About 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.
The museum preserves rooms decorated in Persian, Damascene, Chinese, and Indian styles, along with Pharaonic antiquities, Islamic crafts, and English furniture.
Collections & Highlights
Frequently Asked Questions
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