Going to museum? Yawn! Well, it might be boring to some people but not us, I mean me. When we were about to leave the house to the Museum of Islamic Art, my son asked me: "Why museum??" Sigh.
When I entered the building, my first impression was Wow!
I love its masterpiece architectural and peaceful ambiance.
~Among the displayed items~
This pen box from Spain was beautifully crafted from Ivory and brass, dated 1003-1004 AD.
i.e. more than 1000 years ago and it's still in an excellent condition!!
Impressive!
These are quadrants from 13-14th Century.
Compass and ruler from 19th century
Gold coins of no particular order:
Muayyad dinar, Tremissis (third dinar), Abbasid dinar, Fatimid dinar and Ottoman findiq.
It was ancient ago!!
Hunting horn from Italy dated 11-12th century.
Ramayana text from India since 16th century.
Steel armour for the rider and horse from Turkey dated late 15 century.
And actually lots more of magnificent artworks collection from the different regions of the world (Turkey, North Africa, Middle east, Iran, Iraq, Europe, Far east, China, India, etc.) dating as early as 7th century. The (studied) physical evidence somehow provides useful information to the modern generation of the early Islamic civilisation, the Islamic world history, their inventions, technology, the diversify culture and creativity.
For more information, please visit this website:
http://www.mia.org.qa
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