List of museums of Islamic art


Islamic art is collected by museums, galleries and private collectors in many countries around the world.
CountryCityInstitutionCollection sizeFounding dateOfficial web site
AlgeriaAlgiersNational Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art
AustraliaMelbourneIslamic Museum of Australia
AustriaViennaMuseum of Applied Arts
AustriaViennaAustrian National Library
BruneiBruneiBrunei Museum
CanadaTorontoAga Khan Museum1,0002014
CanadaTorontoRoyal Ontario Museum
DenmarkCopenhagenThe David Collection2,5001945
EgyptCairoMuseum of Islamic Art100,000
EgyptCairoNational Library
EgyptCairoCoptic Museum
FranceParisBibliothèque nationale de France
FranceParisArab World Institute
FranceParisMusée des Arts Décoratifs
FranceLyonMusée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
FranceParisLouvre Museum18,0002012
GermanyBerlinIslamic Art Museum16,0001904
GreeceAthensBenaki Museum8,000
IranTehranCarpet Museum
IranTehranGulistan Museum
IranMashadImam Reza Museum
IranTehranMuseum of Decorative Arts
IranTehranMuseum of Ancient Iran
IranTehranReza Abbasi Museum
IraqBaghdadNational Museum of Iraq
IrelandDublinChester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery
IsraelJerusalemThe Museum for Islamic Art1974
ItalyFlorenceBardini Museum
ItalyVeniceTreasury of St. Mark's
ItalyMilanBiblioteca Ambrosiana
KuwaitKuwaitKuwait National Museum
KuwaitKuwaitTareq Rajab Museum30,000
MalaysiaKuala LumpurIslamic Arts Museum
MoroccoRabatArchaeological Museum
OmanMuscatNational Museum of Oman
PakistanLahoreLahore Museum
Palestinian TerritoriesJerusalemIslamic Museum of the Haram al-Sharif
PortugalLisbonCalouste Gulbenkian Museum
QatarDohaMuseum of Islamic Art
RomaniaBucharestNational Museum of Art of Romania
RussiaSaint PetersburgState Hermitage Museum
RussiaMoscowMuseum of Oriental Art
SpainMadridNational Archaeological Museum
SwedenStockholmMuseum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
SwitzerlandBernAbegg-Stiftung
SwitzerlandGenevaMusée d'Art et d'Histoire
SyriaDamascusNational Museum of Damascus
TunisiaTunisBardo National Museum
TurkeyIstanbulTopkapı Palace
TurkeyIstanbulMuseum of Turkish and Islamic Arts40,000
TurkeyIstanbulVakiflar Museum
TurkeyIstanbulArchaeological Museum
TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul University Library
UkraineKievMuseum of Western and Oriental Art
United KingdomOxfordAshmolean Museum
United KingdomOxfordBodleian Library
United KingdomLondonBritish Library
United KingdomLondonBritish Museum40,000
United KingdomEdinburghEdinburgh University Library
United KingdomCambridgeFitzwilliam Museum
United KingdomLondonNasser D. Khalili Collection28,000 1970
United KingdomLondonRoyal Asiatic Society
United KingdomEdinburghNational Museum of Scotland
United KingdomManchesterJohn Rylands University Library
United KingdomLondonVictoria and Albert Museum19,000
USABostonMuseum of Fine Arts
USAClevelandCleveland Museum of Art
USACorning, NYCorning Museum of Glass
USAWashington, D.C.Freer Gallery of Art
USADallasKeir Collection
USALos AngelesLos Angeles County Museum of Art
USANew YorkMetropolitan Museum of Art12,000
USANew YorkNew York Public Library
USAHonoluluShangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design2,5002002
USAWashington, D.C.Textile Museum
YemenSana'aNational Museum of Yemen