Cairo

Local History & Culture

Abdeen Palace Museum

1001 Arabian Knives

+20 2 391 0042

Moustafa Abdel Raziq Street, Cairo

Agricultural Museum

World's oldest agricultural museum

+20 2 360 8682/1

Al-Sawra Street, Cairo

Al-Gawhara (Jewel) Palace Museum

Fine Ottoman architecture

+20 2 511 6187

Citadel Historic Area, Cairo

Carriage Museum

19th century luxury vehicles

+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)

Salah Salem Highway, Cairo

Coptic Museum (The)

World's largest collection of Coptic art

+20 2 362 8766 / + 20 2 363 9742

Mar Guirguis Street, Cairo

Dr. Ragab's Papyrus Institute

The ABC's of papyrus explained

+20 (0)2 336 7212 / +20 (0)2 348 9035

El-Nil Street, Cairo

Dr. Ragab's Pharaonic Village

Visit Ancient Egypt

+20 2 571 8675

3 El Bahr El Aazam St, Cairo

Ethnological Museum

Scenes of daily Cairene life

+20 2 794 5450

109 Kasr el-Aini Street, Cairo 11511

Gayer-Anderson Museum

James Bond film setting

+20 2 364 7822

4 Maydan Ibn Tulun, Cairo

Manyal Palace Museum

Eclectic and a bit bizarre

+20 2 368 7495

1 Saray Street, Cairo

Military Museum

Charting the history of Egyptian warfare

+20 2 512 9619

Citadel Historic Area, Cairo 11211

Museum of Ahmed Shawki

A fine tribute to a great poet

+20 2 572 9479

6 Ahmed Shawki Street, Cairo

Museum of Islamic Art

Fine collection or Oriental artefacts

+20 (0)2 390 9930

Port Said Street, Cairo

Police Museum at the Citadel (The)

Crime and punishment

+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)

Salah Salem Highway, Cairo

Taha Hussein Museum

Tribute to the doyen of Arabic literature

+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)

Helmiyat al-Ahram Street, Cairo

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