Qatar Museums

Qatar Museums is the public body that runs the country's museums, heritage sites, public art and cultural festivals. Founded in 2005, it is based in offices on Museum Park Street in Doha. Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani chairs it, and Mohammed Saad Al Rumaihi is chief executive.

Its museums are the National Museum of Qatar, the Museum of Islamic Art, the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. It also runs two exhibition spaces, QM Gallery Al Riwaq and QM Gallery Katara. Its creative hubs include Fire Station: Artist in Residence, the photography platform Tasweer, M7, Liwan Design Studios and Labs and Design Doha.

Beyond its buildings, Qatar Museums commissions public sculpture and murals and protects archaeological sites such as Al Zubarah. It is developing the Art Mill Museum for modern and contemporary art, due to open in 2030, and the Lusail Museum. In November 2026 it launches Rubaiya Qatar, a quadrennial of contemporary art spread across several venues.