Visiting The Museum
Saturday – Thursday:09:00 AM – 13:00 PM & 16:30 PM – 20:30PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 13:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission isKD3 for adults, KD1.5 for anyone under 18 andfree for children under 6.
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Visiting The Museum
Saturday – Thursday:09:00 AM – 13.00 PM & 16:30 PM – 20:30PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 13:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission isKD3 for adults, KD1.5 for anyone under 18 andfree for children under 6.
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Visiting the Museum
Saturday – Thursday:09:00 AM – 13:00 PM & 16:30 PM – 20:30PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 13:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission isKD3 for adults, KD1.5 for anyone under 18 andfree for children under 6.
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Welcome To The Tareq Rajab Museum
Established in 1980 by Tareq S. Rajab and Jehan S. Rajab, the Tareq Rajab Museum houses a collection of over thirty thousand items collected over the last sixty years, of which approximately ten thousand are on permanent display. While the museum is often referred to as a single entity, its collections are displayed across two nearby locations. The “Tareq Rajab Museum“, is the original museum founded in 1980 and is home to the collections of Islamic manuscripts, ceramics, glass, metalwork including the Bronze Door of Sultan Barquq, Islamic arms and armour, a large collection of silver folk jewellery, textiles, embroideries, costumes, musical instruments and orientalist artwork. In contrast, the “Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy“, which was founded in 2007, displays a range of mediums for Arabic script including manuscripts by famous calligraphers and scientists such as Yaqut Al-Musta’simi, Sheikh Hamdullah Al-Amasi, Ya’qub Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi and Qusta Ibn Luqa Al-Ba’albaki, contemporary calligraphy and art, as well as decorated ceramics, metalwork, glass and textiles, such as four Burqa’s (curtains of the Holy Ka’aba’s door) located at the centre of the museum and a curtain from the inside of the shrine of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) in Medina.
Featured Galleries
Built by Tareq Nader Rajab in 2023, the Hattin diorama recreates the famous "Battle of Hattin" through the use of 3500 hand painted miniatures. The terrain is a faithful recreation of the site of the battle on the Horns of Hattin and tells the story of Saladin's greatest victory.
The Gold Room displays gold jewellery from both pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. While the museum is home to pre-Islamic piece's that originate from the Himalayan region, the majority originate from the Middle East, influencing later craft development in the Islamic world.
The museum houses an extensive range of textiles, embroideries and costumes, with examples from Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Ottoman Turkey. Noteworthy examples include a number of Coptic weavings (5th century AD) and early Islamic pieces (8th century AD) from the Tiraz workshops of the Islamic court.
