Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is a cultural organisation based on a Kuwaiti private art collection owned by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed al Sabah (1948 – 2020), founder of The al-Sabah Collection and his wife, DAI director general and co-founder Sheikha Hussa Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.
Since its inception, DAI has grown from a single focus organisation to an internationally recognised cultural institution. DAI’s main activities include:

• An annual Cultural Season (lectures, music concerts, forum, workshops, children’s programme, quarterly magazine/journal, quarterly newsletter, cultural expeditions)
• Travelling exhibitions and loans
• The research and publication of scholarly books
• Conservation training programmes
• Research and excavation projects

While the rehabilitation project of DAI’s buildings at the Qibla Cultural District is underway, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah operates in two locations; the Amricani Cultural Centre (ACC) and the Yarmouk Cultural Centre.