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Interesting TEDxCalgary interview with museum director and CEO Dr. Henry Kim. This is somewhat tangential, thought the architecture in context of museum mandate may be relevant. Long video, but there are some timestamps in the comment section.

I would encourage some of the (few) remaining detractors to visit. An interesting opportunity might be the event on July 5th: Via www.AgaKhanPark.org : Reflections: Celebrating our Cultures and Communities 5 July, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM - The Aga Khan Park is delighted to invite you to its...

For those so inclined, a video of the Aga Khan Park opening is now available. It includes the two speeches, one of the Premier, and the second (which I quoted in part above) of the Aga Khan. I was very pleased to see the acknowledgement of Sonja Bata, and her visible joy was amazing to watch...

As some will know, the park space was formally inaugurated May 25th afternoon after Premier Wynne signed a broad agreement with the Aga Khan earlier that day. There was a lot of media attention, but having looked through the mass of tweets about that day including the opening, I pulled together...

Boston Globe showering praise on Canada's new cultural jewel This is yet another noteworthy article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2015/01/24/look-toronto-new-aga-khan-museum/ZbJ1Ok6xdEHYBUoTDlHjnM/story.html?event=event25

Thanks! I'm seeing many of these (you guys may have figured by now I have particular interest in the museum) however I've slowed down posting as there really are an amazing number of articles on the museum, and from beyond Canada - it is really amazing. Here is one from the Wall Street...

Impressive internal view of the Ismaili Centre Toronto's prayer hall! From Domus Magazine's cover via Moriyama & Teshima Architects' twitter feed: https://twitter.com/moriyamateshima/status/552121466561388544 I think this is one of the only images where the back-lit stones from Central Asia...

Looks like the Aga Khan Museum has been Best Institutional Building of 2014: http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/12/best-buildings-2014-mid-rises-look-your-votes On a related note, there was a great article in the Globe and Mail about an exhibition that opens there tomorrow. I wrote about it in...

The Lost Dhow - Toronto exhibition is a North American premier I just read this Globe and Mail article about the new exhibition opening up at the Aga Khan Museum tomorrow, and thought this was worthy of noting here...

The building plays tricks on the eye given Maki's minimalist style - hard to see scale till there in person. According to the architecture firm's web-site, it is actually 11,600m^2: http://www.maki-and-associates.co.jp/details/index.html?pcd=119 Also - great set of new Fall pictures by Salim...

Looks like the museum made the cut for the BBC's eight great new museums: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141017-the-eight-greatest-new-museums I've been impressed with how much positive attention has been generated outside of the country by the AKM!

Your comments are rather uneducated (at best). The museum's focus is on "Arts of Muslim Civilisations" and not on "Islamic Art". That means a decorated robe from China or an astrolabe from the Iberian Peninsula, or the oldest known complete volume manuscript of the Cannon of Medicine. If...

Shanghai Daily: "Toronto's Aga Khan Museum reveals marvel of China's impact on Islamic art" http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=246929

The museum keeps making waves internationally: http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/03/enlightened-islam-fights-back-against-jihadist-brutality-272650.html

Fully agree with interchange42 - and I'm a little bit disappointed with some of the trolling here. London is still getting a new Aga Khan complex. In fact, the Aga Khan has a five building complex that is to be built in the King's Cross re-development, including a premier centre to be...