Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia

Location within Kuala Lumpur
Established	1998
Location	Jalan Lembah Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates	3°08′30″N 101°41′24″E / 3.141760°N 101.689875°E / 3.141760; 101.689875
Type	Islamic Arts
Director	Syed Mohamad Albukhary^[1]
Public transit access	Kuala Lumpur Railway Station (KTM Komuter)
Website	www.iamm.org.my

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Malay: Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia) was officially opened on 12 December 1998. The museum is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s tourist belt amidst the lush greenery of Perdana Botanical Gardens and within walking distance to the National Mosque, Bird Park and National Planetarium.

The museum is the largest museum of Islamic arts in South East Asia with more than seven thousands artifacts from the Islamic world.^[2]

Exhibits

The Islamic Arts Museum has 12 main galleries which is classified according to the types of artefacts spread over level 3 and 4. Level 3 of the museum hosts the Quran and Manuscripts Gallery, the Islamic Architecture Gallery, the India Gallery, the Chinese Gallery, the Ancient Malay World Gallery as well as the reconstructed Ottoman Syrian Room dating back to the 19th Century.^[3] Visitors can also proceed upstairs to Level 4 which hosts a display of jewellery, textile, arms and armour, ceramics as well as ancient Islamic glassware.^[3]

Awards and recognition

Awards and Recognition
Year	Awards/Recognition	Organization
2014	Platinum Award-Tourist Attraction (Culture, Arts and Heritage) Category^[4]	Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Award
2014	Top 10 Travellers’ Choice Museums (10th in Asia)^[4]	TripAdvisor
2015	Top 10 Travellers’ Choice Museums (10th in Asia)^[5]	TripAdvisor

Transportation

The museum is accessible within walking distance west of Kuala Lumpur railway station.

References

↑ "Syed Mohamad Albukhary". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
↑ "Islamic Arts Museum". TimeOut Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
1 2 "Islamic Arts Museum". welcome-kl.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
1 2 "Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia: Sacred and Splendid". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 23 September 2015.
↑ "KL's Islamic Arts Museum among the top in Asia". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 September 2015.

Literature

Curatorial Department (2002). Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. pp. 280 pages. ISBN 978-9834084509.
Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. p. 200. ISBN 981-4068-96-9.

External links

Islamic art

Architecture

Regional styles	Ayyubid Azerbaijani Chinese Indo-Islamic Indonesian Moorish Moroccan Mudéjar Mughal Ottoman Persian Somali Sudano-Sahelian Tatar Timurid Umayyad

Elements	Ablaq Banna'i Iwan Jali Mashrabiya Mihrab Minaret Mocárabe Muqarnas Yeseria Zellige See also Decoration

Arts

Regional styles	Persian (Early, Qajar, Safavid) Turkish (Ottoman)

Carpets	Gul Kilim Motifs Persian Turkish Prayer

Pottery	Azulejo Fritware Hispano-Moresque İznik Lustreware Persian Chinese influence

Textiles	Batik Damask Ikat Embroidery Soumak Suzani

Woodwork	Khatam Minbar

Other media	Brass Damascus steel Glass Hardstone carving Ivory carving Stained glass Shabaka

Arts of the book

Miniatures	Arabic Mughal Ottoman Persian

Calligraphy	Arabic Diwani Kufic Muhaqqaq Naskh Nastaʿlīq Persian Sini Taʿlīq Thuluth Tughra

Decoration

The garden

Museums

Berlin
Cairo
Doha
Ghazni
Istanbul (Arts, Calligraphy Art)
Jerusalem (Islamic Museum, L. A. Mayer Institute)
Kuala Lumpur
London (British Museum, V&A)
Los Angeles
Marrakech (Museum, Majorelle Garden)
Melbourne
Paris (Arab World Institute, Louvre)
Singapore
Toronto (Aga Khan)
Tripoli

Principles,
influences

Museums of Malaysia

West Malaysia

Arts	Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum Batik Painting Museum Penang Cheng Ho Cultural Museum Islamic Arts Museum Kite Museum Macau Gallery Malacca Malacca Art Gallery Malacca Islamic Museum Malacca Literature Museum Malacca Stamp Museum National Textile Museum National Visual Arts Gallery Penang Islamic Museum Penang Museum and Art Gallery Petronas Gallery Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum Sultan Alam Shah Museum Wei-Ling Gallery

Historic house	Governor's Museum Istana Ampang Tinggi Istana Negara Istana Seri Menanti Kota Ngah Ibrahim Malaysia Architecture Museum Malaysia Youth Museum Perak State Museum People's Museum Proclamation of Independence Memorial Stadthuys Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang Tun Ghafar Baba Museum

History	Beauty Museum Chitty Museum Education Museum Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho Malacca Al-Quran Museum Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum Malacca Transportation Museum Malay and Islamic World Museum Maybank Numismatic Museum National History Museum National Museum Orang Asli Museum Pulau Besar Museum Royal Malaysian Police Museum Time Tunnel

Maritime	Maritime Museum Flor de la Mar Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum Royal Malaysian Navy Museum Submarine Museum

Science	Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex Malacca Planetarium National Science Centre Planetarium Negara

Other	Democratic Government Museum Malacca UMNO Museum Museum of Custom and Tradition Toy Museum

East Malaysia

Arts	Kuching Cat Museum Sabah Museum

Historic house	Fort Sylvia Labuan Museum Sarawak State Museum The Astana

Maritime	Labuan Maritime Museum

Science	Planetarium Sultan Iskandar

Coordinates: 3°08′34″N 101°41′22″E / 3.142916°N 101.689475°E / 3.142916; 101.689475

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