The British Museum said in a statement the initiative coincides with an award celebrating the contribution of the museum’s touring exhibition ‘Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam’ that was first shown in 2012.
It said The Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World will open to the public at the end of October 2018 and will reveal the British Museum’s outstanding collections in engaging new ways, underscoring the global connections of this vast region of the world.
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