Collecting practices of the Al-Thani Family the project. The Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum was opened in 1998 and currently showcases over 15,000 artifacts that were collected by Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani over a span of several years. Besides largely contributing to the construction of new museums, Al-Thani Family is involved in a wide range of art events. In 2010, Qatar funded the exhibition of the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, known as Murakami-Ego and shown at the Palace of Versailles in 2010. The exhibition was later shown in Doha in 2012. The Museum of Islamic Art was initially proposed, yet the Japanese artist
St. Raphael Cathedral, Surat Thani St. Raphael Cathedral, Surat Thani The St. Raphael Cathedral () also called Surat Thani Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani. It is located in the city of Surat Thani in the province of the same name in the south of the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. The present church was built in 1962 and became a cathedral with the creation of the diocese of Surat Thani ("Dioecesis Suratthanensis" or สังฆมณฑลสุราษฎร์ธานี), which was established in 1969 with the Bull ""Qui Regno Christi"" of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the