Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is a cultural organisation based on a Kuwaiti private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah (1948 – 2020), founder of The al-Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussa Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.
Since its inception, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation to an internationally recognised cultural institution. DAI’s main activities include:
· An annual Cultural Season (lectures, music concerts, forum, workshops, children’s programme, quarterly magazine/journal, quarterly newsletter, cultural expeditions)
· Travelling exhibitions and loans
· The research and publication of scholarly books
· Conservation training programmes
· Research and excavation projects

While the rehabilitation project of DAI’s buildings at the Qibla Cultural District is underway, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah operates in two locations; the Amricani Cultural Centre (ACC) and the Yarmouk Cultural Centre.

Exhibitions

Art of Ancient Arabia: Heritage of Our Ancestors

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait, and in the presence of H.E. Abdulrahman Badah Al-Mutairi, Minister of Information and Culture and Minister

Dawn of History

In collaboration with the Department of History at the College of Arts at Kuwait University, this exhibition showcases the results of a study by the graduate students of Ancient History

Home of Kind Words: Calligraphy in The al-Sabah Collection

Curated by children ages 6–11 in the DAI’s Children’s Art Workshop, Home of Comforting Words shares the story of Abbas and Sara and their very special home. Abbas and Sara

Modern Architecture of Kuwait (1949 – 1989)

MAK exhibition covers 150 projects that were designed, constructed or commissioned during the designated period. The project was organised and executed by three architects, Roberto Fabri, Ricardo Camacho and Sarah

Story of the Amricani

This multi-media exhibition tells the story of healthcare in Kuwait, from the arrival of the first western doctors in the early 20th century to the Kuwait’s provision of government health

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Exhibitions

Art of Ancient Arabia: Heritage of Our Ancestors

Dawn of History

Home of Kind Words: Calligraphy in The al-Sabah Collection

Modern Architecture of Kuwait (1949 – 1989)

Story of the Amricani

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