5 Top Islamic Art Collections in the USA

MUTUAL ART.COM
By Christine Bednarz

With art from the Islamic world currently in the spotlight of this world-renowned museum, MutualArt surveys which institutions in the United States hold substantial Islamic art collections. Islamic art provides perhaps the most accessible expression of the complex civilization. A visit to Islamic galleries of a museum can provide a step towards penetrating the history of a religion and a culture that are often covered in the news but are hardly understood. From the east coast to the west, here are five American museums with preeminent Islamic art collections: [link]

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art | NYC
2. Freer and Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian | DC
3. Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University | MA
4. Detroit Institute of Arts | MI
5. Los Angeles County Museum of Art | CA