The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) recently unveiled six additional permanent galleries in its Art of the Islamic Worlds wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Iranian-born collector, Hossein Afshar, and al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait have provided most of the works on display. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The galleries present a selection of antiquities including manuscripts, ceramics, inlaid metalware and textiles from countries as diverse as Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It should be mentioned that Houston has the largest Muslim population in Texas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) recently unveiled six additional permanent galleries in its Art of the Islamic Worlds wing. An Iranian-born collector, Hossein Afshar, and al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait have provided most of the works on display. The galleries present a selection of antiquities including manuscripts, ceramics, inlaid metalware and textiles from countries …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":92826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,31],"tags":[4457],"class_list":["post-92825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-islam","category-news","tag-islamic-art-museum"],"yoast_head":"\n