Prophet Mohammad Museum

The Prophet Muhammad Museum is a museum about Muhammad in Amman, Jordan. The museum was opened on 15 May 2012 at the King Hussein Mosque in Al Hussein Public Parks in Amman, with King Abdullah II of Jordan officiating.[1]

Prophet Mohammad Museum
متحف النبي محمد

Established	2012
Location	Al Hussein Public Parks Amman Jordan
Type	Religious museum

The museum includes some of Muhammad's belongings, including a single hair from his beard and his letter to the emperor of Byzantium, in which he urged him to convert to Islam. It also includes a sapling of the tree under which Muhammad rested on his way to the Levant for trade in the pre-Islamic era. The tree is located in the badia region.

References

"King opens Prophet Museum in Amman". Jordan News Agency (PETRA). 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

Major collections of Islam-related materials
Asia	Afghanistan (Museum of Islamic Art) Bahrain (Beit Al Quran) India (Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences) Indonesia (Bayt Al Quran & Museum Istiqlal) Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era) Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum) Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, The Museum for Islamic Art) Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum) Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum) Malaysia (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Islamic Heritage Museum, Kelantan Islamic Museum, Malay and Islamic World Museum, Melaka Al-Quran Museum, Melaka Islamic Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum, Sabah Museum) Maldives (National Museum) Pakistan (Multan Museum, National Museum of Pakistan) Philippines (Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts) Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar, Qatar National Museum) Saudi Arabia (Dar al-Madinah Museum, Mecca Museum) Singapore (Asian Civilisations Museum) Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum) Turkey (Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)
Africa	Egypt (Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Ceramics) Libya (Islamic Museum of Tripoli, Red Castle Museum) Morocco (Majorelle Garden, Marrakech Museum) Tunisia (Bardo National Museum, Mahdia Museum, National Museum of Islamic Art)
Europe	Denmark (David Collection) France (Arab World Institute, Louvre) Germany (Islamic Art Museum) Greece (Benaki Museum) United Kingdom (British Museum, Burrell Collection, Khalili Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum)
Americas	Canada (Aga Khan Museum) United States (America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, Shangri La (Doris Duke))
Oceania	Australia (Islamic Museum of Australia)
Others	Online (Museum with No Frontiers)
Part of Islamic arts

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Prophet Mohammad Museum

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