A national museum in development dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the lived experiences of Muslims in America and across the world — not through politics or theology, but through the universal human experiences that connect us all.
Recording stories before they disappear.
Creating opportunities for people to see themselves in one another.
Helping communities understand that every story contributes to our shared American story.
Instead of asking,
“What objects should we collect?”
we ask,
Whose stories are missing from the American Record?
Instead of beginning with artifacts, we begin with people — celebrating everyday lives whose experiences reveal extraordinary resilience, creativity, compassion, and belonging.
Every space is designed to build empathy through human experience — not to display it from a distance.
Step into breathtaking environments where personal stories, history, and art come to life through 360° projection and sound.
Listen directly to people share their journeys in their own voices — across generations, regions, and walks of life.
Explore, touch, and engage with digital stories, maps, and timelines that reveal connections across cultures, continents, and centuries.
Find moments to pause, reflect, and connect — with stories, with others, and with yourself.
The Museum of Muslim Stories seeks to become the nation’s leading institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing Muslim American lived experiences — ensuring that future generations inherit a more complete understanding of the American story.
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When I take my granddaughter to the museum someday, I want her to see herself in the story of this country. I want her to know that our history is part of American history.
— A Founding Storyteller
In Service Of
For the visitor who discovers that someone they thought was different is, in many ways, just like them. Because when we preserve one community’s stories with dignity, we deepen our understanding of our shared humanity.
This museum cannot be built by one organization. We are seeking founding partners to help shape the earliest collections, methodologies, and public engagement that will guide its long-term development — through funding, expertise, institutional relationships, or introductions that open doors we can’t open alone.
Fund the story archive, the traveling exhibition, and the road to a permanent museum.
Bring expertise in museums, technology, law, or cultural stewardship to shape how it is built.
Universities, cultural institutions, and archives that extend our reach and credibility.
Introductions to storytellers, communities, funders, or collaborators we haven’t reached yet.
Let us preserve living memory — together.
