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The opening as it read in 2025
Museum in Doha, Ad-Dawhah, Qatar The Museum of Islamic Art ( MIA ; Arabic : متحف الفن الإسلامي ) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha , Qatar . As per the architect I. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor. A purpose-built park surrounds the edifice on the eastern and southern facades while two bridges connect the southern front facade of the property with the main peninsula that holds the park. The western and northern facades are marked by the harbor showcasing the Qatari seafaring past. In September 2017, Qatar Museums appointed Julia Gonnella as director of MIA. In 2024 Julia Gonnella became director of the Lusail Museum and was replaced by Shaika Nasser Al-Nassr. In November 2022 the MIA became the first carbon-neutral certified museum in the Middle East . The museum participated in the Expo 2023 Doha from October 2023 until March 2024, with workshops and events focusing on biodiversity and sustainability.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
25°17′43″N 51°32′21″E  /  25.29528°N 51.53917°E  / 25.29528; 51.53917 With the Museum of Islamic Art , H.H Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa is making Qatar a regional and international centre for culture and education , a project being taken under the leadership of H.E Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. This museum is important in showing Muslims worldwide the historic global connections of the Islamic lands and their intellectual and economic life. The museum of Islamic art is housed in a landmark building by the Chinese-American architect I.M Pei . The collections of the museum are extraordinary and impressive as they have been gathered together in a very short time. They range over thousands of kilometers, from Spain to central Asia and India from the seventh to the nineteenth century.
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The iconic building was designed by architect I.
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The Museum of Islamic Art ( , matḥaf al-fann al-islāmī , MIA ) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha , Qatar .As per the architect I.Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.A purpose-built park surrounds the edifice on the eastern and southern facades while two bridges connect the southern front facade of the property with the main peninsula that holds the park.The western and northern facades are marked by the harbor showcasing the Qatari seafaring past.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Museum in Doha, Ad-Dawhah, Qatar The Museum of Islamic Art ( MIA ) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha , Qatar . As per the architect I. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor. A purpose-built park surrounds the edifice on the eastern and southern facades while two bridges connect the southern front facade of the property with the main peninsula that holds the park. The western and northern facades are marked by the harbor showcasing the Qatari seafaring past. In September 2017, Qatar Museums appointed Julia Gonnella as new director of MIA.
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making qatar a regional and international centre for culture and education
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museum at one end of the seven-kilometer-long
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