4-Hour Private Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar Tour
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4 hours
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The cubistic pyramid form of the Museum of Islamic Art, which rises out of the creamy turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf. Visitors can admire the puritanical Islamic absolute monarchy cherishing tradition, while embracing modernity to become a Middle East Goliath. The museum's collection includes manuscripts, metalwork, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, textiles, coins, fabric, and glass collected since the late 1980s. MIA has an exceptional collection of rare gold and silver coins, which gives a captivating insight into the lives of Muslim peoples from the 7th century. MIA has some of the highest-quality of glasswork from enameled glass, in its multicolored grandeur, to gleam and even simpler cut and molded pieces ever produced in the Islamic world. The collection has over 800 manuscripts from Qur’ans from the 7th century to Ottoman works of the 19th century.
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Wheelchair accessible
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Museum of Islamic Art
The cubistic pyramid form of the Museum of Islamic Art,which rises out of the creamy turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf. Visitors can admire the puritanical Islamic absolute monarchy cherishing tradition, while embracing modernity to become a Middle East Goliath.The museum's collection includes manuscripts, metalwork, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork, textiles,coins,fabric,and glass collected since the late 1980s. MIA has an exceptional collection of rare gold and silver coins,which gives a captivating insight into the lives of Muslim peoples from the 7th century.MIA has some of the highest-quality of glasswork from enameled glass, in its multicolored grandeur,to gleam and even simpler cut and molded pieces ever produced in the Islamic world. The collection has over 800 manuscripts from Qur’ans from the 7th century to Ottoman works of the 19th century.Also,the metalwork collection in MIA represents the finest pieces of metal work of the Islamic world from the 7th century to modern times.
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4-Hour Private Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar Tour
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Museum Islamic art Ticket cost 14 USD
Museum of Islamic Art
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Reviews
15 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour!
211vipulj,Oct 24, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Ali was excellent. He took his time. Even during the drive to the museum he shared various fact and history about doha. Very professional and easy to understand.
History of Qatar Museum
garye1953,Jul 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent Musuem, great visuals ,&brings you into the exhibition with interactive.large displays that are wonderful for children as you follow the path through the history of Qatar
Great museum
641geo,Dec 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Impressive buildings and exhibits. Everything is well furnished and interesting. Reasonably priced.
Boring
eccentricadventurer,Sep 26, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Arabs do not have no culture to have preserved. They placed Indian culture who they detest lol. bland unusual art I've never seen before.
Could Easily Spend a Few Days Here
Christie E,Feb 14, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The collections here are fascinating and displayed beautifully. The building itself is a work of art and the views from the terraces, Instagram favorites. A world class museum!
Absurdly beautiful
Antônio Carlos M,Dec 4, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Besides a spectacular location and architecture, the collection is wonderful. I have learned a lot about Islam and its concepts. It's very worth it. Don't miss this visit
Great place
Maple rokia11,Apr 28, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A impressived journey of a country, from scratch to a real one of a riches country in the world.. the transition of the old to new generation..
Great to See .........
thani43,Feb 14, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great to see the Islamic Museum of Art. Interesting and knowledgeable me and my family spend almost 2 hours to see all things in details.
Beautiful Islamic Art for the World to See.
Culinary-Consultants,Feb 4, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I am making a double review (copy and paste) since TA has allowed a double publication of this place and it is fair to allow readers to understand that these two places are intrinsically the same. Meaning: Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar and Museum of Islamic Art. Two names; same place. Now let's go ahead with the review. This is by far one of the most beautiful museums in the world that I have visited. Don't get me wrong, I love Louvre, The Vatican, El Prado, etc. All filled with outstanding pieces and the places themselves pieces of history as well. The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar or Museum of Islamic Art, is a modern place, recently made, but designed in a way that allows the peaceful Islamic ways to flow with architecture that regardless of being modern, feels from centuries ago. Located in la Corniche, the main Gulf road that flows along the promenade of Qatar, it was designed by Leoh Ming Pei, FAIA, RIBA a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou but raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai and who died just last year on the 16 May 2019 at the impressive age of 102 years. Not too bad!!! The museum hosts the restaurant IDAM led by the head chef and French culinary genius Alain Ducasse. He is not there of course, but his team is definitely keeping up the good training. The museum is by far huge internally and externally, occupying an area of some 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft), and its architecture as I mentioned before, is influenced by ancient Islamic architecture yet has a uniquely modern design involving geometric patterns. It is worth mentioning that it is the first of its kind to feature over 14 centuries of Islamic art in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. Absolutely breathtaking. You need to come here with time. Time to walk, to appreciate, to inform yourself, to make beautiful inner and outer pictures of this place that is art itself. You need time to understand here the true peaceful ways of Islam and the beauty that deserves a special place in our world. Please enjoy the pictures we have divided strategically among the two copied and pasted reviews and be mesmerized of this wonder of history, art and architecture.
Immersion in history!!!
eduardod55,Jan 12, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An amazing architectural project, by the sea, with wonderful views. Inside there is a super recommended coffee, the hard thing is to find a table, but it is very worth it. Very easy to travel, with exhibition of Islamic culture. Super recommend.
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