Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is one of the finest museums of Islamic art in Asia, a beautifully designed, light-filled building in Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens area, near the National Mosque. Its galleries span the breadth of the Islamic world, from the Middle East to China and Southeast Asia: exquisite Qur'an manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, arms and armour, jewellery, and intricate architectural models of the world's great mosques (including a scale Masjid al-Haram). The domed interiors, themselves richly decorated, are part of the pleasure.

It's calm, world-class, and often uncrowded, a refreshing, air-conditioned cultural highlight. The museum café and gift shop are well regarded, and its location near the National Mosque, Bird Park, and Lake Gardens makes for an easy combined morning.

Don't miss

• World-class Islamic art from across the Muslim world
• Exquisite Qur'an manuscripts and calligraphy
• The Architecture Gallery's scale mosque models
• Richly decorated domes and interiors
• Ceramics, textiles, arms, and jewellery

Tickets & tours

Ways to visit Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

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Know before you go

• Don't miss the Architecture Gallery's scale models of the world's great mosques.
• It's often peaceful and uncrowded, a calm, air-conditioned highlight.
• The building's decorated domes are an attraction in themselves.
• Combine with the National Mosque, Bird Park, and Lake Gardens nearby.

A bit of history

Opened in 1998, the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia was established to house and showcase Islamic art and artefacts from across the Muslim world, becoming the largest such museum in Southeast Asia and a leading cultural institution in Kuala Lumpur.