List of museums of Islamic art
Islamic art is collected by museums, galleries and private collectors in many countries around the world.
Country
City
Institution
Collection size
Founding date
Official web site
Ref.
Algeria
Algiers
National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art
[2]
[ 1]
Australia
Melbourne
Islamic Museum of Australia
[3]
[ 2]
Austria
Vienna
Austrian National Library
[4]
[ 3]
Austria
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
[5]
[ 4]
Austria
Vienna
Museum of Applied Arts
[6]
[ 3]
Austria
Vienna
Weltmuseum Wien
[7]
[ 5]
Brunei
Brunei
Brunei Museum
[ 3]
Canada
Toronto
Aga Khan Museum
1,000[ 6]
2014
[8]
[ 7]
Canada
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
[9]
[ 3]
Denmark
Copenhagen
The David Collection
2,500[ 8]
1945
[10]
[ 3]
Egypt
Cairo
Museum of Islamic Art
100,000[ 9]
[11]
[ 3]
Egypt
Cairo
National Library
[12]
[ 3]
Egypt
Cairo
Coptic Museum
[13]
[ 3]
France
Paris
Bibliothèque nationale de France
[14]
[ 3]
France
Paris
Arab World Institute
[15]
[ 3]
France
Paris
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
[16]
[ 3]
France
Lyon
Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
[17]
[ 3]
France
Paris
Louvre Museum
18,000[ 10]
2012
[18]
[ 3]
Germany
Bamberg
Universitätsmuseum für Islamische Kunst
7,000[ 11]
2008
[19]
Germany
Berlin
Islamic Art Museum
16,000[ 8]
1904
[20]
Germany
Cologne
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
[21]
Germany
Dresden
Dresden Museum of Ethnology
[22]
Germany
Düsseldorf
Hetjens-Museum [de ]
[23]
Germany
Hamburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
[24]
Germany
Karlsruhe
Badisches Landesmuseum
[25]
Germany
Leipzig
Leipzig Museum of Ethnography
[26]
Germany
Munich
Museum Five Continents
[27]
Germany
Stuttgart
Linden Museum
[28]
Greece
Athens
Benaki Museum
8,000[ 12]
[29]
[ 3]
Iran
Kashmar
Hassan Modarres Museum
200[ 13]
2004
Iran
Isfahan
Museum of Decorative Arts, Isfahan
3,000
1995
Iran
Mashhad
Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum
1937
[ 3]
Iran
Mashhad
Great Museum of Khosran
2015
Iran
Tehran
Abgineh Museum of Tehran
Iran
Tehran
Calligraphy Museum of Iran
200[ 14]
2017
Iran
Tehran
Carpet Museum
1978
[ 3]
Iran
Tehran
Dafineh Museum
1997
[30]
Iran
Tehran
Gulistan Museum
[ 3]
Iran
Tehran
Malek National Museum and Library
19,000
1996
[31]
Iran
Tehran
Museum of Decorative Arts
[ 3]
Iran
Tehran
Museum of the Islamic Era
1996
[ 3]
Iran
Tehran
Reza Abbasi Museum
1977
[ 3]
Iran
Shiraz
Pars Museum
1936
Iran
Qom
Hazrat Ma'soomeh Holy Shrine Museum
1935
[32]
Iraq
Baghdad
Iraq Museum
[ 3]
Ireland
Dublin
Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery
6,100[ 15]
[33]
[ 3]
Israel
Jerusalem
The Museum for Islamic Art
1974
[34]
[ 3]
Italy
Florence
Bardini Museum
[ 3]
Italy
Venice
Treasury of St. Mark's
[35]
[ 3]
Italy
Milan
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
[36]
[ 3]
Italy
Palermo
Museum of Islamic Art
[37]
Jordan
Al-Mazār al-Janūbī
Al-Mazar Islamic Museum
1973
[ 16]
Kuwait
Kuwait
Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah (The al-Sabah Collection)
30,000[ 17] [ 18]
1980
[38] [39]
Kuwait
Kuwait
Kuwait National Museum
[ 3]
Kuwait
Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum
30,000[ 19]
[40]
[ 20]
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Islamic Arts Museum
10,000[ 21]
[41]
[ 3]
Morocco
Rabat
Archaeological Museum
[ 3]
Oman
Muscat
National Museum of Oman
[ 22]
Pakistan
Lahore
Lahore Museum
[42]
[ 3]
Palestinian Territories
Jerusalem
Islamic Museum of the Haram al-Sharif
[ 3] [ 23] [ 24]
Portugal
Lisbon
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
[43]
[ 3]
Qatar
Doha
Museum of Islamic Art
[44]
[ 3]
Romania
Bucharest
National Museum of Art of Romania
[45]
[ 25]
Russia
Saint Petersburg
State Hermitage Museum
[46]
[ 3]
Russia
Moscow
Museum of Oriental Art
[47]
[ 3]
Spain
Madrid
National Archaeological Museum
[48]
[ 3]
Sweden
Stockholm
Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
[49]
[ 26]
Switzerland
Bern
Abegg-Stiftung [fr ]
[50]
[ 3]
Switzerland
Geneva
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
[51]
[ 3]
Syria
Damascus
National Museum of Damascus
[52]
[ 3]
Tunisia
Tunis
Bardo National Museum
[53]
[ 3]
Turkey
Istanbul
Topkapı Palace
[54]
[ 3]
Turkey
Istanbul
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
40,000[ 27]
[55]
[ 3]
Turkey
Istanbul
Vakiflar Museum
[ 3]
Turkey
Istanbul
Archaeological Museum
[ 3]
Turkey
Istanbul
Istanbul University Library
[56]
[ 3]
Ukraine
Kyiv
Museum of Western and Oriental Art
[57]
[ 28]
United Arab Emirates
Sharjah
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
5,000[ 29]
[58]
[ 30]
United Kingdom
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
[59]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
Oxford
Bodleian Library
[60]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
London
British Library
[61]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
London
British Museum
40,000[ 31]
[62]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Library
[63]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Museum
[64]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
London
Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
28,000 (largest private collection)[ 32] [ 33]
1970[ 34]
[65]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
London
Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
4,500[ 35]
[66]
United Kingdom
London
Royal Asiatic Society
[67]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
National Museum of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Museum)
[68]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
Manchester
John Rylands University Library
[69]
[ 3]
United Kingdom
London
Victoria and Albert Museum
19,000[ 36]
[70]
[ 3]
USA
Baltimore
Walters Art Museum
[71]
USA
Boston
Museum of Fine Arts
116[ 37]
[72]
[ 3]
USA
Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art
[73]
[ 3]
USA
Corning, NY
Corning Museum of Glass
[74]
[ 3]
USA
Washington, D.C .
Freer Gallery of Art
2,200[ 38]
[75]
[ 3]
USA
Dallas
Keir Collection (currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art )
1,642[ 39]
[76]
[ 3] [ 40]
USA
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
[77]
[ 3]
USA
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
15,000[ 41]
[78]
[ 3]
USA
New York
New York Public Library
[79]
[ 3]
USA
St. Louis
Saint Louis Art Museum
250[ 42]
1904
[80]
USA
Honolulu
Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
2,500[ 43]
2002
[81]
[ 44]
USA
Washington, D.C .
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum
1925[ 45]
[82]
[ 3]
Yemen
Sana'a
National Museum of Yemen
1971[ 46]
[ 3]
See also
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Bahrain (Beit Al Quran )
Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum , Museum of the Islamic Era )
Iraq (National Museum of Iraq , Sulaymaniyah Museum )
Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum , Museum for Islamic Art )
Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum )
Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah , Tareq Rajab Museum )
Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art , National Museum of Qatar )
Syria (National Museum of Damascus , National Museum of Aleppo , Raqqa Museum )
Turkey Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art , İstanbul Archaeology Museums , Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam , Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art , Sadberk Hanım Museum , Topkapi Palace Museum , Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum )
United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization , Zayed National Museum )
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