Inaugurated during the 3rd Sharjah International Arts Biennial in 1997, the Sharjah Art Museum is one of the main institutions in the Art (with a total area of 111,000 sq metres) whose mission is to enrich the cultural life for the Sharjah community and its regional, national, and international visitors through its art collections and programmes.

The museum, one of the main venues of the Sharjah Biennial, hosts the collections donated by H.H. Shaikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, the Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Spanning three floors of galleries dedicated to modern creative expression, its collection of over 300 works of art offers an amazing array of styles and interpretations created by artists from the Arab world, in a variety of media.

The Fine Art Library located at Sharjah Art Museum consists of over 4000 titles written in Arabic and English.