The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Islamic Art


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		Islamic Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is in the process of renovating, expanding, and reinstalling its Islamic Galleries in accordance with current thinking in the field and with modern museological practices. (See Press Room.)

The Islamic Galleries are currently projected to reopen in early 2011. While the permanent galleries are closed, important objects from the collection can be seen throughout the Museum in various locations. For more information, see Temporary Installation Locations in Museum or download a detailed floor plan (PDF).

A wide variety of resources on this website feature Islamic art, including:

Fifty highlights from the permanent collection in the Collection Database

The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History covering the world of Islamic art up to 1800 A.D.)

Three richly illustrated features focusing on various aspects of Islamic art (Carpet Hunt, Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era, and Tughra of Süleyman the Magnificent)

An archive of past exhibitions devoted to Islamic art (see "The Legacy of Genghis Khan" and "Treasury of the World" for expanded exhibition previews; see Features and Exhibitions for a list of all related exhibition previews)

Links to other sites featuring information on Islamic art can be found in the Lita Annenberg Hazen and Joseph H. Hazen Center for Electronic Information Resources.

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