Art from Islamic Lands
The collection of art from Islamic lands is also well known. Most of the 178 artworks were made in Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey during the 8th through 17th centuries in ceramic, metalwork, glass, and on parchment and paper. The strongest holdings are in miniature paintings. In addition, the textile collection of about 450 examples ranks among the finest in the world.

(Washington, D.C.) are the Smithsonian Institution's museums of Asian art, with particular strengths in ceramics and illustrated manuscripts from the Islamic world. The museum's digital collection includes images and descriptions of more than 2,000 items from the earliest century of Islam to present. The Freer and Sackler Galleries
also provide digital access to the scholarly papers of Ernst Herzfeld (1879–1948) including his notebooks and journals and more than 5,000 photographs, sketches and maps.

of the Library of Congress has more than 75,000 early photographic images of the Middle East; most of them are accessible online via the Prints and Photographs online catalog.

Islamic Art, Architecture and Culture

a digital archive that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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