His Highness the Aga Khan and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, formally opened the Ismaili Centre and Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada. The Aga Khan Museum is the first museum in North America dedicated to the arts of Muslim civilisations. Through its Permanent Collection, performing arts and educational programmes and roster of temporary exhibitions, the Aga Khan Museum will welcome the full spectrum of public engagement and serve as a vibrant educational institution.
On the occasion, His Highness the Aga Khan expressed hope that these spaces (The Ismaili Centre and Aga Khan Museum) will be filled with sounds of enrichment, dialogue and warm human rapport, as Ismailis and non-Ismailis share their lives in a healthy gregarious spirit.-PR