Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

This guide to the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur begins with an indigo-dyed Quran folio from around 900 CE, its every letter inked in gold that has never tarnished. It follows the manuscript's journey from North Africa to a glass case in the Quran and Manuscripts Gallery, and traces the five turquoise domes overhead back to the mosques of Samarkand. Along the way you'll pass through Southeast Asia's largest Islamic arts museum, its ten thousand objects spanning a world from Spain to the South China Sea.