Museums in Egypt

The Egyptian National Museum contains unique exhibits from prehistoric times to the 3rd century and also has a notable Department of Antiquities. There are many specialized museums in Egypt, including the Coptic Museum, devoted to the history of the Christian Coptics. The Museum of Islamic Art displays arts from the different Islamic eras that Egypt passed through including the Fatimid, Turkish and Persian periods. The Greco-Roman Museum’s collection covers the period from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD, and it is a record of civilization in the process of change as religions merged and society evolved.
 
The Agricultural Museum was founded to record the history of agriculture from prehistoric to modern times. The State Museum of Modern Art, Islamic Archaeological Museum, Railway Museum and Cotton Museum are also located in Cairo. Several former royal palaces have been transformed into museums, including the Al-Gawhara Palace in Cairo, Ras at-Tin Palace in Alexandria, and Al-Montazah Palace in Montazah-Alexandria.
 
The Kasr El Manial Museum narrates the history of medicine in the Arab Machreq. The Luxor Museum houses, among other treasures, grave goods from the tomb of Tutankhamen. The Nubia Museum in Answa (http://www.numibia.net/nubia/intro.htm) preserves the monuments of Egyptian Nubia. Further, the Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria was once the palace of Fatma Al-Zahra and houses major jewelry pieces and acquisitions of the Mohammad Ali dynasty. The Grand Eygytian Museum (aka the Giza Museum) is scheduled to be built by 2013.
 
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The Egyptian National Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)2 25 78 24 52
Telephone: +20 (0)2 25 79 69 48      
Fax: +20 (0)2 57 96 97
The Coptic Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)2 23 63 97 42
Telephone: +20 (0)2 23 62 87 66
Agricultural Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)2 37 61 67 85
Telephone: +20 (0)2 37 61 68 74
Telephone: +20 (0)2 33 37 29 33
The Luxor Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)95 238 02 69
Telephone (Mobile): +20 (0)10 670 36 38
The Nubia Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)97 231 92 22      
Telephone: +20 (0)97 231 91 11      
The Royal Jewel Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)3 582 83 48
The Railway Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: +20 (0)2 25 76 37 93      
Museum of Islamic Art (Egypt)
Hours: 9 a m to 4 p m except Fridays 9.30 a m till 11 30 a m and 1.30 p m until 4 p m
For information : +23901520.
Kasr El Manial Museum – Manial Palace in Cairo (Egypt)
Telephone: 02/2368749
The Grand Egyptian Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: (202) 386 59 17 - 386 59 11 –
Fax: 386 58 71
E-mail: gem1@idsc.gov.eg
The Cotton Museum (Egypt)
Telephone: 360-8682
Museum of Egyptian Modern Art (Egypt)
Telephone: 736 6667
Telephone: 27366667, 27366665
The Museum of Islamic Art (Egypt)
Telephone: 390 9930