Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) is a cultural organisation based around The al-Sabah Collection. Since its inception in 1983, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation created to manage the loan of the prestigious al-Sabah Collection of art from the Islamic world to the State of Kuwait to become an internationally recognised cultural organisation. The collection preserves and presents all aspects of art, including manuscripts, scientific instruments, carpets, jewellery, ceramic, metalwork, wood and glass. It now includes more than 35,000 objects from the full geographic and chronological range of the Islamic world, from Spain to China.

Today, the DAI’s main activities include:

• Organising temporary & travelling exhibitions in Kuwait and abroad
• Loaning objects to other museums around the world
• Research and archaeological excavation initiatives.
• Publishing books to accompany our exhibitions and scholarly publications on particular aspects of the collection.
• Publication and international distribution of a quarterly magazine and newsletter.
• Delivering training programmes for conservation of objects, docent training and a new programme for junior docents
• An annual Cultural Season of lectures, music concerts, forum, workshops, and an active children’s programme.
• Organising annual cultural expeditions.

In addition, DAI maintains a specialized library related to Islamic art and culture and collection of rare books.

Other venues

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Amricani Cultural Center

25, Kuwait, Kuwait