Museum of Islamic Art (Doha)

View at night

Central dome made of stainless steel

The Museum of Islamic Art ( English Doha Museum of Islamic Art ; Arabic متحف الفن الإسلامي, DMG Matḥaf al-Fann al-Islāmī ) is an art museum in the emirate of Qatar and is considered to be one of the most important museums for Islamic art on the Arabian Peninsula . The museum was designed by IM Pei and opened in November 2008.

location

The museum is located in Doha , the capital of the Arab Emirates, Qatar, and was built on an artificial island in the west bay of the port. Access from the old town, about one kilometer away, is via a palm-shaded promenade and flanking parks.

description

The museum is considered to be the last masterpiece by Pei, who was 91 when it opened, and who had undertaken a six-month study tour of Arabic architectural forms for this purpose. The building complex has a floor area of 260,000 square meters and houses essential parts of the extensive art collection of the emirs of Qatar. It consists of ceramics , textiles, historical artifacts and weapons, as well as books and documents. The works of art come from the entire Arab world of the Middle Ages, from Spain in the west to India and Central Asia .

The museum is a component of Qatar's cultural policy; see also the Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf) on a similar project .

Exhibition and collection

The conception of the exhibition and collection follows the tradition of western museums with a similar orientation. Art from the 7th to the beginning of the 20th century from Islamic Spain to India is collected and top works from these regions are exhibited.

Web links

Commons : Museum of Islamic Art (Doha) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Museum of Islamic Art - Homepage of the museums and collections in Qatar (English)
The Museum of Islamic Art , Qatar in the Google Art Project

Individual evidence

↑ Nicolai Ouroussoff: In Qatar, at Art Museum of Imposing Simplicity. In: The New York Times , November 23, 2008.
^ Joachim Gierlichs: From vision to institution: The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. In: The Gulf States , SGMOIK Bulletin 45 (2017), pp. 15–25.

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[NYT20081124-1] Nicolai Ouroussoff: In Qatar, at Art Museum of Imposing Simplicity. In: The New York Times , November 23, 2008.

[2] Joachim Gierlichs: From vision to institution: The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. In: The Gulf States , SGMOIK Bulletin 45 (2017), pp. 15–25.