Description

Opened in Thornbury in 2014, Australia’s first Islamic Museum aims to foster a nuanced and realistic understanding of what it means to be an Australian Muslim.

Enveloped in its leafy, semi-industrial Thornbury location, the museum is not out of place. Equally, such is its thoughtful design, the museum would also look at home if it were in the Australian desert, amongst spinifex and atop the red earth, a place well known to the Afghan cameleers whose stories adorn its inner walls.

What's On

Join a tour or simply explore the museum freely, to learn about its contemporary Australian design and the inspiration behind the perforated corten steel façade, the reflection billabong and the calligraphic text that wraps the building’s exterior.