List of museums in Egypt
Egypt has one of the oldest civilizations in the world.[1] Thus, it has been in contact with many other civilizations and nations and also has been through so many eras, starting from pre-historic age to the modern age, passing through so many ages such as; Pharonic, Roman, Greek, Islamic and many other ages. Because of this wide variation of ages and the continuous contact with other nations, many museums may be found in Egypt, covering a wide area of these ages.
Following is a sortable list of museums in Egypt.
Name | Arabic-language native name | City | Type | Year established | Official website | Coordinates | |
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Abdeen Palace Museum | قصر عابدين | Cairo | 1863 | 30°02′30″N 31°14′54″E / 30.04167°N 31.24833°E / 30.04167; 31.24833 | |||
Agricultural Museum | Cairo | agriculture | 1930 | ||||
Ahmed Shawki Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Alexandria National Museum | Alexandria | ||||||
Al Minya Museum | |||||||
Al-Alemein War Museum | |||||||
Aswan Museum | Elephantine | 1912 | 24°05′5″N 32°53′12″E / 24.08472°N 32.88667°E / 24.08472; 32.88667 | ||||
Bayt al-Kritliyya | Cairo | ||||||
Bayt Al-Suhaymi | Cairo | ||||||
Beit El-Umma (House of the People) | Cairo | ||||||
Beshtak Palace | Cairo | ||||||
Carriage Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Child Museum | Cairo | children's | 1985 | ||||
Coptic Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Denshway Museum | al-Minufiyah | ||||||
Egyptian Geological Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Egyptian Military museum | Cairo | Citadel | 1938 | ||||
Egyptian Museum | Cairo | Ancient Egypt Antiquities | |||||
Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Gayer-Anderson Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Gezira Center for Modern Art (also known as the Egyptian Modern Art Museum) | Cairo | contemporary and modern art | |||||
Graeco-Roman Museum | Alexandria | 1892 | grm.gov.eg | ||||
Hurghada Museum | Hurghada | 2020 | https://hurghadamuseum.com/ | ||||
Imhotep Museum | Saqqara | 2006 | |||||
Ismaïlia Museum | Ismaïlia | archaeology | 1932 | ||||
Karanis Site Museum | Faiyum | archaeology | |||||
Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace) | Cairo | ||||||
Kharga Museum | El Kharga | ||||||
Library of Alexandria Museum | Alexandria | ||||||
Luxor Museum | Luxor | ||||||
Manyal Palace | Cairo | ||||||
Marine Museum | Hurghada | ||||||
Mellaoui Museum | |||||||
Military Museum | Port Said | ||||||
Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum | Giza | 1962 | |||||
Mohamed Nagy Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Mukhtar Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Mummification Museum | Luxor | 1997 | |||||
Museum of Egyptian Railways | Cairo | ||||||
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo | Cairo | ||||||
Museum of Islamic Ceramics | Cairo | ||||||
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization | Cairo | 2017 | |||||
Museum of Modern Art in Egypt | Port Said | contemporary and modern art | 1995 | ||||
National Museum of Sharqeya [2] | Herriat Raznah | archaeology | 1973 | ||||
Nubian Museum | Aswan | 1997 | 41°23′37″N 2°09′53″E / 41.39361°N 2.16472°E / 41.39361; 2.16472 | ||||
Om Kalthoum Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Grand Egyptian Museum | Giza | ||||||
Postal Museum | Cairo | ||||||
Qasr Al-Eini Museum | Cairo | medical | 1998 | ||||
Ramses Wessa Wassef Art Center | |||||||
Royal Jewelry Museum | Alexandria | art and history | 1986 | ||||
Taha Hussein Museum | Cairo | historic house | |||||
Museum in the University of Al-Zagazig [3] | Zagazig | archaeology | 1981 |
References
- ^ "Egypt History Archives - AncientHistoryLists". AncientHistoryLists. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ Bakr, Mohamed I., Brandl, Helmut, Kalloniatis, Faye (eds.): Egyptian Antiquities from the Eastern Nile Delta. = ʾĀṯār misrīya (= Museums in the Nile Delta. Vol. 2). Opaion, Cairo/Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-045318-2
- ^ Bakr, Mohamed I., Brandl, Helmut, and Kalloniatis, Faye (eds.): Egyptian Antiquities from Kufur Nigm and Bubastis = ʾĀṯār misrīya (= Museums in the Nile Delta. Vol. 1). Opaion, Cairo/Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-033509-9.
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Museums in Egypt
- Egyptian National Military Museum
- Abdeen Palace Museum
- Agricultural Museum
- Ahmed Shawki Museum
- Alexandria National Museum
- Alexandria Aquarium Museum
- Al Minya Museum
- Al-Alemein War Museum
- Ashmunein open air museum
- Aswan Museum
- Bayt Al-Suhaymi
- Beit El-Umma (House of the People)
- Beni Suef Museum
- Beshtak Palace
- Cairo Aquarium Museum
- Cairo Zoologica Museum
- Carriage Museum
- Child Museum
- Constantine P. Cavafy museum in Alexandria
- Coptic Museum
- Denshway Museum
- Egyptian Geological Museum
- Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum
- Gayer-Anderson Museum
- Gezira Center for Modern Art
- Graeco-Roman Museum
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Imhotep Museum
- Ismaïlia Museum
- Karanis Site Museum
- Karnak open air museum
- Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace)
- Kharga Museum
- Library of Alexandria Museum
- Luxor Museum
- Manyal Palace
- Marine Museum
- Mallawi Museum
- Memphis open air museum
- Military Museum
- Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum
- Mohamed Nagy Museum
- Mukhtar Museum
- Mummification Museum
- Egyptian Museum
- Museum of Egyptian Railways
- Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
- Museum of Islamic Ceramics
- Museum of Modern Art in Egypt
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Nubian Museum
- Oceanographic museum in Alexandria
- Om Kalthoum Museum
- Pharaonic Village
- Postal Museum
- Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace
- Princess Fatma Al-Zahra' Palace museum
- Qasr Al-Eini Museum
- Ramses Wessa Wassef Art Center
- Adam Henein Museum
- Royal Jewelry Museum
- Taha Hussein Museum
- Underwater museum in Alexandria