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 | |
Algeria | Algiers | National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art | ||||
Australia | Melbourne | Islamic Museum of Australia | ||||
Austria | Vienna | Museum of Applied Arts | ||||
Austria | Vienna | Austrian National Library | ||||
Brunei | Brunei | Brunei Museum | ||||
Canada | Toronto | Aga Khan Museum | 1,000 | 2014 | ||
Canada | Toronto | Royal Ontario Museum | ||||
Denmark | Copenhagen | The David Collection | 2,500 | 1945 | ||
Egypt | Cairo | Museum of Islamic Art | 100,000 | |||
Egypt | Cairo | National Library | ||||
Egypt | Cairo | Coptic Museum | ||||
France | Paris | Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||||
France | Paris | Arab World Institute | ||||
France | Paris | Musée des Arts Décoratifs | ||||
France | Lyon | Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs | ||||
France | Paris | Louvre Museum | 18,000 | 2012 | ||
Germany | Berlin | Islamic Art Museum | 16,000 | 1904 | ||
Greece | Athens | Benaki Museum | 8,000 | |||
Iran | Tehran | Carpet Museum | ||||
Iran | Tehran | Gulistan Museum | ||||
Iran | Mashad | Imam Reza Museum | ||||
Iran | Tehran | Museum of Decorative Arts | ||||
Iran | Tehran | Museum of Ancient Iran | ||||
Iran | Tehran | Reza Abbasi Museum | ||||
Iraq | Baghdad | National Museum of Iraq | ||||
Ireland | Dublin | Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery | ||||
Israel | Jerusalem | The Museum for Islamic Art | 1974 | |||
Italy | Florence | Bardini Museum | ||||
Italy | Venice | Treasury of St. Mark's | ||||
Italy | Milan | Biblioteca Ambrosiana | ||||
Kuwait | Kuwait | Kuwait National Museum | ||||
Kuwait | Kuwait | Tareq Rajab Museum | 30,000 | |||
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Islamic Arts Museum | ||||
Morocco | Rabat | Archaeological Museum | ||||
Oman | Muscat | National Museum of Oman | ||||
Pakistan | Lahore | Lahore Museum | ||||
Palestinian Territories | Jerusalem | Islamic Museum of the Haram al-Sharif | ||||
Portugal | Lisbon | Calouste Gulbenkian Museum | ||||
Qatar | Doha | Museum of Islamic Art | ||||
Romania | Bucharest | National Museum of Art of Romania | ||||
Russia | Saint Petersburg | State Hermitage Museum | ||||
Russia | Moscow | Museum of Oriental Art | ||||
Spain | Madrid | National Archaeological Museum | ||||
Sweden | Stockholm | Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities | ||||
Switzerland | Bern | Abegg-Stiftung | ||||
Switzerland | Geneva | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire | ||||
Syria | Damascus | National Museum of Damascus | ||||
Tunisia | Tunis | Bardo National Museum | ||||
Turkey | Istanbul | Topkapı Palace | ||||
Turkey | Istanbul | Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts | 40,000 | |||
Turkey | Istanbul | Vakiflar Museum | ||||
Turkey | Istanbul | Archaeological Museum | ||||
Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul University Library | ||||
Ukraine | Kiev | Museum of Western and Oriental Art | ||||
United Kingdom | Oxford | Ashmolean Museum | ||||
United Kingdom | Oxford | Bodleian Library | ||||
United Kingdom | London | British Library | ||||
United Kingdom | London | British Museum | 40,000 | |||
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | Edinburgh University Library | ||||
United Kingdom | Cambridge | Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
United Kingdom | London | Nasser D. Khalili Collection | 28,000 | 1970 | ||
United Kingdom | London | Royal Asiatic Society | ||||
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | National Museum of Scotland | ||||
United Kingdom | Manchester | John Rylands University Library | ||||
United Kingdom | London | Victoria and Albert Museum | 19,000 | |||
USA | Boston | Museum of Fine Arts | ||||
USA | Cleveland | Cleveland Museum of Art | ||||
USA | Corning, NY | Corning Museum of Glass | ||||
USA | Washington, D.C. | Freer Gallery of Art | ||||
USA | Dallas | Keir Collection | ||||
USA | Los Angeles | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | ||||
USA | New York | Metropolitan Museum of Art | 12,000 | |||
USA | New York | New York Public Library | ||||
USA | Honolulu | Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design | 2,500 | 2002 | ||
USA | Washington, D.C. | Textile Museum | ||||
Yemen | Sana'a | National Museum of Yemen |