Islamic Museum of Tripoli

Islamic Museum of Tripoli
المتحف الإسلامي
Established	Scheduled to open September 2011
Location	Tripoli, Libya
Coordinates	32°52′38.8″N 13°10′58.2″E / 32.877444°N 13.182833°E
Type	Islamic-culture museum
Website	islammit.4t.com (in Arabic)

The Islamic Museum of Tripoli (Arabic: 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]

Location

The museum's building-reuse project stands in the al Sur area, in Shari' Sidi Khaliffa, Tripoli.

2011 Libyan civil war

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]