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Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula

Karen Exell
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Abu Dhabi
Aga Khan Award
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Al Thani
Arabian Peninsula States
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Bahrain National Museum
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Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
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contemporary museum development Arabian Gulf
cultural
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Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa
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Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani
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Gulf region cultural policy
heritage management
identity construction
Islamic Art
Islamic Art History
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Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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Louvre Abu Dhabi
museum anthropology
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private collections research
Qatar Museums
Qatar National Museum
Qatari National
RAK
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Saadiyat Island
Saadiyat Island Cultural District
Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province
Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province
Sharjah Art Foundation
Sheikh Faisal
Sheikha Al Mayassa
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Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415744911
  • Weight: 364g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Mar 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture and heritage, as well as engaging in the regional and global art worlds through the construction of state-of-the-art art museums. Alongside such developments is a rich world of collection and displaying material culture in homes and private museums that is little known to the outside world.

Museum Studies literature has struggled to keep pace with such developments and Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is the first book to coherently present:

  • a contemporary overview of the ever-evolving landscape of museums and related heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula
  • a critical evaluation of the nature of these museum projects within the political and cultural conditions in the Arabian Peninsula
  • suggestions for productive ways forward for museum developments in the Arabian Peninsula

Museums Studies students and museum professionals now have a book that fills an important gap in the picture of the museum worldwide. Contextualising this study in the history and politics of the region, from a scholar working within the region, this in-depth overview and critical analysis of museums in the Arabian Peninsula stands alone as an entry into this important topic.

About Karen Exell
Karen Exell is Honorary Senior Research Associate at UCL Qatar. She has over 15 years’ experience of museums and heritage, and has been teaching museum studies in Qatar for the past four years and advising on the development of regional museum projects. Prior to this she worked as a curator and lecturer in the UK. Karen’s research interests include the role and meaning of museums outside the West, and museums and the construction of knowledge.

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