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- Cairo Museum Of Islamic Art Opens After A Decade
All About Egypt With video. The largest collection of Islamic art in the world is back on display. After nearly a decade of renovation, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art officially opened. The museum is the main abode for the national collection of Islamic...
- Forthcoming Guide Books From The Auc
American University in Cairo Press I have a couple of the AUC guide books and they are excellent. I look forward to adding them to my collection. KAMRIN, J. The Illustrated Guide to the Luxor Museum of Ancient Art and the Nubia Museum of Aswan: With the...
- Museum Of Islamic Art Centenary
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Now that refurbishment is complete, would-be visitors to the museum need wait no longer to roam the spacious galleries showcasing its wooden, metal, ceramic, glass, rock crystal and textile objects from across the Islamic...
- Mubarak To Open Museum Of Islamic Art
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak opens within days the Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of Old Cairo after the Ministry of Culture finalized its renovation which took several years. The Islamic museum holds more than 100,000 artifacts...
- Islamic Museum Badly Damaged
Yesterdays tragic bombing which has left dozens of people injured and left 4 dead has also destroyed the facades of both the Islamic Museum as well as the Egyptian National Library. In the Islamic Museum ceilings have collapsed and the contents of the...
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New Islamic Art Galleries at Brooklyn Museum
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The reinstallation of the Islamic art galleries at the Brooklyn Museum includes works from the 8th Century to modern times.
Opening June 5, 2009, the permanent display at the Islamic galleries highlights 134 objects from some 1,700 in an American collection considered top-notch by art historians. Twenty works have never before or rarely been seen by the public.
Arts of the Islamic World Collection
Especially strong in later Iranian art, the Brooklyn Museum's Islamic holdings come from North Africa, the Middle East, Central and Southeast Asia. On view are illustrated and illuminated manuscripts, calligraphies, drawings, oil paintings, ceramics, glass, metal- and woodwork, carpets, costumes, textiles, jewelry and architectural elements.
See the above page for the full story.
- Cairo Museum Of Islamic Art Opens After A Decade
All About Egypt With video. The largest collection of Islamic art in the world is back on display. After nearly a decade of renovation, Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art officially opened. The museum is the main abode for the national collection of Islamic...
- Forthcoming Guide Books From The Auc
American University in Cairo Press I have a couple of the AUC guide books and they are excellent. I look forward to adding them to my collection. KAMRIN, J. The Illustrated Guide to the Luxor Museum of Ancient Art and the Nubia Museum of Aswan: With the...
- Museum Of Islamic Art Centenary
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Now that refurbishment is complete, would-be visitors to the museum need wait no longer to roam the spacious galleries showcasing its wooden, metal, ceramic, glass, rock crystal and textile objects from across the Islamic...
- Mubarak To Open Museum Of Islamic Art
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak opens within days the Museum of Islamic Art in the heart of Old Cairo after the Ministry of Culture finalized its renovation which took several years. The Islamic museum holds more than 100,000 artifacts...
- Islamic Museum Badly Damaged
Yesterdays tragic bombing which has left dozens of people injured and left 4 dead has also destroyed the facades of both the Islamic Museum as well as the Egyptian National Library. In the Islamic Museum ceilings have collapsed and the contents of the...