دار الآثار الإسلامية – Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) is a Kuwaiti cultural institution founded on February 23, 1983. It houses a private Kuwaiti art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah and his wife, Sheikha Hessa Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, the general supervisor of the institution.

It is located in Kuwait City, near the American Hospital along Arabian Gulf Street. It is temporarily housed in the American Cultural Center while the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah building at the Kuwait National Museum is being reconstructed.

Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah was established to display and manage the Al-Sabah Collection of Islamic Art, which is permanently loaned to the State of Kuwait under the supervision of the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters. The collection preserves all the hallmarks of Islamic art and comprises more than 20,000 masterpieces, ranging from China to Andalusia, covering periods from the first to the thirteenth century AH.

It also houses a specialized library with a collection of rare books dating back to the nineteenth century CE and publishes publications that highlight studies related to Islamic art and civilization.

The collection of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is uniquely diverse, including jewelry, glass, metals, textiles, ceramics, manuscripts, stone, wood, ivory, carpets, and Quranic and scientific manuscripts. The library houses a collection of rare books and references in Arabic and other languages.