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| Established | June 13, 1962 (1962-06-13) |
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| Location | Marawi,Lanao del Sur |
| Coordinates | 7°59′53″N124°15′23″E / 7.9981502°N 124.2565119°E /7.9981502; 124.2565119 |
| Type | Islamic art,Moro andLumad culture |
| Director | Linang Cabugatan |
| Owner | Mindanao State University |
TheAga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts is a museum ofIslamic art andMoro culture situated inMarawi,Lanao del Sur,Philippines.
Mamitua Saber opened the museum on June 13, 1962, which was initially hosted in a single room and was inaugurated on March 23, 1969.[1] The museum moved to its present site and was renamed to its current name in 1963 afterAga Khan IV made a donation for the current museum building's construction.[2]
The Aga Khan Museum which is housed inside a building with a white facade, hosts the biggestFilipino Muslim collection in the Philippines.[3]
The museum seek to preservefolk art of theMoro andLumad people of Mindanao, Sulu archipelago and Palawan. The Aga Khan Museum features implements used in combat during the Moro warsagainst the Spanishand Americans such as thelantaka,kris, andkampilan.[1]
Minitiurized pagoda-type mosques, replicas or portions of the torogan, musical instruments, farm implements are also among the displayed cultural items in the museum.[1]
In December 2016, it was reported that more than 300 ofAbdulmari Imao's calligraphic sculpture of thename ofAllah is found in the Aga Khan Museum.[4]
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