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Aga
Khan Historic Cities Programme, which
focuses on
the physical, social, and economic revitalisation
of historic sites in the Muslim world.
Music
Initiative in Central Asia, a new
initiative to provide financial resources
and technical assistance to support the
preservation and promotion of professional
oral-tradition music throughout Central
Asia and adjoining states.
Museums and
Exhibitions, dedicated to presenting
Islamic arts and culture in their historic,
cultural and geographical diversity, is
currently building three museums: the
Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, the Museum
of Historic Cairo and the Indian Ocean
Maritime Museum in Zanzibar. A series
of travelling exhibitions and a programme
of assistance to museums in developing
countries are also under way.
Aga
Khan Program for Islamic Architecture,
an endowed centre of excellence in the
history, theory and practice of Islamic
architecture based at Harvard University
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ArchNet.org,
an on-line resource focusing on architecture,
urban design, urban development, and related
issues in the Muslim world (in cooperation
with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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