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A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse

In the summer of 2010, the International Museum the Horse organized and hosted A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse. It explored the impact of the horse on Near Eastern civilization, with particular emphasis on the first horse breed, the Arabian. This catalogue represents and celebrates in perpetuity the work of multiple partners and contributors to that successful exhibition. The exhibition placed strong emphasis upon the cultures that created, nurtured and protected the purity of the Arabian breed, not only in relation to the horse, but also in their myriad contributions to human civilization. Major loans were acquired from international partners including the British Museum, Ashmolean Museum, University; All Soul’s College, Oxford University; the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Furusiyya Art Foundation; the National Warsaw Museum; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and the American Museum of Natural History among others. The Museum is grateful for the support of the exhibition¹s founding donors and to its presenting sponsor, the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation, for generously funding the pro

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