A digital museum · open to everyone
A museum for the whole story of Islam.
From the world it was born into, through fourteen centuries of faith, scholarship, art, cities, journeys and peoples, to today. Every person, place, event, idea, object and practice connected to everything around it, in time and space, for the curious of every background.
The first galleries are being built. Opening soon.
Tour / Learn, in the making
Guided pathways, step by step, toward a goal you choose, so the museum never feels too big or confusing. About 300 are being planned, and five trial pathways are open. Find out moreWhat is done and what is still waiting, in numbers: the coverage page
Nine wings
Time
Eras, timelines, this day in history, any year in the Islamic world.Place
Cities, sites and routes on a map that moves through time.People
Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.Ideas
Beliefs, concepts, sciences and schools, explained in plain words.Objects
Manuscripts, art, architecture and relics from collections worldwide.Words
Qur'an, hadith, poetry, and the languages and scripts of Muslim peoples.Living Islam
Practices, the Islamic year, festivals, food, dress and music by region.Today
Nations, institutions, data and the people of the present.Made
What Muslims make and own today: bookshops, publishers, apps, studios, brands and charities.
Five ways in
Tour / LearnIn the making
Guided pathways, step by step, toward a goal you choose. In the making.Questions
Plain answers for newcomers.Exhibits
Curated tours and stories.Screening Room
Films, series and programmes about Islam, in any language.Themes
Women, war, medicine, food, charity and 120 more, across every wing.
How we build it
- Free, with no ads, forever
- Open data and open text
- Every claim sourced
- All traditions, fairly
- Arabic and English first, more languages to come
- Written for the curious stranger