Developing the work done during the past years to encourage international awareness of its collection, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in association with its subsidiary Partex Oil and Gas (Holdings) Corporation, exhibited Islamic Art in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection at the Bait Al Zubair Museum, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, from 18th February until 18th April 2006.
The exhibition included pieces from a broad range of Islamic arts, produced between the late twelfth and the twentieth centuries in the same geographical areas as those represented in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum's permanent exhibition, which demonstrates the exceptional quality of the Islamic section of the Collection. It simultaneously confirms the firm belief that culture is one of the finest means of communication between different peoples.
A profusely illustrated catalogue was published (in English and Arabic editions) to accompany the exhibition.
A similar exhibition had been held at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation, in the United Arab Emirates, from 17th January to 18th February 2004.
