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The Living With Wood gallery. Muslim woodcarvers of various schools created a legacy that was prized throughout the world, with their skills sought after by Sultans, Princes and Popes.
A rare Umayyad brass astrolabe, used to measure altitude above
the horizon of a celestial body.
This example, dated from 411AH/1020AD, bears the signature of one of the great astronomers of Islam’s Golden Age, Muhammad Ibn Al-Saffar. The son of a brass- worker, he may well have made the instrument himself.
and the Montblanc Arts and Patronage Award, the first time either award was bestowed on a recipient
in Southeast Asia.
Alexandrina, Egypt; The Museum of Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Beijing and the North West Minorities University, Lanzhou.
The IAMM Scholar’s Library holds over 10,000 books and manuscripts, including numerous rare and out-of-print editions.
Its Conservation Centre is one of the first institutions of its type in Malaysia. A sense of discovery pervades the museum’s Education department, from its
An enjoyable learning experience in the Education Workshop. This session focuses on paper making, a science introduced from China then refined and developed by Muslim paper makers from the 8th Century onward.
children’s workshops to calligraphy classes.
In 2003, the museum received the IRCICA Award for Patronage
in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Promotion of Scholarship
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sylvia of Sweden together with the Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen) of Malaysia, enjoying a museum tour. Their Majesties found time to visit the museum while officiating the Global Child Forum on Southeast Asia, May 2016.