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 siteAlgiersNational Museum of Antiquities and Islamic ArtMelbourneIslamic Museum of AustraliaViennaAustrian National LibraryViennaKunsthistorisches MuseumViennaMuseum of Applied ArtsViennaWeltmuseum WienBruneiBrunei MuseumTorontoAga Khan Museum1,0002014TorontoRoyal Ontario MuseumCopenhagenThe David Collection2,5001945CairoMuseum of Islamic Art100,000CairoNational LibraryCairoCoptic MuseumParisBibliothèque nationale de FranceParisArab World InstituteParisMusée des Arts DécoratifsLyonMusée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifsParisLouvre Museum 18,000Les arts de l'Islam au musée du Louvre, septembre 2012- Un écrin pour les arts de l'Islam, p. 2.2012BambergUniversitätsmuseum für Islamische Kunst7,0002008BerlinIslamic Art Museum16,0001904CologneRautenstrauch-Joest MuseumDresdenDresden Museum of EthnologyDüsseldorfHamburgMuseum für Kunst und GewerbeKarlsruheBadisches LandesmuseumLeipzigLeipzig Museum of EthnographyMunichMuseum Five ContinentsStuttgartLinden MuseumAthensBenaki Museum8,000 KashmarHassan Modarres Museum2002004IsfahanMuseum of Decorative Arts, Isfahan3,0001995MashhadAstan Quds Razavi Central Museum1937MashhadGreat Museum of Khosran2015TehranAbgineh Museum of TehranTehranCalligraphy Museum of Iran2002017TehranCarpet Museum1978TehranDafineh Museum1997TehranGulistan MuseumTehranMalek National Museum and Library19,0001996TehranMuseum of Decorative ArtsTehranMuseum of the Islamic Era1996TehranReza Abbasi Museum1977ShirazPars Museum1936QomHazrat Ma'soomeh Holy Shrine Museum1935BaghdadIraq MuseumDublinChester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery6,100JerusalemThe Museum for Islamic Art1974FlorenceBardini MuseumVeniceTreasury of St. Mark'sMilanBiblioteca AmbrosianaPalermoMuseum of Islamic ArtAl-Mazār al-JanūbīAl-Mazar Islamic Museum1973Al-Mazār al-Janūbī Islamic Museum, Jordan's Ministry of Culture (Arabic) Kuwait CityDar al Athar al Islamiyyah (The al-Sabah Collection)30,0001980Kuwait CityKuwait National MuseumKuwait CityTareq Rajab Museum30,000Kuala LumpurIslamic Arts Museum10,000RabatArchaeological MuseumMuscatNational Museum of OmanLahoreLahore MuseumJerusalemIslamic Museum of the Haram al-SharifLisbonCalouste Gulbenkian MuseumDohaMuseum of Islamic ArtBucharestNational Museum of Art of RomaniaSaint PetersburgState Hermitage MuseumMoscowMuseum of Oriental ArtMadridNational Archaeological MuseumStockholmMuseum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern AntiquitiesBernGenevaMusée d'Art et d'HistoireDamascusNational Museum of DamascusTunisBardo National MuseumIstanbulTopkapı PalaceIstanbulTurkish and Islamic Arts Museum40,000IstanbulVakiflar MuseumIstanbulArchaeological MuseumIstanbulIstanbul University LibraryKyivMuseum of Western and Oriental ArtSharjahSharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization5,000OxfordAshmolean MuseumOxfordBodleian LibraryLondonBritish LibraryLondonBritish Museum40,000EdinburghEdinburgh University LibraryCambridgeFitzwilliam MuseumLondonNasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art26,000 (largest private collection)1970LondonNasser D. Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage5,000LondonRoyal Asiatic SocietyEdinburghNational Museum of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Museum)ManchesterJohn Rylands University LibraryLondonVictoria and Albert Museum19,000BaltimoreWalters Art MuseumBostonMuseum of Fine Arts116ClevelandCleveland Museum of ArtCorningCorning Museum of GlassWashington, D.C.Freer Gallery of Art2,200DallasKeir Collection (currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art)1,642Los AngelesLos Angeles County Museum of ArtNew YorkMetropolitan Museum of Art15,000New YorkNew York Public LibrarySt. LouisSaint Louis Art Museum2501904HonoluluShangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design2,5002002Washington, D.C.George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum1925SanaaNational Museum of Yemen1971

See also

Lists of museums

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