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 former Emir, 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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Kuwait City Metropolitan Area

* History
* Timeline

Areas|

| Kuwait City
proper|

| Areas|

* Sharg
* Jibla
* Mirgāb
* Dasmān

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Districts|

* Ṣawābir
* Waṣaṭ

| Kuwait City
Metro
Area|

| Shuwaikh Quarters|

* Shuwaikh Residential
* Shuwaikh Port
* Shuwaikh Industrial
* Shuwaikh Educational
* Shuwaikh Health
* Shuwaikh Administrative

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Metropolitan areas|

* 300,000+
* Sālmīya
* Jilīb il-Šyūkh
* 200,000+
* Farwānīya
* Ḥawally
* 100,000+
* Mahbūla
* Khaiṭān
* Mangaf
* Fḥēḥīl
* Ṣubāḥ il-Sālim
* 75,000+
* Jabrīya
* South Surra (65K)
* ʿĀrḏ̣īya (65K)

Other areas|

* See Areas of Kuwait

Landmarks|

| Architecture &
buildings|

* Kuwait Towers (Freedom Towers)
* Liberation Tower
* Kuwait National Assembly
* Kuwait Opera House (Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre)
* Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre
* Al Salam Palace
* Kuwait National Cultural District
* Al-Hashemi-II

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Museums &
Historical|

* Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre
* Kuwait National Cultural District
* Kuwait Scientific Center
* Bait Al-Othman Museum
* Al Salam Palace
* Al Shaheed Park Museums
* Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah
* Museum of Modern Arts
* Tareq Rajab Museum
* Science and Natural History Museum
* Bait Dickson
* Kuwait National Museum
* Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum
* Sadu House
* Al-Hashemi-II
* Fateh Al-Khayr

Recreation|

* Al Shaheed Park
* Kuwait Motor Town
* The Avenues Mall
* Sharg Market

Historical sougs|

* Sūg Al-Mubarakiya
* Sūg Al-Manakh
* Ṣafāt Square

Scientific centres|

* Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
* Kuwait Institutte for Scientific Research (KISR)
* The Scientific Center of Kuwait (TSCK)
* Kuwait Science Club
* Dasman Diabetes Institute

Libraries|

* National Library of Kuwait
* Al-Babtain Library For Arabic Poetry

Universities|

* Kuwait University (Kuniv)
* Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
* Abdallah Al-Salem College
* American University of Kuwait
* American University of the Middle East
* Gulf University (GUST)
* Open Arab University

Historical palaces|

* Seif Palace
* Bayān Palace
* Kuwait Red Fort (in Jahra, Kuwait)

Others|

* Kuwait International Airport
* Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
* Amiri Hospital

Events|

* Hala Fibrāyir
* Layali Fibrāyir
* Nuqat
* Grane Cultural Festival
* Kuwait International Fair
* Kuwait International Book Fair

* Kuwait portal

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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