Google Art Project brings Museum of Islamic Art into the virtual world!

If you have been in Doha long enough, then chances are high that you have visited the path breaking Museum of Islamic Art at least once.

But what if you wanted to share the museum’s wonders with a person who lived outside the country?

Now you can do so, thanks to the Google Art Project.

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art are currently the only museums from the Middle East to be a part of the prestigious project.

Art lovers can explore a wide range of artworks at a brushstroke level, take a virtual tour of a museum, and even build their own collections to share from paintings, sculptures, street art, and photographs with just a few mouse clicks.

The 2012 partnership between Qatar Museums Authority and Google was part of the project’s major global expansion plans, which now counts 151 partners in 40 countries.

The platform now has over 32,000 artwork in its portfolio.

Check out MIA at the Google Art Project here: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/collection/the-museum-of-islamic-art-qatar?projectId=art-project