The museum collects and preserves various Islamic artworks from all over the world. The museum's collections come from different cultures on three continents, spanning the 7th century to the 19th century.
The collection of art on display in the museum spans the 18th to 19th centuries, not only from the entire Islamic world, but also from countries such as India and Spain that were influenced by Islamic art. Also on display are metal products, pottery, jewelry, wood carvings, textiles, ivory products, Islamic calligraphy, classical books and some portraits. The museum has a collection of at least 4,500 items, but only 850 items are on display at any one time.
The most outstanding of all the collections is a 9th-century white ceramic bowl from Iraq with an inscription in Kubic cobalt blue script. There is also a 10th-century bronze fountain head in the shape of an ewe, which may have been placed in the courtyard of an Andalusian palace. In addition, there are brass astrolabes (made in Iran or Iraq between 984 and 986 AD), which are used as calculation tools to observe astronomy, stars and geography, and can also help people determine the direction towards the holy city of Mecca. The most rare and rare thing is a red silk carpet made in the 14th or 15th century. It is called Timur's chessboard garden carpet. It was a favorite item of Timur, the Islamic ruler who loved chess games. It is very rare and rare. Additionally, there is a court emerald amulet from the Mughal Empire in India from 1696. The preparation of the entire museum took 10 years.
The former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, who was invited to be a consultant on the project, told the Financial Times: "The collection here may not be as large as the Louvre in France or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States. , however, the quality of its collection is astonishing, and it is considered a top collection anywhere."