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Boy king Tutankhamun's gold and lapis-lazuli burial-mask and coffin are highlights of the Egyptian Museum in Downtown Cairo. With over 120,000 antiquities, covering centuries of ancient…
The impressive Abdeen Palace in Cairo is now a museum complex. It houses the Silver Museum, Royal Family Museum, Presidential Gifts Museum, Historical Documents Museum and the striking Arms…
Located between Karnak and Luxor temples, Luxor Museum has small but exquisite collections of pottery, jewellery, furniture, statues and stelae from the Theban temples and necropolis. Among…
Luxor's Mummification Museum is the only one of its kind in the world, housing around 150 relics of both human and animal mummies. A statue of Anubis, the jackal-god who presided over the…
Housed in a mansion built for Mohammed Ali's granddaughter Princess Fatima el-Zaharaa, the Royal Jewellery Museum in Alexandria displays rare paintings, statues, decorations and a vast…
Aswan's Nubia Museum is the result of a UNESCO-led project that salvaged items from the 1960s inundation, after the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The stunning collection of exhibits…
More than an archive of Coptic history, the Coptic Museum offers a case study in the formative years of the major religion. It houses the world's most important collection of Coptic art…
El Alamein War Museum was opened in 1956 as a memorial to the two pivotal battles fought here during the Second World War. Displays feature army tanks, various military weapons and photos…
Honouring Egypt's - and probably the Arab world's - best-known singer, the small Umm Kulsoum Museum in Rhoda has photographs and memorabilia of her life. A short film portrays her early life…
In Cairo's Zamalek area, the Gezira Art Center houses a museum, five galleries, cinema, lecture theatre and an open-air theatre. More than 10,000 artworks represent the development of the…
Housed in the Gezira Art Center complex, Cairo's Islamic Ceramic Museum exhibits around 300 objects dating from the 10th to the 19th centuries. The impressive Islamic architecture of the venue…
Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art has a rich collection of antiquities from the 7th century AD through to the end of the Ottoman period (1849). Ceramics, glass, manuscripts and textiles represent…
Cairo's Townhouse Gallery promotes contemporary Arab arts both within the region and internationally through several exhibits. The three-floor building also stages weekly film screenings…
