Islamic Museum of Tripoli

Islamic Museum of Tripoli
Established	Scheduled to open September 2011
Location	Tripoli , Libya
Coordinates	32°52′38.8″N 13°10′58.2″E / 32.877444°N 13.182833°E
Type	Islamic-culture museum
Website	islammit .4t .com (in Arabic )

The Islamic Museum of Tripoli is a proposed museum of Islamic culture that was built under the support and patronage of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Tripoli , Libya . ^[1]

Location [ edit ]

The museum's building-reuse project stands in the al Sur area, in Shari' Sidi Khaliffa, Tripoli.

2011 Libyan civil war [ edit ]

In May 2011 it was reported that construction on – and acquisitions for – had been halted; the museum was scheduled to open in September 2011 to celebrate the anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi 's rise to power. It was due to be housed in a summer palace built for the Ottoman Yusuf Pasha in the 18th century. ^[2]

The results of the Battle of Tripoli in August 2011, with the later arrest of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, may alter the museum's opening date and festivities. ^[2] Hafed Walda, Cultural Counsellor of the regime, confirmed that the project was on hold and that the future of the collection was not ensured. ^[3] Meanwhile, no attempts of looting the collection were reported, though the seeming patron-less future of the collection was uncertain. ^[2]

References [ edit ]

^ ^{[
unreliable source?
]} Staff (undated). "Libya – Libraries and Museums" . Encyclopedias of the Nations. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pryor, Riah (May 2011). "Saif Gaddafi's Islamic Art Museum at a Standstill – Libyan Conflict Has Halted Construction On – and Ccquistions for – New Museum in Tripoli Due To Open in September" . The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ Staff (28 April 2011). "New Museum of Islamic Art in Tripoli Unfinished" Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine . Art Media Agency . Retrieved 6 October 2011.

External links [ edit ]

islamit.45.com Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic ), museum's official website
YouTube video - Restoration of the Islamic Museum in Tripoli by Studio Italia Costruzioni

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[1] {[
unreliable source?
]} Staff (undated). "Libya – Libraries and Museums" . Encyclopedias of the Nations. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[artnews-2] Pryor, Riah (May 2011). "Saif Gaddafi's Islamic Art Museum at a Standstill – Libyan Conflict Has Halted Construction On – and Ccquistions for – New Museum in Tripoli Due To Open in September" . The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 6 October 2011.

[3] Staff (28 April 2011). "New Museum of Islamic Art in Tripoli Unfinished" Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine . Art Media Agency . Retrieved 6 October 2011.

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