Asia
"Tiraz: The Widad Kawar Home for Arab dress" is a private collection of garments, textiles and jewellery, which was built up by Widad Kawar(Amman, Jordan). Tiraz (for short) was opened to the public in 2014. The word tiraz refers to a medieval Arab tradition of embroidering and, later in time, weaving inscriptions into textiles.
The Xinjiang Autonomous Region Museum in Urumqi (also known as the Xinjiang Regional Museum) houses some 50,000 objects found in China’s most western province. The most famous objects on display are the desert Tarim Basin mummies, some of which are 3,800 years old.
The Fine Arts G. Zanabazar Museum was established in 1966 and in 1995 named after the Buddhist teacher, G. Zanabazar (1635 - 1724). It is located along Juulchid Street in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It contains items that reflect the rich cultural history of Mongolia from earliest times until the beginning of the twentieth century.