International Museum of Muslim Cultures

The International Museum of Muslim Cultures is located within the Mississippi Arts Center, The museum is dedicated to educating the public about Islamic History and Culture. Exhibits reveal contributions Muslims have made to the city of Jackson and the South and educate the public about the diversity of the area's cultural and religious heritage.

In December 2000 a group of Jackson, Mississippi, area Muslims identified the need for the development of a national museum to educate the public about Islamic history and culture and the contributions of Muslims to world civilization. The founders also sought to increase citizens’ understanding and appreciation of the richness of Mississippi’s diverse cultural and religious heritage and the role that Muslims have played in the state’s history and development. The Museum opened in April 2001 with a major exhibition, Islamic Moorish Spain: Its Legacy to Europe and the West, that was featured concurrently with The Majesty of Spain, an international exhibition that ran for six months in Jackson at the Mississippi Arts Pavilion, less than a block away.