Arts Museum
Arts Museum
Arts Museum, Al Shuwaihean, Sharjah
+ (971 6) 556 6002, (971 6) 568 8222
If St. Petersburg is considered the cultural capital of Russia, then in Arab Emirates this proud rank is carried by Sharjah in which more than 20 museums work. Exactly here in 1997 has been open the Museum of Fine Arts, having visited which, you will be able to examine works of the Arab and foreign artists.
From the moment of opening of the museum there have taken place about 30 personal exhibitions of modern painters here, and the extensive collection of Islamic art of the 18-19th centuries has been collected. The part of a constant exposition makes private collection of a ruling family of the United Arab Emirates, and pride of the museum is the collection of artists orientalists. Besides, the Museum of Fine Arts in Sharjah has extensive library in which over 4 thousand books, magazines and other publications on art and creativity are collected.
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