1 cities · 3 museums
Best Museums in Qatar
Independent visitor guides with admission, hours, and collection highlights.
Quick answer
World Museum Guide covers 3 museums in Qatar across 1city — including Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar — with admission prices, opening hours, and highlights for each. 2 of them offer always-free standard admission.
Planning your visit
How many museums are in Qatar?
World Museum Guide covers 3 museums in Qatar — 2 with free standard admission.
What are the best museums in Qatar?
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar.
Are museums in Qatar free?
2 museums offer always-free standard admission. Special exhibitions may require separate tickets.
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Doha
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art opened in 2010 in Doha's Education City, housed in a former school building redesigned by French architect Jean-François Bodin. It holds the world's largest specialised collection of modern and contemporary Arab art.
Doha
Museum of Islamic Art
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.
Doha
National Museum of Qatar
Designed by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2019, the National Museum of Qatar is composed of 539 interlocking discs evoking the desert rose mineral formation. The original royal palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani stands at its heart.