article_snippet: The British Museum has announced it is to open the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic Worldthe Islamic World .
article_snippet: The British Museum revealed The British Museum will open the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World at the end of October 2018, which will bring together a collection showcasing ceramics, jewellery and paintings - some of which are not currently on display.
article_snippet: The decision to open the new space, which will be created in two unused galleries on the first floor at the heart of the world-famous museum, comes at a particularly sensitive time for Islamic art and heritage.
article_snippet: The British Museum is to open a major new gallery dedicated to the Islamic World including works such as this copy of a painted jar in response to fundamentalists destroying historical sites across the Middle East .
article_snippet: Ms Porter told the London newspaper the new, permanent space will provide a contrast to the modern Middle Eastern art collection the British Museum has been building up for a couple of years.
article_snippet: The new gallery will complement the collection of modern Middle Eastern artwork, like Manal Dowayan's I am a Saudi Citizen, which the British Museum has been gathering for a number of years .
article_snippet: A portrait of Abdo Ali Sheikh from  2013 is among the works that will be displayed in the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery .
article_snippet: Both promise to 'radically' redisplay the British Museum's important collections, using dark areas to show off light-sensitive materials which can currently not be displayed.
article_snippet: New: the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery will open in the heart of the British Museum (pictured) at the end of October 2018 - bringing back into use to old spaces on the first floor .
article_snippet: When the space opens, the space will be the first new permanent gallery created in almost a decade - thanks to a 'generous' donation from the Malaysia-based Albukhary Foundation.
article_snippet: Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, said: 'This generous gift from the Malaysia-based Albukhary Foundation makes This generous gift from The Albukhary Foundation possible for Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum to completely redisplay one of the world's most important Islamic collections. '
highlights_snippet: New permanent exhibition will open in the heart of the museum in 2018 .
  
highlights_snippet: 'Generous' donation from Malaysian fund enabled The British Museum to create space .
  