The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada.
AKM / Janet Kimber
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada.
AKM / Janet Kimber
AKM921, Entertainment in a palace garden, ca. 1765-1770, opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
The Aga Khan Museum
AKM921, Entertainment in a palace garden, ca. 1765-1770, opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
The Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum’s permanent collection has over 1,000 artifacts.
AKM / Akber Dewji
The Aga Khan Museum’s permanent collection has over 1,000 artifacts.
AKM / Akber Dewji
Artist Kevork Mourad (right) in residence at the Aga Khan Museum.
AKM / Connie Tsang
Artist Kevork Mourad (right) in residence at the Aga Khan Museum.
AKM / Connie Tsang
Humayun’s Tomb Site Museum project, New Delhi, India.
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Humayun’s Tomb Site Museum project, New Delhi, India.
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Museum
Museums are no longer just repositories of culture, but vital educational institutions that can have a profound effect on public discourse. Museums testify to the existence of other cultures and faiths in ways that go beyond the written or spoken word. They provide evidence of other realities, other histories and other influences beyond the ones we might have learned or perceived. They foster dialogue and promote tolerance and mutual understanding amongst people. At their best, museums champion diversity, pluralism, the exchange of ideas and intellectual enrichment.
Prince Amyn Aga Khan
Toronto, September 2014
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, established in 2014, aims to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the contributions that Muslim civilisations have made to world heritage. It contains over a thousand artefacts and artworks and spans over a thousand years of history. It is designed and curated to present an overview of the artistic accomplishments of Muslim civilisations, from the Iberian Peninsula to China.