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The MET\'s Islamic collection of art is the broadest and finest collection in the United States. The gallery is currently closed for renovations but is expected to open sometime in 2011. Its 12,000-object collection ranges from Persian manuscripts to Mamluk carpets and everything in between. The image above is the Nur al-Din room (1707), which was moved to New York from an upper-class home in Damascus, Syria This photo has been provided by Saudi Aramco World.