The largest Museum in the world . Islamic Museum of Art in Cairo opens its doors again
The largest of its kind in the world
Islamic Art Museum in Cairo is open again
Ended the Egyptian Ministry of Culture finishing touches to the Museum of Islamic Art in the door of creation area in the heart of historic Cairo, to mark the opening next month, after the end of the development and restoration project several years it took to ensure the restoration of more than 100 thousand artifacts it contains the museum representing different Islamic Arts, as well as targeted the development process to maintain the architectural value of the building are rare.
The process of the development of the creation of the museum halls, according to the sequence of the historical Islamic eras, which allows visitors to follow the evolution of the art pieces with the passage of time, according to the latest global supply scenarios. Park Museum as well prepared as commensurate with its history, as well as the creation of the surrounding area, including activation is associated with scientific awareness campaign in Islamic monuments.
Jewel in the crown Museum of Islamic museums in the world, not because it is the largest in its contents but also for the diversity of its content Archaeological and riches initiative, which includes pieces of wood, plaster, metal, ceramic, glass, textiles, because the oldest to the first century of migration, and is characterized by the exhibition of being vivid panorama of the history of the Islamic world in various Oqtarh, you will find pieces its origin dates back to the Arabian Peninsula and other Turkish and Persian and Moroccan, and Indian and Chinese.
Takes roaming between the corners of the museum to the times of the various Islamic Egypt, is living the life of kings and tramps upon a time through the holdings remained and defied time.
New layout
In the new layout, the Islamic Museum is divided depending on the art of the ages, from the Umayyad and Abbasid and Fatimid and Ayyubid and Mamluk and Ottoman periods, and to 10 sections depending on the technical elements, namely: metals, currencies, wood, fabric, carpet, glass, decoration, ornaments, weapons, stones, and marble.
According to the new schemes, the display inside the museum sections, represents the first Islamic art in Egypt, take the north wing, while the second devoted to antiques that represent the history of Islamic art in Anatolia, Spain, al-Andalus.
Depending on the development work, halls completed the sale of gifts, VIP hall designed according to Islamic style. Modern technological means well will be used to maintain the museum's holdings.
Dar effects
Within conceived the scheme of New Cairo, a European passion, entrusted Khedive Ismail Ali Mubarak important collection of books and manuscripts, while the era of the French France-inspector of Awqaf and important collection of archaeological treasures, scientific manuscripts, Islamic coins, paintings that tell the history of Islam across Hakaba disparate, and became Ewan ruling Mosque order of God eastern headquarters
{For} Dar Arab Antiquities, opened in 1881, it was then its collection is a gift and antique collections were in the possession of some of the Pashas and princes of Islamic art enthusiasts.
Provided the museum after that, a large number of its contents through the gifts donated by the children of the upper family, such as: King Fouad who made a valuable collection of textiles, seals, Prince Mohammed Ali, Prince Youssef Kamal, Prince Kamal al-Din Hussein, Jacob Artin Pasha, and Ali Ibrahim Pasha who supplied the museum complete groups of Iranian and Turkish carpets, ceramics and glass ottoman, which ultimately led to a narrow {Dar effects} Bmguetnyate in the ruling mosque, and was searching for a place to build another building, and he signed the check on the area of land overlooking the Bab creation field near Cairo Fatimid, and lay the foundation for a substantial portion of them to the east, he said two sections devoted to Dar Arab Antiquities, filled the western part Ketboukhanh.
Opened the building for the first time in the December 9 (September) in 1903 next to the most important Islamic architecture models in different eras function on what we have reached the Islamic civilization from the flourishing Kmsagd Ahmad Ibn Tulun and Al-Moayad and Mohammed Ali in the Citadel of Saladin and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan door Zuwayla, after the revolution in 1952 it changed the name of the place {Dar Arab Antiquities} to name the current {} Museum of Islamic Art.
If the Egyptian Museum, one of the first major museums established in Cairo, in the reign of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II, it was opened in 1901 to be the first building in Egypt built in reinforced concrete, the Museum of Islamic Art and Ketboukhanh building, which is created by Khedive Abbas Hilmi II was second building constructed in concrete in Bur unguarded.
Rare Collectibles
The museum includes a rare collection of textiles, seals, carpets Iranian and Turkish, porcelain, glass ottoman, a group of rare astronomy, engineering, chemistry and surgical instruments and cupping which were used in the Islamic eras booming tools, in addition to measuring distances Kaldhiraa and stalk methods, tools and time control, such as hourglasses and a group of rare Almhkawat made of glass geotextile enamel, and a group of Egyptian porcelain and pottery from excavations of Fustat, and the luster of the Fatimid, a collection of the greatest Muslim artist produced from wood from the Umayyad period.
Museum of Islamic Art as well as retains distinct groups from the Umayyad wood that ornament the Egyptians ways vaccination and coloring and decoration strips of skin and pits, and wooden eaves of the Amr ibn al-Aas mosque dating back to the year 212 AH, and timber from the Abbasid period, Tulunid and age, which is characterized Bzacharvh called {model
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What rarest contained in the museum of the metal objects is known as a pitcher Marwan bin Mohammed last Umayyad caliphs, and represents yet another conclusion reached by the art metal decoration industry at the beginning of the Islamic era, as it is made of bronze, with a height of 41 cm and a diameter of 28 cm. The museum also boasts the oldest gravestone historian year 31 AH, and Dinara gold historian year 77 AH; and its importance due to being the oldest Islamic dinar has been found to date. Among the rare manuscripts in the museum book {} benefits of herbs for Gafiqi, Nader and the Koran from the Mamluk era, the last of the Umayyad period written on gazelle vellum.
The Islamic Museum opens before the Islamic Department at the Louvre after its development, before the museum Emirates and Qatar, which would open their doors next year.