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LINK - BUILDING THE FUTURE: The Aga Khan Museum: The first of its kind in the Western world
CREDITS - Image courtesy of Imara Wynford Drive via Inside Toronto
Excerpts from the article
LINK - BUILDING THE FUTURE: The Aga Khan Museum: The first of its kind in the Western world
CREDITS - Image courtesy of Imara Wynford Drive via Inside Toronto
Excerpts from the article
Come 2013, a $300-million Ismaili project will come to life on Wynford Drive.
Ground was broken on the project during a May 2010 ceremony, which was attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Aga Khan.
"On behalf of the government and the people of Canada and especially Torontonians, I want to thank the Aga Khan Foundation for choosing this great city as the site for the museum," Harper said during the ceremony. "The Ismaili Centre is a symbol of how the Canadian Islamic community has so successfully joined our society."
According to its website, the Aga Khan Museum's educational program will provide visitors with an understanding of the artistic, intellectual, scientific and religious heritage of communities, both Muslim and non-Muslim, which pervaded the lands of Islam. The museum will, through its permanent and temporary exhibitions, education programs and cultural activities, offer insights and new perspectives into Islamic civilizations, with the aim of fostering knowledge and understanding both within Muslim societies and between these societies and other cultures.