Toronto/CMEDIA: Founded in 2014, the Aga Khan Museum (AKM) is situated at 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1K1, Ontario is dedicated to fostering intercultural dialogue and understanding through its innovative online and in-person programs.
Housing a Permanent Collection of over 1,200 masterpieces — including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, and textiles from the 9th to the 21st century — and innovative performing arts and educational programming AKM serves as a catalyst for mutual understanding through the arts.
Since opening its doors to the public on September 18, 2014 and with its vision to impact lives and contribute to more inclusive and peaceful societies, its mission is to spark wonder, curiosity, and understanding — through the arts — of Muslim cultures and their connection with other cultures.
With a span of a vast geographic area from Spain and North Africa in the west, across the Middle East, to South Asia and China in the east, the core of the Museum’s Permanent Collections in AKM was assembled by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003), uncle of His Late Highness, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV.
While studying at Harvard University, Prince Sadruddin began acquiring works of art in the 1950s and continued to collect throughout his lifetime with contributions with his wife, Princess Catherine Aga Khan.
The artifacts of the museum are as follows:
Thoughtful acquisitions, generous donations, and strategic long-term loans led to the continuous growth of the Museum’s Collections.
Built on land that is and has been under the stewardship of many Indigenous Peoples over millennia including the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee, the Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit Nation, The Aga Khan Museum is grateful for the opportunity to work and live on this land and be in this territory.
All the images are credited to Asha Bajaj
