Museum of Islamic Art - photos
Photos and information of a selection of exhibits shown at the Museum of Islamic Art, located in the Pergamon Museum on the Berlin Museum Island.
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The Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin boasts one of the highest quality carpet collections in the world and is a center for international research and scientific conservation. The museum's leading position is the result of over 100 years of research and collecting.
The art historian and museum expert Wilhelm von Bode [1845-1929] was one of the first major collectors of oriental carpets in the modern period. When he donated his carpet collection to the newly established Islamic Art Department of Berlin's Royal Collections in 1905, he helped to realise his dream by establishing the founding collection of today's Museum for Islamic Art. At that time, he also countered popular opinion that Islamic art provided a mere model for German arts and crafts. Bode instead championed the close connections between European and Islamic art, an idea that still resonates today.
Many carpets were destroyed during The Second World War. The trauma was subsequently challenged by the employees' passion and willpower to save and rebuild the carpet collection. This room presents the history, conservation practice and development of the Museum for Islamic Art's carpet collection.
(Text in the Museum of Islamic Art)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Photos and information of a selection of exhibits shown at the Museum of Islamic Art, located in the Pergamon Museum on the Berlin Museum Island.