Museum of Modern Art (Kuwait)

Museum of Modern Art

Established| 2003
Location| Kuwait City, Kuwait
Website| http://myartguides.com/art-spaces/museums/kuwait-museum-of-modern-art/

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It hosts a collection of modern Arab and international art. The building has always served as an educational institution; it was built in 1939 to house the Madrasa Al Sharqiya, or Eastern School in which generations of prominent Kuwaitis studied, including the current Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad.[1][2]

## References

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1. ^ "Kuwait Art Museum Succeeds Where Others Have Failed".
2. ^ "Kuwait's Hidden Jewel: The Modern Art Museum".

## External links

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* Official website

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