Beit Al Quran, Museum and mosque in Hoora, Bahrain

Beit Al Quran is a multi-purpose Islamic complex in Hoora, Bahrain, comprising a museum with ten exhibition halls, a mosque, a library, an auditorium and a madrasa. Its exterior follows a 12th-century mosque style, and a large stained glass dome covers the grand hall and mosque. The mihrab is clad in blue ceramic tiles engraved with the Al Kursi verse.

A private collector founded this cultural complex in 1990 to bring together his collection of Quranic manuscripts in one location. It became the first institution of its kind dedicated entirely to preserving and presenting such texts.

The name means House of the Quran. In the main hall, six marble plaques carry the verse "those who hasten in good works" and each bears the name of a Gulf Cooperation Council leader who gave private money to build the complex. During Ramadan the mosque hosts tarawih prayers followed by recitations by guests from across the Arab and Islamic world.

The complex opens Saturday to Wednesday, 9am to noon and 4pm to 6pm. The museum's ten halls occupy two floors, with the Al Furqan library on the second floor of the Al Hayat Museum building. The library keeps individual rooms for researchers, and internet access is available during working hours.

The collection holds around 50,000 books in multiple languages, including texts from the seventh century written on parchment. These materials serve as a research resource for scholars studying Islamic writings and their development over time.