List of museums in Egypt

Egypt has one of the oldest civilizations in the world. 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.

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Name	Arabic-language native name	City	Type	Year established	Official website	Coordinates
Abdeen Palace Museum	قصر عابدين	Cairo		1863		30°02′30″N 31°14′54″E / 30.04167°N 31.24833°E
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
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
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
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
Egyptian Military museum		Cairo	Citadel	1938
Military Museum		Port Said
Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum		Giza		1962
Mohamed Nagy Museum		Cairo
Mukhtar Museum		Cairo
Mummification Museum		Luxor		1997
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (also known as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum)		Cairo
Museum of Egyptian Railways		Cairo
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo		Cairo
Museum of Islamic Ceramics		Cairo
Museum of Modern Art in Egypt		Port Said	contemporary and modern art	1995
National Museum of Sharqeya [1]		Herriat Raznah	archaeology	1973
Nubian Museum		Aswan		1997		41°23′37″N 2°09′53″E / 41.39361°N 2.16472°E
Om Kalthoum Museum		Cairo
Pharaonic Village		Jacob Island, 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 [2]		Zagazig	archaeology	1981

References

1. 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
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.

See also

• Culture of Egypt
• List of museums