Aga Khan Development Network: Opening of Aga Khan Museum Exhibition in Singapore

Singapore, 18 July 2012 - A new exhibition from the Aga Khan Museum collection titled “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in the Islamic World” was opened on 18 July 2012. The exhibition will run from 19 July to 28 October.

	Prince Amyn Aga Khan speaking at the opening of the Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum exhibit in Singapore on 18 July 2012. - Photo: AKDN/Alex Moi


	Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore’s Minster for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Prince Amyn Aga Khan, arriving at the inauguration ceremony for “Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum” at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. - Photo: AKDN/Alex Moi


	A 15th / 16th century muqarna from Spain mounted over a floor-mounted mirror that enables viewers to examine the architectural element in a new way. - Photo: AKDN/Alex Moi


	Dr. Pedro Moura Carvalho, chief curator of the museum and curator of the exhibition, standing in front of an enlarged detail from a miniature. - Photo: AKDN/Alex Moi


	The Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. - Photo: AKDN/Alex Moi