The Aga Khan Museum will open its exhibition Syria: A Living History on October 15, 2016. The exhibition brings together over 5,000 years of art highlighting the contributions that the diverse cultures within Syria — Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Persian, Ottoman, and Arab — have made to world heritage. The exhibition, which represents collaboration between seven international museums and private collections, will run through February 26, 2017.

Many of these works of art are being exhibited together for the first time offering audiences a glimpse into the rich cultural traditions of both ancient and present-day Syria, thereby underscoring the dialogue between these traditions throughout the ages.

The historians and curators behind the exhibition include Dr. Filiz Çakır Phillip, Curator, Aga Khan Museum; Professor Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, MIT; and Dr. Ross Burns, an architectural historian based in Sydney, Australia.

Tickets are $15 for students and seniors, and $20 for adults. For more information and to purchase tickets online visit https://www.agakhanmuseum.org.

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