The Islamic Arts Museum in KL

Yesterday, I spent three hours at the Islamic Arts Museum here in KL.  I think it’s my favourite museum of all time.  It’s tiny but beautiful.  What I love about it and why I like it more than the crazy big beautiful museums in Europe (like the British Museum, for example) is that I learned SO much during my time in there.  Instead of treating their artifacts like collector’s items and then letting the public take a look, this place made it a real point to educate the visitor about Islam.

I learned about the six different types of calligraphy used in ancient versions of the Qu’ran.  I learned about hajj (the pilgrim’s journey to mecca), I learned about mosque architecture and I learned about prints and textiles and geometric design.  I think I lapped up every word/diagram/exhibit in that place.  Such a feast for the mind.

I’d post pictures of the place but I accidentally locked myself out of my Flickr account and Yahoo is being very unresponsive in helping me to solve the problem.  =P  Anyway, it’s a really great place and I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting here.

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