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Museum of Islamic Art

Cairo

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Museum of Islamic Art

This sometimes overlooked museum houses one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic Art. The museum holds a collection of over 10,000 pieces, mainly Egyptian, but also from elsewhere in the Islamic world. The are all kinds of artworks, including woodwork, stucco, intarsia, ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles, and carpets.

Useful Information

  • Address: Port Said St., Bab el Khalk, Cairo
  • Phone: +20 2 2390 1520
  • Opening House: www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_Islamic_Museum.htm
  • Opening House: Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm.
  • More Info: a916e3003eaabafb178462e4169d54d53a1757d4

Do & See

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