Lecture / talk
'Muraqqa': Creating a Mughal Album
Short talk
Map & directions
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA
By train
London Victoria. Visit National Rail Enquiries for times and fares.
By underground
Victoria, Green Park, St. James's Park and Hyde Park Corner. For further information visit the Transport for London website.
By coach / bus
Bus numbers 11, 211, C1 and C10 stop on Buckingham Palace Road. Victoria Coach Station is a 10-minute walk from the Palace. For further information visit the Transport for London website.
The Mughals created lavish Muraqqas or "patchwork" albums to showcase the work of contemporary and earlier master artists. Drawings Conservator, Rachael Smith, will introduce the Islamic arts of calligraphy, painting, paper marbling, dyeing, gold decoration and decoupage and explain the albums’ complex construction.
