Museums in Cairo
Egypt · 5 museums
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World Museum Guide covers 5 museums in Cairo, Egypt — led by Coptic Museum, Gayer-Anderson Museum, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo — with verified admission prices, opening hours, and highlights for each. See each guide for prices and free days.
Top museums in Cairo
- 1. Coptic Museum · 1.5–2 hours
- 2. Gayer-Anderson Museum · 1–1.5 hours
- 3. Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo · 2–3 hours
- 4. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) · 2–3 hours
- 5. The Egyptian Museum · 3–4 hours
Coptic Museum
The Coptic Museum was founded in 1908 by Marcus Simaika to preserve the art and heritage of Egypt's Christian community. It sits inside the walls of the Roman Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo.
⏱ 1.5–2 hours
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson lived in the joined seventeenth-century houses adjacent to the Ibn Tulun Mosque from 1935 to 1942. He bequeathed them and his collection to Egypt on his departure.
⏱ 1–1.5 hours
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Founded in 1881 inside the Mosque of Baybars, the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo moved to its current Mamluk-revival building on Bab al-Khalq Square in 1903. It holds one of the world's most important collections of Islamic art, with works from across fourteen centuries.
⏱ 2–3 hours
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC)
Partially opened in 2017 and inaugurated fully in 2021, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Old Cairo's Fustat district covers Egyptian history holistically — pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, Islamic, and modern.
⏱ 2–3 hours
The Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display and the remainder in storerooms.
⏱ 3–4 hours