Émile Molinier (26 April 1857 – 5 May 1906) was a 19th-century French curator and art historian.

Following his elder brother Auguste, Émile Molinier studied at the École Nationale des Chartes.

He wrote a thesis on medieval history entitled Étude sur la vie d'Ernoul, sire d'Audrehem, maréchal de France which earned him the archivist paleographer degree in 1879.

[2] He published books on stained glass, ceramics, enamels and furniture and organized major exhibitions, including the Exposition Rétrospective held at the Petit Palais in 1900.

[3] A specialist of French decorative art, he wrote the first catalog of the Wallace Collection at the time of its opening.