Artsamy for Museums

A regional home for the institutions that hold the work of the Middle East and North Africa.

A directory the region has been missing.

Artsamy is building the digital home for fine art across the Middle East and North Africa, and museums are at the centre of that. A serious regional platform without serious institutional presence is a half-built thing.

We list every notable museum in the region — public, private, and foundation-run — with a dedicated profile, current and archived exhibitions, collection highlights where shared, and cross-references to the artists and works they hold. There is no cost. Submission takes one form. The relationship is editorial, not commercial.

If your institution belongs on Artsamy, the form at the bottom of this page reaches our team.

A profile, kept current.

Every museum on Artsamy has a profile page — institutional name, location, hours, contact, leadership, mission, current exhibition, upcoming exhibitions, archive of past shows, collection highlights, and public programmes.

The page is yours. We build it from the information you share and from publicly available material; you review and approve before publish, and you can request edits at any time. Cross-links from artworks and artists in our catalogue point readers to your profile. Editorial pieces that mention your institution link back. The events calendar surfaces your shows alongside everything else happening in the region that month.

The point is simple: someone reading Artsamy — a collector, a writer, a curator, a visiting student — can find your institution, your programme, and your collection without leaving the platform.

Coverage in the region's editorial voice.

Artsamy publishes editorial across six categories — artist features, collection stories, regional context, market analysis, gallery and event coverage, and critic essays. Museums appear across all of them.

A major exhibition opening at your institution can be the subject of a feature. A new acquisition or recent gift can become a collection story. A scholarly programme or a curatorial direction can be the subject of an essay. We commission established regional art writers for these pieces; the voice is confident, considered, and read by the audience your work is for.

Coverage is editorial, not paid placement. We write about what we believe is significant. Museums on the platform are prioritised when the editorial calendar takes shape — not because of payment, but because we already have the access, the photography, and the institutional contact in place.

What we ask

Three things, kept simple.

Institutional information

Name, location, opening hours, contact details, leadership, mission, and photography of the building and key spaces. We use this to build your profile page.

Current and upcoming exhibitions

Title, dates, curators, participating artists, a short description, and high-quality images for each show. Submitted via the events form whenever a new exhibition is confirmed.

Collection highlights, when ready

A selection of works you'd like profiled on Artsamy — artist, title, year, medium, images. Optional, and can be expanded over time.

Get in touch.

The form below reaches our team directly. Tell us about your institution and what you'd like the profile to include. We respond within two business days with the next step — usually a short call followed by a draft of your profile for review.

If you represent a museum that is still being established, a foundation in formation, or a private collection moving toward public display, we'd still like to hear from you. The platform grows alongside the institutions it serves.