1. Egypt is rich with many museums. Here we list most of the famous museums in Egypt.
2. The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities is
considered to be one of the oldest, most
famous, and largest museums in the
world. The Egyptian Museum of
Antiquities has a long history that dates
back to the year 1825 when Mohamed
Ali Pasha, the ruler of Egypt at the time,
issued a decree to establish a museum
for the antiquities of Egypt and the first
location of the museum was in front of
the Azabakeya Lake, between the
squares of Opera and Atabba today.
3. The Coptic Museum in Cairo is located inside the ruins of the Roman Babylon Fort in Maser
El Qadema in Coptic Cairo Center, an area which is full of Coptic Churches and chapels like
the famous hanging Church and the Church of St Barbra.
4. The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is considered to be one of the largest and oldest
museums in the world. The museum hosts more than 104 thousand displays reflecting the
greatness of the Islamic civilization in Egypt and the whole Islamic world and how
flourishing it has been for a very long period of time.
5. The museum is located in the Horeya Street and. The building of the museum was the
residence of a former wood trading business man, Asa'ad Basily, who constructed his villa
which was built over an area of 3480 meters in the Italian style. The palace was a popular
gathering place for many of the high level people in the 30s and 40s of the last century.
6. The Luxor Museum is located on the East Bank of the River Nile in the city of Luxor in a
very attractive location between Karnak Temple in the North and Luxor Temple in the
South. The building of the museums 55 meters long and 29 meters wide. The facade of the
Luxor museum was designed to face the Nile.
7. The area of Nubia is located between Aswan to the North and the city of Debba in Sudan to
the South. It is strange that the name "Nubia" was never mentioned in the ancient Egyptian
language and it was first mentioned in the book called "Geographica" that was written by
the Greek historian, Strapon, who visited Nubia in the first century AD. The word Nubia is
said to be derived from the word "Nebo', or the mines of gold which Nubia was famous for
in ancient times.
8. This museum is considered one of the most interesting and remarkable art museums in
Cairo. Together with the modern art museum in the Opera House, the Mahmoud Mukhtar
Museum, and the Gezira art center, Mahmoud Khalil Museum is the most notable because
of the unique selection of art works that it hosts.
9. This museum is considered one of the most interesting and remarkable art museums in
Cairo. Together with the modern art museum in the Opera House, the Mahmoud Mukhtar
Museum, and the Gezira art center, Mahmoud Khalil Museum is the most notable because
of the unique selection of art works that it hosts.