Museums in Egypt
Egypt has many museums scattered throughout the country. There is no better way to learn the ancient Egyptian language than on Museum Tours' Hieroglyphic Egypt. The Egyptian Museum hosts the largest collection in the world of art and monuments from the Ancient Egyptian culture.
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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is one of the first stops on most people's itineraries when traveling to Egypt. With over 120,000 artifacts, the museum houses an incredible display depicting ancient Egypt's glorious reign. You can enjoy mummies, sarcophagi, pottery, jewellery and of course King Tutankhamen's treasures. King Tut's goodies include his socks, underwear and the boy-king's death-mask made of solid gold, described as the most beautiful object ever made. The displays are not all labelled very well and it's a little haphazard but you'll enjoy it nevertheless. A suggestion many find very well is first to take one visit in the museum. Go around to get an "overview" of all here:
- Coptic Museum, Cairo
- Museum of Islamic Art (Cairo Islamic Museum), Bab Al-Khalq, Cairo
- Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria
- Agricultural Museum, Cairo
- The Museum of Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil and his wife
- Egyptian Ethnological Museum, Gr. floor of Geographical Society Building, Cairo
- Higher Institute of Folklore Museum, Egyptian Society for Folk
- Gawhara (Jewel) Palace/ Qasr al-Gawhara Museum/ Bijou Palace In Citadel, Cairo
- Mohamed Nagi Museum/Nagy Art Museum, Haram, Giza, Cairo
- Royal Carriage Museum, Bulaq Museum, Citadel, Cairo
- Saad Zaghloul Museum - A visit to the home of Egypt’s great leader - Saad Zaghloul In Munira, Cairo
- Ahmed Shawky Museum - Giza, Cairo
- Solar Boat Museum/Khufu Boat Museum next to the Great Pyramid, Giza, Cairo
- Egyptian Railway Museum/Cairo Railway Museum, Ramses Square, Cairo
- Al Matariya Obelisk Museum, Qulubiya, Cairo
- National Naval Museum at Qaitbay Fort (Citadel), Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria, Alexandria
- Al Muntazah (Montaza) Palace Museum and Gardens, Alexandria
- Hydrobiological Institute and Museum, near Fort Qaitbey, Citadel, Alexandria, Egypt - collection of fish and marine life
- Elephantine Island Museum (Aswan Museum)/Ruins of Abu, Next to the Nilometer, Aswan
- Luxor Museum of Ancient Art and the Nubia Museum of Aswan
- Taha Hussein Museum or Ramatan, Giza
- Mansoura National Museum (Dar Ibn Loqman), Mansoura, Dakahliya
- Tanis (San El-Hagar) Museum, closest to the ruined city of Tanis, San el-Hagar, Cairo
- Mahmoud Saeed Museum, Mahmoud Saeed Center, Alexandria
- Abdeen Palace Museum, Abdeen Square, Cairo
- Ismailia Museum, Al-Afareng, Ismailia
- Museum of Islamic Ceramics/ Prince Amr Ibrahim's palace (Qasr Ali Ibrahim)/ Islamic Pottery Museum, Zamalek , Cairo
- Gazirah Museum/The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Midan El Tahrir (Tahrir square), Cairo
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), next to National Cultural Centre, El Fustat, Cairo
- Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)/Giza Museum, Giza, Cairo
- Egyptian Museum /Cairo Egyptian Museum
- Port Said National Museum/The Museum of Modern Art In Port Said
- Malawi Monuments Museum/Malawi Archaeological Museum, El-Minya
- The New Valley Museum/Kharga Cultural Heritage Museum (Al Wadi El Gedid), El-Kharga, The New Valley, west of the Nile valley
- Museum of Modern Egyptian Art in Port Said, Opposite the Opera House, Cairo and Nile Delta
- Tanta Museum of Archeology, Tanta, El Gharbia
- Cairo International Airport (CAI) Museum, Nozha, Cairo
- Rosetta (Rashid) National Museum, Gomhoreya Square, Rosetta
- Ras El Tin Palace To the west of the Qaitbay Fort, Alexandria
- Egyptian Post Office Museum (Postal Museum), Cairo
- Seif and Adham Wanly Egyptian Art Collection (Hussein Sobhy Museum), Alexandria University, Opera House, Cairo
- Helwan Corner Museum (Farouq's Corner Museum)
Located at the end of the Nile Corniche at the entrance of Helwan
Tel. +20-2-3405198, 783573 - Manastirli Palace and the Nilometer
Southern end of Rawdah, Cairo
Manyal Palace Museum
1 Saray St. - Manial, Cairo
Tel. +20-2-987495
Total Objects : 31934 - Military Museum
Citadel Historic Area, Citadel, Cairo 11211 Egypt
Tel. +20-2-5129619 - Mukhtar Museum
Al-Tahrir Street, Gazirah, near Galaa Bridge, Dokki, Cairo
Tel. +20-2-3402519
Total Objects : 198 - Musafir-Khana
Darb at-Tablawi,Gamaliyyah, behind the Mosque of Sayyidna Hussayn, Qasr el-Shawk, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. +20-2-920472 - Museum of the People's Assembly
Meglis ash-Shaab Building, Meglis ash-Shaab St.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/assembly/html/assembly1.htm - Mustafa Kamil Museum (Museo de Mustafa Kamel)
Maydan Salah ad-Din (fortress-field Salahuddin), below the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. +20-2-919943
Total Objects : 152 - Hadiqat al-Asmak Museum
Gabalaya St, Hadiqat al-Asmak , Zamalek , Egypt - Palace Of Royal Jelewries (Kasr al Mogawharat al-Malakiya)
Zizinia - East Zone - Aquatic Environment Museum
Sharm el-sheikh, Om El Sid Hill, Cairo, Egypt
Telephone: +20(69)660900 - Bayet Aisha Fahmi (Mogamaa El-Fonoon)
Maahad el-Swissry St , Zamalek , Egypt
Tel. +20-2-3408211 - Hariya Razna and Ahmed Urabi Museum
Hariya Razna , Zaqaziq , Egypt
Tel. +20-55-322373
Total Objects: 14 - Donshway Museum
Donshway museum that is found in El-Khaleda city which started the first attacks against the British invaders in 1906. The museum contains many pictures and historical documents.
Total Objects: 165 - Menia Museum
Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, Faculty of Fine Art, El-Menia University, Menia, Egypt
Cairo Tourist Office
Address: Misr Travel Tower, Abbassia Square, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +20 (0) 2 285 4509 or +20 (0) 2 284 1970
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