The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Zvizdic, visited along with his accompanying delegation the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) on the sidelines of his official visit to Qatar. Zvizdic toured the museum’s various wings and got acquainted with the collection of antiquities and Islamic artifact, which includes rare treasures of heritage including books, manuscripts and coins made of silver, copper and bronze, as well as crafts of glass, ivory, textiles, wood and precious stones in addition to artifact collected from three continents and dating back fourteen centuries. He listened to a detailed explanation about the museum and its establishment stages as well as its role in spreading science, culture and encouraging creativity in addition to communication with the cultures and arts of the world. Zvizdic signed the museum’s golden book. He underlined in his speech that the building, which, he said, is among the important cultural buildings for the Islamic spiritual and urban heritage of Islamic civilisation, connects the future and the past in a beautiful way, expressing respect to the museum.
