Malay and Islamic World Museum
2°11′29.9″N 102°14′59.5″E / 2.191639°N 102.249861°E / 2.191639; 102.249861
The Malay and Islamic World Museum (Malay: Muzium Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam) is a museum about Malay and Islamic cultures in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It is housed in the Bastion House building which was built in 1910 and occupied by the British rubber company Dunlop until 1986.[1] The building has the English architectural elements, the rectangular shape design with deep slanted roofs.[2] The museum displays the information about the spread of Islam in the world, important and historical Malay and Muslim figures, important Islamic buildings, artifacts, traditional dress etc.[3]
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- 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)
- 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)
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))
- Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)
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