Luis Monreal is the Director General of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. He is a restoration specialist, art historian and archaeologist. He worked in many institutions, including Curator of the Barcelona Museums between 1965-1974 and Secretary General of the International Council of Museums between 1974-1985. He is a member of many archaeological missions in Nubia, Sudan, Egypt and Morocco. Monreal has written many books and articles on art and archeology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation in Spain, a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona, Spain, a commissioner of the Association of Arts and Letters in France, and a member of the Orden de Isabel la Católica in Spain.
Where memory is the house of culture and knowledge; where the original council, separated by a cultural sidewalk that connects Muharraq with the intellectuals and writers of the world. The house itself, located at the heart of the city, opens its doors to cultural production in the fields of thought, literature, politics, philosophy, culture and art.
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