The Graeco-Roman Museum, with its neoclassical facade and inscription MOYXEION, which simply means museum in Greek, displays a large collection of artworks and artefacts that trace back to the origins and heritage of ancient Alexandria. With 27 exhibits featuring Hellenic statues, busts of Roman emperors, sarcophagi, mummies, Tangara figurines and early Christian artefacts, the museum […]
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The Sharm-al-Sheikh Museum
This museum is the first antiquities museum of South Sinai. It contains about 5,200 artifacts documenting Egypt’s prehistoric and modern periods, as well as the cultural heritage of Sinai and the history of its inhabitants. The museum highlights the extensive history of Egypt and the harmonious relationship between the Egyptians and their environment. The museum’s […]
After a 5-year renovation that finally paid off, the Royal Jewellery Museum of Alexandria reopened to tourists in April 2010. Housed in an exquisitely decorated villa that used to belong to King Farouk’s first wife, the museum is a real gem, displaying a magnificent collection of glittering artefacts that belonged to the excessive and extravagant […]
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The Alexandria-National Museum
The National Museum of Alexandria displays more than 1,800 artifacts from prehistoric and Roman times, from the Greco-Roman period and from the Coptic and Islamic eras, all telling the nuances of ancient Egyptian history. It is the only museum that exhibits artifacts recovered underwater, including the most important ones: the black granite statue of Isis […]
The Rokn Farouk Museum, which is shaped like a boat, is located along the Nile River in the Helwan district. Built by King Farouk in 1941 and opened in 1942, the museum served as his resting place. The building and the surrounding gardens cover an area of about 11,600 m². museums,the 11 best museums to […]
