Egypt Museums
Egypt is rich with many museums, in fact there are more than 34 museums all over Egypt, and they are divided into:
1- Egypt National Museum:
They usually have collections from a specific period, or part of the Ancient Egyptian history
Such as:
The Egyptian Museum
The Coptic Museum
The Islamic Museum
The National Museum of Alexadria
The Nubian museum
2- Local Museum:
They are mostly located in the capital of a local province. They usually have a collection of antiquities that have been found within the borders of the area
Such as:
Elephantine Island Museum
Luxor Museum
Museum of Mellowi
Menia Museum
Beni Seuf Museum
New Valley Museum
Ismalia Museum:
Port Said Museum:
Tanta Museum
3- Contemporary Museums:
They exhibit relics from the era of Mohamed Ali and his family
Such as:
Mohamed Ali Basha Museum in Shoubra
Prince Mohamed Ali at Manial palace:
Museum of Gayer Anderson
Elguhara Palace Museum
Royal Chariots Museum at the Citadel
Royal Chariots Museum at Boulak
Police Museum
Royal jewellery Museum at Alexandria
4- Site Museums:
They are usually attached to specific sites, and are small in size. They exhibit the artefacts that have been found around the archaeological site, instead of keeping the finds in a local antiquities store
Such as:
Tanis Museum (San EL Hagar)
Karnis Museum (Kom Oushim)
Solar boat Museum (southern side of Khufu's Pyramid)
5- Theme and other miscellaneous Museums:
These museums were built to exhibit a particular type of artefact
Such as:
The Nubian Museum
The Maritime Museum
The Military Museum.
Agricultural Museum
Islamic Pottery Museum










