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The Aga Khan Museum located in Toronto, Canada was opened in September 2014. It is the only museum in North America dedicated to the artistic, cultural and intellectual heritage of Islamic civilizations.
The museum houses rare and exquisite objects such as Quranic manuscripts, scientific texts, ceramics, glass ware, metal objects, carpets, textiles, wooden objects, and Persian and Mughal paintings.
Example from the museum collection include the stunning Blue Qu’ran, a planispheric astrolabe from Andalusia, Persian miniature paintings of the epic Shahnameh and a rare early textbook of medicine of Avicenna. These objects date from the 8th to the 21st century and highlight the rich connections between the Islamic world and Europe, the Far East and Africa.
The museum was designed by the renowned Japanese architect, Fumihiko Maki and blends modern Islamic architecture with a Japanese inspired aesthetic. The museum is situated in the Aga Khan Park and neighbours the stunning Ismaili Centre.
The Aga Khan Park is inspired by the rich tradition of gardens from the Islamic world and incorporates formal and informal spaces and reflective granite pools.
For more information on the Aga Khan Museum visit https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/about/
Το Τορόντο διαθέτει ένα νέο αξιοθέατο, το Μουσείο Αγά Χαν για την ισλαμική τέχνη, που χρηματοδοτήθηκε και εγκαινιάστηκε από τον πρίγκιπα Καρίμ Αγά Χαν, πνευματικό ηγέτη των Ισμαηλιτών μουσουλμάνων.
Το κτίριο, που είναι έργο του Ιάπωνα βραβευμένου με Πρίτσκερ αρχιτέκτονα Φουμιχίκο Μάκι, διαθέτει περισσότερα από χίλια εκθέματα, που συμπεριλαμβάνουν σπάνιες γραφές του Κορανίου από τον 7ο και 8ο αιώνα.
Υπάρχουν πολλά μουσεία και πινακοθήκες για την ισλαμική τέχνη. Όμως το Μουσείο Αγά Χαν είναι το μοναδικό στη Βόρεια Αμερική, που διαθέτει εκθέματα από όλο το φάσμα της ισλαμικής τέχνης. Ζωγραφισμένες εικόνες, κεραμικά, υφαντά, καλλιγραφίες, επιστημονικά όργανα, πίνακες ζωγραφικής, είδη ένδυσης και μυριάδες εκδόσεις του Κορανίου.
https://gr.euronews.com/2014/09/19/panoply-of-islamic-art-opens-in-toronto
Very interesting.
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I was wondering how I missed this amazing museum, but then realised the last time I was in Toronto was a year before it opened. Time for another visit.
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Yes !!! I wish you to visit it and share your photos with us!!!!! Love you!!!!!
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Toronto is a long way from Australia, so it won’t be soon.
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I know lol!!! You are a traveller so i wish you to be soon!!!!
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Interesting to visit! Happy Sunday Efi!
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A wonderful Sunday to you also!!!!
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How are you, Efi?
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I feel better Derrick!!! Tomorrow i wiil return to my office!!!! Thank you for asking!! How are you????
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Much better than last time, but recovery will be a while. Glad to learn that you are back to normal
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Sending healing thoughts your way!
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Wow, I would love to visit this site. I used to live so close to Toronto too, within an hour’s drive, but moved back home from Canada in ‘06, 8 years too early. Time to travel!
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I wish you to visit it because i am visiting these places only from my tablet🤣💕💕
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Well, me too, actually, alas. 😐
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