Islamic Museum of Tripoli

Islamic museum in Tripoli, Libya

32°52′38.8″N 13°10′58.2″E / 32.877444°N 13.182833°E / 32.877444; 13.182833TypeIslamic-culture museumWebsiteislammit.4t.com (in Arabic) Map

The Islamic Museum of Tripoli is a proposed museum of Islamic culture that was built under the support and patronage of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Tripoli, Libya.^[1]

Location

The museum's building-reuse project stands in the al Sur area, in Shari' Sidi Khaliffa, Tripoli.

2011 Libyan civil war

In May 2011 it was reported that construction on – and acquisitions for – had been halted; the museum was scheduled to open in September 2011 to celebrate the anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi's rise to power. It was due to be housed in a summer palace built for the Ottoman Yusuf Pasha in the 18th century.^[2]

The results of the Battle of Tripoli in August 2011, with the later arrest of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, may alter the museum's opening date and festivities.^[2] Hafed Walda, Cultural Counsellor of the regime, confirmed that the project was on hold and that the future of the collection was not ensured.^[3] Meanwhile, no attempts of looting the collection were reported, though the seeming patron-less future of the collection was uncertain.^[2]

References

^ ^{[unreliable source?]} Staff (undated). "Libya – Libraries and Museums". Encyclopedias of the Nations. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pryor, Riah (May 2011). "Saif Gaddafi's Islamic Art Museum at a Standstill – Libyan Conflict Has Halted Construction On – and Ccquistions for – New Museum in Tripoli Due To Open in September". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ Staff (28 April 2011). "New Museum of Islamic Art in Tripoli Unfinished" Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine. Art Media Agency. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

External links

islamit.45.com Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic), museum's official website
YouTube video - Restoration of the Islamic Museum in Tripoli by Studio Italia Costruzioni

Islamic museums

Africa

Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics)
Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum)
Morocco (Dar Batha Museum, Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum)
Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)

Asia

South	Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art) India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences) Maldives (National Museum) Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan)
South East	Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Malacca Al-Quran Museum, Malacca Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum, Sabah Museum) Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts) Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum)
West	Bahrain (Beit Al Quran) Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era) Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum) Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum) Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar) Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum) Turkey Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Palace Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)

Europe

Denmark (David Collection)
France (Arab World Institute, Louvre)
Germany (Museum of Islamic Art)
Greece (Benaki Museum)
United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, Victoria and Albert Museum)

North
America

Canada (Aga Khan Museum)
United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))

Oceania

Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)

Virtual

Museum with No Frontiers

Part of Islamic arts

Tripoli, Libya

Buildings and
structures

Airports	Mitiga International Airport Tripoli International Airport
Hotels	Bab el Bahr Hotel Corinthia Hotel Tripoli Al Ghazala InterContinental Tripoli Hotel Grand Hotel Tripoli Al Waddan Hotel JW Marriott Tripoli Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel Tripoli Sheraton Hotel Tripoli
Mosques	Gurgi Mosque Al-Naqah Mosque Sidi Darghut Mosque Tripoli Cathedral
Museums	Epigraphy Museum of Tripoli Ethnographic Museum of Tripoli Islamic Museum of Tripoli Karamanly House Museum Natural History Museum of Tripoli Prehistory Museum of Tripoli Red Castle Museum
Stadiums	7 October Stadium Ali Alsgozy Stadium GMR Stadium June 11 Stadium
Other	Nessco Building Abu Salim prison University of Tripoli Bab al-Azizia Darghouth Turkish Bath Fist Crushing a U.S. Fighter Plane Sculpture Martyrs' Square Libyan Studies Center People's Hall Red Castle of Tripoli Tarabulus Zoo Park Tripoli Central Hospital Tripoli Zoo