• Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore’s Minster for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Prince Amyn arrive at the inauguration ceremony for “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum”.
    The Ismaili | 18 July 2012 | Global

    Prince Amyn and Singapore Minister open Aga Khan Museum exhibition

    Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore’s Minster for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Prince Amyn arrive at the inauguration ceremony for “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum”. AKDN / Alex Moi
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Singapore, 18 July 2012 – Prince Amyn and Singapore’s Minster for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, opened a new exhibition titled Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum today. The exhibition runs from 19 July – 28 October 2012 at the Asian Civilisations Museum.

The exhibition of items from the Aga Khan Museum Collection runs from 19 July – 28 October 2012 at the Asian Civilisations Museum. Photo: AKDN / Alex Moi The exhibition of items from the Aga Khan Museum Collection runs from 19 July – 28 October 2012 at the Asian Civilisations Museum. AKDN / Alex Moi

The exhibition, which runs from 19 July – 28 October 2012 at the Asian Civilisations Museum, follows the theme of similar exhibitions staged in St. Petersburg and Kuala Lumpur, but introduces innovations including five-metre-high reproductions of details from miniatures, an iPad-driven interactive display that allows visitors to create geometric artworks typical of Islamic art, and a 15th / 16th century muqarnas mounted over a mirror that enables viewers to examine the architectural element in a new way.

“Islamic Architecture is one of the most visible aspects of Islamic culture,” said Dr. Alan Chong, director of the Asian Civilisations Museum. He hoped that “visitors will gain new insights into the history and creativity of the Islamic world.”

Since 2007, items from the Aga Khan Museum collection have been exhibited at key museums in Europe and Asia, drawing over 1.5 million visitors. The collection will later go on permanent display at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada.