On November 1st The Met will see one of its largest ever permanent installations open. New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia. More than one thousand works from the preeminent collection of the Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings of this material in the world—will return to view this fall in a completely renovated, expanded, and reinstalled suite of fifteen galleries.

- The Met & The Middle East Details

The organization of the galleries by geographical area will emphasize the rich diversity of the Islamic world, over a span of thirteen hundred years, by underscoring the many distinct cultures within its fold.