List of museums of Islamic art

Mosaic commemorating the refounding of Olbia by Theodora in Qasr Libya Museum.

This is a list of museums with major collections of Islamic art.

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Museum Location Country Collection size
(number of objects)		 Date of establishment Coordinates Official website
Aga Khan MuseumTorontoCanadaMore than 1,000 objects[1][2]September 18, 201443.725429°N 79.331997°Whttps://www.agakhanmuseum.org/
Museum of Islamic ArtDohaQatarhttp://www.mia.org.qa
Museum of Islamic ArtCairoEgypt103,000[3]
Turkish and Islamic Arts MuseumIstanbulTurkey40,000[4]
British MuseumLondon, EnglandUnited Kingdom40,000[5]
Tareq Rajab MuseumKuwait CityKuwait30,000[6]
Khalili Collection20,000[7]
(largest private collection)
Victoria and Albert MuseumLondon, EnglandUnited Kingdom19,000[8]vam.ac.uk
Museum of Islamic ArtBerlinGermany16,000[9]1904

www.smb.museum

Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, New YorkUnited States12,000[10]metmuseum.org
Musée du LouvreParisFrance18,000[11]2012http://www.louvre.fr/en
Benaki MuseumAthensGreece8,000[12]
David CollectionCopenhagenDenmark2,500[9]1945davidmus.dk/en
Hakim Fazlur Rahman Museum on Arts, Culture and Orientalism

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mission". Aga Khan Museum. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ↑ Mehnaz Thawer. "Aga Khan Museum Collection reflects pluralism of the Muslim world and shared human heritage". The Ismaili. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. ↑ Archived August 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Belge göster". Kultur.gov.tr. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Discover Islamic Art – Virtual Museum". Discoverislamicart.org. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  6. ↑ Nadr Rajab. "Tareq Rajab Museum". Trmkt.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  7. ↑ "Khalili". Khalili.org. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  8. ↑ "About the Asian Collections - Victoria and Albert Museum". Vam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  9. 1 2 Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (2009). "A Global Guide to Islamic Art". SaudiAramcoWorld.com.
  10. ↑ Archived August 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Les arts de l'Islam au musée du Louvre, septembre 2012- Un écrin pour les arts de l'Islam, p. 2.
  12. ↑ Archived June 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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