The House of Islamic Arts in Jeddah is a museum specializing in Islamic art, located in Jeddah city, west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The museum contains Islamic artwork and artifacts that span different eras and represent various schools of art during different ages of Islamic civilization. The pieces hold both historical and cultural value.
The museum opens its doors to visitors every day from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., except Friday, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The founder of the House of Islamic Arts Museum is the Saudi businessman Saleh Bin Hamza Serafi.
Collections of the House of Islamic Arts in Jeddah
The museum contains various collections of Islamic artwork and artifacts that span different eras and represent various schools of art during different ages of Islamic civilization. The pieces hold both historical and cultural value and belong to various periods of Islamic civilization. The museum unveils the marvels of artwork achieved by the Islamic civilization across the farthest lands of China and India to the farthest lands of Morocco and Andalusia. The museum contains more than one thousand artifacts representing fifteen centuries of Islamic art history from all regions of the Islamic world. The museum also includes a collection of the rarest Islamic collections in ceramics, glass, metal, and Islamic fabrics.
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