"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, The al-Sabah Collection."

"Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah (DAI) is a cultural organisation based around the private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah, founder of The al Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussah Sabah al Salem al Sabah. Since its inception in 1983, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation created to manage the loan of the prestigious al Sabah Collection of art from the Islamic world to the State of Kuwait to become an internationally recognised cultural organisation."--http://darmuseum.org.kw/dai/about/

"The al-Sabah collection began to take form in 1975 when Sheikh Nasser Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah purchased the collection's first object. It was a mid-14th century enameled glass bottle he found in a London art gallery. At that time, the collection started out as a hobby he and his wife Sheikha Hussah Sabah al Salem al Sabah were pursuing--it soon grew to a full-fledged collection worthy of a place in a museum. In 1983, as the collection was growing, it had made its way from Sheikh Nasser's private residence to its new location at the Kuwait National Museum. The building became known as Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI), where Sheikha Hussah became the organisation's director general."--http://darmuseum.org.kw/dai/about/

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