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Islamic Museum, Sharjah is a must see on sightseeing in Sharjah. Islamic Museum, Sharjah is 2000 years old and it tells the visitors about the ancient heritage and culture of the city of Sharjah.

A range of vital Islamic work of arts and documents expressing the superiority of the distinct Islamic heritage is exhibited in the Islamic Museum, Sharjah. This range of things contains a number of scientific and literary religious documents and several various collections of the Islamic civilization arts and crafts and clay, pottery and glass manufacturers as well as metallic handicrafts coated with silver, gold and brass.

The Islamic Museum, Sharjah also displays silver and textile handicrafts as well as ornamentation tools, jewelry and various Islamic mints, dating to both Abbaside and Omayyad eras. These valuable things include collections of silver dinars and dirhams. Further more there are a number of scientific arrangements, especially astronomical ones. The other displays include archaeological findings dating from the Islamic era, found in varied excavation sites in the Emirate of Sharjah. They include as well arms and varied samples representing styles of the Moslem civilized life for more than 1400 years.

The Islamic Museum, Sharjah is a structure to society, a observer to the deep Sharjah ancestry in the Arab and Islamic culture and a stress to the legacy of the title Sharjah that has newly earned as the Capital of Arab Culture '98. His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, who is member of the Supreme Council, as well as the ruler of Sharjah, opened the Museum on Friday 25 Jumada the second 1417 on 6th November, 1996.

The main attractions at the Islamic Museum, Sharjah include the Shamsi House, the Holy Kaaba Hall, the Islamic Mints Hall, the China and Pottery Hall, the Arabesque Hall, the Manuscripts hall, the Archaeology Hall, the Science Hall and the Metallic Handicrafts hall.

Great efforts have been put by the government of Sharjah on rebuilding the Islamic Museum, Sharjah and modernizing it to stand as a wonderful complete museum showcasing the splendid Islamic Antiques that said to be unique and very rare.

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Tourist Attractions in Sharjah
Sharjah Heritage Museum	Blue Souq (Central Market)
Islamic Museum	Khor Kalba Conservation Reserve
Khor Fakkan	Sharjah Science Museum
Sharjah Art Gallery	Al Jazeera Park
Khalid Lagoon	The Expo Centre
The Museum of Natural History