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Opening times this week:
Monday
Closed today
Except holiday Mondays
Tuesday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday
10 am - 8 pm
BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday
10 am - 5:30 pm

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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

4 Events
Woman with frilled dress, kneeling in a brown dry grass field with large patterned fabric draped beside her.
Almagul Menlibayeva: My Silk Road to You and Nomadized Suprematism

Almagul Menlibayeva: My Silk Road to You and Nomadized Suprematism

May 1–September 2, 2024
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers hands on bright red yard, tied into ornate patterns over cracked, grey stone.
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#hopeandhealingcanada

May 16–October, 2024
A detailed painting depicting a variety of animals gathered together from the Aga Khan Museum collections. Prominently featured is an elephant in the center, surrounded by various species including deer, antelope, camels, buffalo, a white horse, rabbits, big cats like lions and leopards, and other creatures. The animals appear to be in a structured setting with intricate, colorful decorations and human figures in the background, indicating a scene of importance or ceremony.
Museum Collections Themed Installation: Life on Land

Museum Collections Themed Installation: Life on Land

Tue, Jul 9–Tue, Dec 31, 2024
A geometric pattern with a skylight on the ceiling of the Aga Khan Museum Auditorium
Light: Visionary Perspectives

Light: Visionary Perspectives

July 13, 2024–March 17, 2025

Performances

4 Events
A TD pop up performer playing a piano and singing with an audience gathered in front of him inside the Aga Khan Museum
TD Pop-Up Performances

Performances

TD Pop-Up Performances

Wednesdays | 5, 6, and 7 pm
Saturdays and Sundays | 12, 1, and 3 pm
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Erkan Ogur and Ismail Hakki Demircioglu playing lutes side by side on a dark gray background. Dramatic lighting and they appear to be entranced by the music
Erkan Ogur & Ismail Hakki Demircioglu

Performances

Erkan Ogur & Ismail Hakki Demircioglu

Sunday, October 13, 2024 | 5 pm
5 pm
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Portraits of Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and Ramneek Singh side by side
Reflections on Khusrau and Kabir: Featuring Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and Ramneek Singh

Performances

Reflections on Khusrau and Kabir: Featuring Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and Ramneek Singh

October 22, 2024
8 pm
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Duende Flamenco Festival

Lectures & Talks, Performances, Special Events

Duende Flamenco Festival

Thu, Nov 14–Sun, Nov 17, 2024
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Events

Duende Flamenco Festival

Lectures & Talks, Performances, Special Events

Duende Flamenco Festival

Thu, Nov 14–Sun, Nov 17, 2024
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Learn

10 year olds doing arts and crafts in the Aga Khan Museum Education Centre
2024 Summer Camps

Camps

2024 Summer Camps

Aga Khan Museum Summer Camp

Mon, Jul 15–Tue, Aug 6, 2024
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Collections Highlights

Pharmacy Jars (Albarelli)
Two blue patterned ceramic pharmacy jars with a large body and tapered opening. Patterns include flowers, vines, fruits and other cymbals.

Pharmacy Jars (Albarelli)

Accession Number: AKM567 and AKM568
Place: Syria
Dimensions: AKM567: diameter 49.4 cm, height 32 cm, AKM568: diameter 49.4 cm, height 30.7 cm
Date: 15th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted

Bowl With A Fantastical Elephant-Headed Creature

Bowl With A Fantastical Elephant-Headed Creature

Place: Iran
Dimensions: 15.2 cm
Date: early 13th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, lustre-painted

Ivory Horn (Oliphant)
An elephant's tusk, carved and detailed with engravings. Propped up by a brass bird's foot and collar - both parts of the artifact. Found in the Aga Khan Museum's permanent collections gallery.

Ivory Horn (Oliphant)

Place: Probably Southern Italy; silver mounts made in England
Dimensions: 64 x 34 cm
Date: 11th to late12th Century; c. 1620
Materials and Technique: carved ivory with silver mount

Kashkul (Begging Bowl)
A brass bowl with a brass chain running to the right side. The bowl has clamps and is engraved with highly intricate patterns of wording and symbols. The bowl is found in the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections gallery.

Kashkul (Begging Bowl)

Place: Iran
Dimensions: 61 cm
Date: late 16th century
Materials and Technique: brass

Planispheric Astrolabe

Planispheric Astrolabe

Place: Spain, Toledo (probably)
Dimensions: 13.5 cm
Date: 14th century
Materials and Technique: bronze, engraved and inlaid with silver

Dish
A round glazed ceramic bowl, with blue, red and green painted flowers on it. The bowl depicts many plants, which looks like a garden, and can be seen at the Aga Khan Museum

Dish

Place: Iznik, Turkey
Dimensions:Diameter 34.3 cm, height 7.4 cm
Date:1570–80
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted

Isfandiyar Kills The Simurgh
A detailed painting depicting a variety of animals around a tree, where wording covers the right side of the painting with a horse drawn carriage and flowers. Can be found in the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections.

Isfandiyar Kills The Simurgh

Creator: attributed to Siyavusah
Place: Iran, Qazvin
Dimensions: 40.4 x 29.8 cm
Date: 1576–77
Materials and Technique: opaque watercolour, gold, silver and ink on paper

Shell With Inscriptions
An iridescent clam shell, with intricate carvings of Islamic words and symbols in the surface. From the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections.

Shell With Inscriptions

Place: India
Dimensions: 14.5 cm
Date: 18th century
Materials and Technique: incised mother-of-pearl

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