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The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada.
AKM / Janet Kimber
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada.
AKM / Janet Kimber
AKM921, Entertainment in a palace garden, ca. 1765-1770, opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
The Aga Khan Museum
AKM921, Entertainment in a palace garden, ca. 1765-1770, opaque watercolour and gold on paper.
The Aga Khan Museum
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Museums are no longer just repositories of culture, but vital educational institutions that can have a profound effect on public discourse. Museums testify to the existence of other cultures and faiths in ways that go beyond the written or spoken word. They provide evidence of other realities, other histories and other influences beyond the ones we might have learned or perceived. They foster dialogue and promote tolerance and mutual understanding amongst people. At their best, museums champion diversity, pluralism, the exchange of ideas and intellectual enrichment.
Prince Amyn Aga Khan
Toronto, September 2014
Opened in 2014, the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada is home to a growing permanent collection of over 1,200 masterpieces, including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, and textiles from the ninth to the 21st century. Through its innovative exhibitions and programmes from performances to thought-provoking lectures, workshops, and film screenings, the Museum reaches millions of people worldwide, fostering intercultural understanding through the arts.
The Aga Khan Museum sparks curiosity about and understanding of Muslim cultures and their connection with other cultures. The Museum's vision is to impact lives and contribute to more inclusive and peaceful societies.