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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Egyptian Military museum | Cairo | Citadel | 1938 | ||||
| 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 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 [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.