Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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art museum cultural institution museum building

The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is a landmark waterfront museum in Qatar renowned for its vast collection of Islamic art spanning 1,400 years and its iconic modernist design by architect I. M. Pei.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Museum of Islamic Art 0 1
Museum of Islamic Art Park 0 1
national museum of Islamic art of Qatar 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum →
cultural institution →
museum building →
architect I. M. Pei →
I. M. Pei →
surface form: Ieoh Ming Pei
architecturalStyle modernist architecture →
client Qatar Museums Authority →
collectionPeriodEnd 20th century →
collectionPeriodStart 7th century →
collectionSpan 1,400 years →
collectionType Islamic art →
country Qatar →
floorCount 5 →
hasCollectionItemType calligraphy →
ceramics →
glass →
jewelry →
manuscripts →
metalwork →
stonework →
textiles →
woodwork →
hasFacility auditorium →
café →
education center →
library →
permanent galleries →
restaurant →
temporary exhibition galleries →
hasFeature central atrium →
geometric façade →
limestone cladding →
palm-lined park surroundings →
hasViewOf Doha skyline →
inception 2008 →
locatedIn Doha →
Doha Bay →
locatedOn waterfront →
namedAfter Islamic art →
officialOpeningBy Emir of Qatar →
surface form: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
openingDate 2008-11-22 →
operatedBy Qatar Museums Authority →
surface form: Qatar Museums
overlooks Doha Corniche →
regionOfFocus Central Asia →
Middle East →
North Africa →
South Asia →
servesAs Museum of Islamic Art, Doha self-linksurface differs →
surface form: national museum of Islamic art of Qatar
significance landmark of Doha waterfront →
major cultural attraction in Qatar →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corniche → adjacentTo → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →
subject surface form: Corniche (Doha)
this entity surface form: Museum of Islamic Art Park
I. M. Pei → designed → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →
Doha → hasLandmark → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →
this entity surface form: Museum of Islamic Art
Qatar → nationalMuseum → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →
I. M. Pei → notableWork → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha → servesAs → Museum of Islamic Art, Doha self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: national museum of Islamic art of Qatar