List of museums of Islamic art

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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
Australia	Melbourne	Islamic Museum of Australia
Austria	Vienna	Austrian National Library
Austria	Vienna	Kunsthistorisches Museum
Austria	Vienna	Museum of Applied Arts
Austria	Vienna	Weltmuseum Wien
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	Bamberg	Universitätsmuseum für Islamische Kunst	7,000	2008
Germany	Berlin	Islamic Art Museum	16,000	1904
Germany	Cologne	Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Germany	Dresden	Dresden Museum of Ethnology
Germany	Düsseldorf	Hetjens-Museum [de]
Germany	Hamburg	Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Germany	Karlsruhe	Badisches Landesmuseum
Germany	Leipzig	Leipzig Museum of Ethnography
Germany	Munich	Museum Five Continents
Germany	Stuttgart	Linden Museum
Greece	Athens	Benaki Museum	8,000
Iran	Kashmar	Hassan Modarres Museum	200	2004
Iran	Isfahan	Museum of Decorative Arts, Isfahan	3,000	1995
Iran	Mashhad	Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum		1937
Iran	Tehran	Abgineh Museum of Tehran
Iran	Tehran	Calligraphy Museum of Iran	200	2017
Iran	Tehran	Carpet Museum		1978
Iran	Tehran	Dafineh Museum		1997
Iran	Tehran	Gulistan Museum
Iran	Tehran	Malek National Museum and Library	19,000	1996
Iran	Tehran	Museum of Decorative Arts
Iran	Tehran	Museum of the Islamic Era		1996
Iran	Tehran	Reza Abbasi Museum		1977
Iran	Shiraz	Pars Museum		1936
Iran	Qom	Hazrat Ma'soomeh Holy Shrine Museum		1935
Iraq	Baghdad	Iraq Museum
Ireland	Dublin	Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery	6,100
Israel	Jerusalem	The Museum for Islamic Art		1974
Italy	Florence	Bardini Museum
Italy	Venice	Treasury of St. Mark's
Italy	Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Italy	Palermo	Museum of Islamic Art
Jordan	Al-Mazār al-Janūbī	Al-Mazar Islamic Museum		1973
Kuwait	Kuwait	Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah	20,000
Kuwait	Kuwait	Kuwait National Museum
Kuwait	Kuwait	Tareq Rajab Museum	30,000
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Islamic Arts Museum	10,000
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 [fr]
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	Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum	40,000
Turkey	Istanbul	Vakiflar Museum
Turkey	Istanbul	Archaeological Museum
Turkey	Istanbul	Istanbul University Library
Ukraine	Kyiv	Museum of Western and Oriental Art
United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	5,000
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 of Islamic Art	28,000 (largest private collection)	1970
United Kingdom	London	Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage	4,500
United Kingdom	London	Royal Asiatic Society
United Kingdom	Edinburgh	National Museum of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Museum)
United Kingdom	Manchester	John Rylands University Library
United Kingdom	London	Victoria and Albert Museum	19,000
USA	Baltimore	Walters Art Museum
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	2,200
USA	Dallas	Keir Collection (currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art)
USA	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
USA	New York	Metropolitan Museum of Art	15,000
USA	New York	New York Public Library
USA	Honolulu	Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design	2,500	2002
USA	Washington, D.C.	George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum		1925
Yemen	Sana'a	National Museum of Yemen		1971

See also

• Lists of museums

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