":"Rome","address":"Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5  \nI - 00197 Rome","website":"http://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/it","phone":"+39 06 8413979","fax":"+39 06 8840756"},"fdce3078-0f3e-504f-8c9d-b8c96d6ff7fb":{"name":"The National Museum","description":"The Saudi National Museum is part of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre administered by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. It was established in Riyadh on 6.10.1419 AH / 23.1.1999 AD in celebration of 100 years of unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  \n  \nThe National Museum is the main building in the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre, covering an area of 28,000 square meters, including exhibition halls. It is a cultural landmark displaying the antiquities and heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and presenting past cultures, civilisations and historic events that occurred in the Arabian Peninsula in general and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular through exhibitions using the most modern resources and technology.  \n  \nThe Museum consists of eight galleries; each represents a particular cultural and historical period in chronological order from prehistoric times until the modern period. The principal objective of the National Museum is to highlight the national cultural identity and its depth and dimensions through the antiquities and heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.","city":"Riyadh","address":"King Abdul Aziz Historical Center, Al-Muraba  \nP.O. Box: 3734  \n11481 Riyadh  \nSaudi Arabia","website":"www.nationalmuseum.org.sa","phone":"+966 1 1 4029500","fax":"+966 1 1 4030306","email":"TNM@scta.gov.sa"}}