| Islamic Museum of Tripoli | |||||||
| Native Name: | المتحف الإسلامي | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ar | ||||||
| Established: | Scheduled to open September 2011 | ||||||
| Location: | Tripoli, Libya | ||||||
| Type: | Islamic-culture museum | ||||||
| Website: | (in Arabic) | ||||||
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The Islamic Museum of Tripoli (ar|المتحف الإسلامي) is a proposed museum of Islamic culture that was built under the support and patronage of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Tripoli, Libya.[1]
The museum's building-reuse project stands in the al Sur area, in Shari' Sidi Khaliffa, Tripoli.
In May 2011 it was reported that construction on - and acquisitions for - had been halted; the museum was scheduled to open in September 2011 to celebrate the anniversary of Muammar Gaddafi's rise to power. It was due to be housed in a summer palace built for the Ottoman Yusuf Pasha in the 18th century.[2]
The results of the Battle of Tripoli in August 2011, with the later arrest of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, may alter the museum's opening date and festivities.[2] Hafed Walda, Cultural Counsellor of the regime, confirmed that the project was on hold and that the future of the collection was not ensured.[3] Meanwhile, no attempts of looting the collection were reported, though the seeming patron-less future of the collection was uncertain.[2]