Islamic art museum gets travel website award

The Museum of Islamic art (MIA) has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence for 2012 by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, with a rating of 4.5. This certificate is intended to honour businesses and tourist attractions that consistently earn top ratings from TripAdvisor travellers. The award, given only to the most exceptional performers in TripAdvisor’s global business community, is a significant achievement to the MIA that earned exceptional traveller ratings over the past year. The MIA is dedicated to reflecting the full vitality, complexity and diversity of the arts of the Islamic world. It is a world-class collecting institution, which preserves, studies and exhibits masterpieces spanning three continents and 13 centuries. The MIA collection includes manuscripts, ceramics, metal, glass, ivory, textiles, wood and precious stones. TripAdvisor enables travellers to plan and have the perfect trip. It offers trusted advice from real travellers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools.