Egyptian Museums

Egypt is rich with many museums, in fact there are more than 34 museums all over Egypt, and they are divided into:

1- National Museum:

They usually have collections from a specific period, or part of the Ancient Egyptian history

Such as:

• The Egyptian Museum:

In 1834 Mohamed Ali decreed an administration for the antiquities. He also ordered constituting the first museum in Al-Azbaquia. In 1858, August Mariette was in charge of the Egyptian Antiquities Institution and he built a museum in Bulaq, which opened in1863.

In 1891, the antiquities were transferred from Bulaq to the Palace of Giza (Saray El-Giza). In 1902 the present museum was built. It has about 120,000 objects on display, and several hundred thousand are still in the vaults.    

• The Coptic Museum
• The Islamic Museum
• The Greco-Roman 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)

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