Museums in Cairo

Cairo has some of the most endlessly fascinating museums in the world, covering all periods of history. You could spend a lifetime in the exhilarating chaos of the Egyptian Museum alone! Whether you are into religious art or ancient history, or have a taste for the bizarre, the museums of Cairo will provide a fascinating insight into this amazing city.

The Coptic Museum

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Mar Guirguis Street
In the center of Old Cairo, across from the exit from the Mar Girgis Metro stop

Largest collection of Coptic Christian art in the world...
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Gayer-Anderson Museum

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4 Maydan Ibn Tulun
Ibn Tulun Street

Eclectic museum in beautiful home, used in James Bond film...
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Manyal Palace Museum

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1 Saray Street
Manyal

Opulent palace with bizarre, disturbing hunting museum...
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Solar Boat Museum

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Giza Pyramids Plateau

Pharaoh's cruise boat to the afterlife...
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Agricultural Museum

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Al-Sawra Street
Next to the Ministry of Agriculture

Surreal, tranquil and surprisingly engaging...
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Railway Museum

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Ramses Square
Ramsis Station

Trainspotting Heaven...
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Citadel: Military Museum

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Citadel Historic Area

Charting the History of Egyptian Warfare...
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Abdeen Palace Museum

Moustafa Abdel Raziq Street
off Abdeen Square

1001 Arabian knives...
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Citadel: Police Museum

Salah Salem Highway
The Citadel

Crime & Punishment...
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Ethnological Museum

109 Qasr el-Aini Street
Geographical Society Building

Scenes of Daily Cairene Life...
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Taha Hussein Museum

Helmiyat al-Ahram Street
(by al-Haram Street)

Tribute to the Doyen of Arabic Literature...
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Citadel: Carriage Museum

Salah Salem Highway
Citadel Historic Complex

19th-Century Luxury Vehicles...
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Museum of Ahmed Shawki

6 Ahmed Shawki Street

A Fine Tribute to a Great Poet...
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Citadel: Al-Gawhara (Jewel) Palace Museum

Citadel Historic Area

Fine Ottoman Architecture...
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