Right here’s a great way to get your children to see and luxuriate in an exhibition – the Arab World Institute (not removed from our lodges) has collaborated with Ubisoft to create an out-of-the-ordinary cultural occasion: Baghdad: A Journey Again to Madinat al-Salam, with Murderer’s Creed Mirage.
The well-known online game takes its depiction of historical past very severely (on this case, Baghdad) and the exhibition appears on the interval throughout which the story takes place, the structure of town and the lifetime of its inhabitants by means of precise objects from the period.
In case you are not conversant in the Murderer’s Creed video video games, you most likely don’t know that they embrace a mine of historic data for gamers to find. Because the story progresses, reality sheets (validated by a group of specialists) are unlocked to type a wealthy database concerning the characters (a lot of whom are impressed by actual individuals), objects and locations current within the journey.
This new exhibition reveals the meticulous work that went into recreating town of Baghdad (Madīnat as-Salām, the “metropolis of peace”) within the newest sport within the franchise and explains in additional element the historical past of town, its evolution and on a regular basis life.
In a presentation designed by the authors of the sport, 5 themes permit you to be taught extra concerning the place:
— the Spherical Metropolis (because it was constructed following a round plan, with the palace on the centre),
— Faith,
— Administration and Politics,
— Arts and Tradition, and
— Science and Engineering
Among the works on present haven’t been seen by the general public in over twenty years…


The Arab World Institute additionally contributed to the creation of the sport by offering photographs of objects in its collections, equivalent to three Mamluk Pilgrim’s Flasks and a Ruby Lustre Bowl. You’ll discover them within the sport’s database – Historical past of Baghdad.
The sport can also be now formally a part of the venue’s museum assortment, within the part devoted to Arab cities and cities.
And naturally, you should buy it for your self for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, EPIC and Amazon Luna!
The exhibition Baghdad: A Journey Again to Madinat al-Salam, with Murderer’s Creed Mirage is on the Arab World Institute (right here) from twenty eighth February – Tenth November 2024
Open day by day besides Mondays from 10am-6pm (7pm weekends and public holidays)
Admission: 9€ / 7€
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