Adam Henein Sculpture Museum Al-Labeini St,Al-Harraniya district, Al-Haram, Giza, Tel 012 1173 7708 The Adam Henein Museum, which opened on 18 January 2014 in Cairo's Al-Harraniya district, displays a myriad of 4000 different art works at all stages of the artist's art life, recounting a 60-year career in the artistic world. Originally raised in a family to metal workers, sculptor Adam Henein developed an interest in sculpting a young age when he first finished a clay statue of Ramses II at the age of eight. During this artistic career, Henein worked in everything from clay and granite to wood and bronze, capturing the very essence of natural forms using even the simplest lines, characteristic of modern sculpting. What's unique to Henein in particular is his fusion of universal themes throughout his works using a combination of natural and cultural motifs to express a specific theme. Though heritage is central to Henein's outlook, his expression remains abstract through the use of general colors, simple lines, and shapes, even to refer to the most complex of contemporary issues.
Agriculture Museum Entrance next to 6th of October Bridge and the Ministry of Agriculture on the Shooting Club St, Tel 3337 2933/3361 6785 *Museum of Ancient Agriculture This museum displays everything connected with plants, from their ancient remains found in excavations to the tools and implements used in ancient agriculture. *Museum of Natural History The exhibits on the ground floor are of an ethnological nature, depicting life in an Egyptian village. Models of workers, the crafts, jewellery, traditional clothing, and musical instruments attempt to recreate what one might find in any village throughout Egypt. *Scientific collection Museum From the types of grain planted to how grain is milled, the models show the farming process on Egyptian land. There are models of a ship that moved from village to village milling the grain, the windmills in Alexandria, and a self-explanatory flourmill.
Ahmed Shawki Museum 6, Ahmed Shawki St, off Murad St, Corniche Al-Nil, Giza, Tel 3572 9479 Ahmed Shawki's house is now a museum commemorating his life's work as Egypt's poet laureate and highly regarded nationalist. In the garden is a copy of a bronze statue of the poet in Rome by the Egyptian sculptor Gamal Al-Sigini. The ground floor consists of Shawki's library, reading rooms, and reception hall. Upstairs the bedrooms and study allow the visitor to visualize the poet's home life.
Cairo Opera House Museum Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Cairo Opera House Complex, Zamalek This collection is exhibited in the Main Hall, so you can see it if you are attending a performance there. During intermission, it is worth strolling through the three rooms dedicated to the performances staged over the last 130 at the old and new Opera House. Evening gowns worn over one hundred years ago recall an elegant time when going to the opera was a formal affair. Open during performances as well as throughout the day during the same hours as the ticket office. During performances, entrance is free. At other times, Egyptians and residents LE2, foreigners LE5.
The CopticMuseum Mari Girgis St, next to Mari Girgis Metro,Misr Al-Qadima, Tel 2363 9742, 9am-5pm everyday The Coptic Museum in Cairo is located inside the ruins of the Roman Babylon Fort in Misr Al-Qadima in Coptic Cairo Center, an area which is full of Coptic Churches and chapels like the famous hanging Church and the Church of St Barbra. The Coptic Museum today consists mainly of two major sections: the old section established by Smeka Pasha and the new section that consists of two floors which was opened for the public in 2006 after a huge renovation and restoration period. The museum now displays around 1600 items collected from various regions around Egypt and date back to different centuries in the Coptic history of Egypt. The Coptic Museum is considered to be a complete illustration of the Coptic history in Egypt. There are sitting areas throughout the museum. A tea garden outside serves snacks, and a clean bathroom is to the right as you face the museum door.
The Egyptian Museum Tahrir Sq, Sadat Station, Tel 2578 2452 The Egyptian Museum, with over 120,000 pieces, houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian art in the world. The museum is huge, so it is best to plan beforehand which exhibits or areas you wish to visit. Two hours are probably as much as most people can absorb. Below are three itineraries, one appropriate for older children or young adults, one good for a family of all ages, and one especially designed for very young children.
Darwish Ceramic Museum 177 Saqqara-Harraniya Tourist Road, just past the new Ring Road, on the way to Saqqara Pyramid, Tel 3381 5294, 9am-6pm every day This ceramics centre with workshop and showroom combined is of interest, especially if someone in your family enjoys pottery. The ceramic pieces are of unusual shapes and luster.
Entomological SocietyMuseum 14 Ramses St, the Metro Nasser Station towards Ramses Hilton The collection is housed on the second floor, during the daytime only the bird collection can be viewed; however, in the evenings the expert opens up the bug room so both birds and bugs can be seen. Sunday-Wednesday (9am-1pm); Saturday (10am-1pm). Also on Monday and Wednesday evenings 5.30-8pm. Entrance is free. Cameras are allowed with no fee.
Gayer Anderson Museum It is easy to combine a visit to the museum with a trip to the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Go south on Port Said St, and turn left on Qadri St, a large street before you enter Sayida Zeinab Sq, you will see the of Ibn Tulun looming at the end of the street. Make a left when the street ends and then a right round the side of the mosque. 8.30-4pm, except Fridays during midday prayer Nothing is as alluring as a house with a story; something that is perfectly demonstrated with the Gayer Anderson Museum, which boasts an astonishing history, precious antiquities and valuable heritage, that are both exquisite and well-preserved. Located in Ahmed Ibn Tulun Street in the Sayida Zeinab district, the Gayer Anderson mansion – later turned into a museum – was owned by Gayer Anderson Pasha, a British art collector who fell in love with Egypt's history and culture. The museum, which is adjacent to Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque, consists of two remarkable buildings. There are guides to tell you more about the house. Gayer Anderson museum was home for several film sets, including James Bond's The Spy Who Loved Me visiting this museum is like being transported back in time to an almost kitschy, unreal and sometimes even surreal space.
Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum 5 Tahrir St, beside Cairo Sporting Club, Tel 2735 1123 The architect of the museum was Ramses Wissa Wassef, an admirer of the sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar. Most of Mokhtar's works are housed in this museum, but examples of his sculpture can be seen beyond its walls: Egypt's Awakening is situated in front of Cairo University; the statue of Saad Zaghloul faces Qasr Al-Nile Bridge on Gezira Island and The Nile Bride is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in the Cairo Opera compound.
Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum On the corner of Giza St, and Kafur St, next to the State Council, Giza, Tel 3336 2921/3336 2358/76, 10am-5.30pm, closed, Mondays A gift to the Egyptian people, this art collection representing realist, romantic, impressionist, and post-impressionist art is the finestin the Middle East. Infact, to see art of this quality one would otherwise need to buy an airline ticket to Paris or Rome. In this magnificent 19th century villa, paintings by Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Degas, Pissaro, Sisley, and Rousseau are but a few of the important pieces of European art. The diverse and rich collection of paintings, ceramics, sculptures, jades carvings, and objets d'art are spread throughout the three floors.
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art Cairo Opera House Grounds, Gezira, Zamalek, Tel 2736 6667/65 Three floors of contemporary Egyptian art fill this museum. On the ground floor there are sculptures from different generations of artists such as Mahmoud Mukhtar and Saleh Reda. Also, there are works by modern artists of the 1950s such as Ragheb Ayad, Mohamed Nagui, Seif Wanli, Abdel-Hadi Al-Gazzar and Hamed Nada.
Nagui Museum 10 Mahmoud Al-Guindi St, Hadaaiq Al-Ahram, Tel 3377 3484 Mohamed Nagui's home, hidden away from the well-travelled Pyramid Road, has been converted into a museum where his paintings and memorabilia remain in relative seclusion from public knowledge. Born in Alexandria, Nagui obtained his law degree from the university of Lyon, France and studied painting at the Academy of Art in Florence, Italy from 1910 to 1914. He met Claude Monet and went to France to study with him. He died in his studio in 1956, and the Ministry of Culture turned the studio into a museum in 1968.
Pharaonic VillageMuseums 3 Al-Bahr Al-Azam St, on the Corniche, Giza, Tel 3571 8675/6/7 Anwar Al-Sadat Museum Gamal Abdel-Nasser Museum Mummification Museum Pyramids Museum Islamic Museum Coptic Museum Heritage Museum Boats Museum Cleopatra's Museum Pioneering Women's Museum Dr. Hassan Ragab's Museum Actor Omar Sharif Museum Actor Nour Al-Sherif Museum
Post Office Museum 55 Abdel-Khalek Tharwat St, Al-Ataba Square, Tel 2391 3128 The museum is located at Al-Ataba Square in Central Cairo, on the second floor of the Central Post Office. The museum was established in February 1934 and it was opened for the public in January 1940. The Post Authority developed and expanded the museum into a vivid record of the development of postal service in Egypt over the years. The museum contains a collection of artifacts, pictures and documents illustrating the ways in which messages have been delivered within Egypt over the centuries. The museum's area is 543 square meters and it has more than 1254 exhibits in its ten different sections which are: a historical section, a section for postal equipment, a third for stamps, a fourth for postal buildings, a fifth for transport, a sixth for costumes, a seventh for maps and statistics, an eighth for air mail, a ninth for conferences and lastly the tenth for foreign mail. Postal services flourished in Egypt since the Pharaonic Old and Middle kingdoms and have been a paradigm of precision.
Salaheddin Citadel Salah Salem Rd, Mokattam, Cairo, Tel 2512 1735 *The Police Museum The Police Museum housed an artillery school during Mohamed Ali Pasha's reign. The terrace outside, with its commanding view over the city, was lined with bombardment cannons. The museum itself is small, and although interesting does not take long to visit. The displays depict everything connected with police, crimes, and criminals. *The National Military Museum This museum is huge and entails a great deal of walking and climbing stairs. A visit to the citadel just to see this museum might be enough for some little ones. In fact, if your day????
Taha Hussein Museum 11 Taha Hussein St, Madkour, Al-Haram, Tel 3583 4869, 10am-3pm, closed Mondays A great thinker and a pioneer of enlightenment, you can walk through the house Taha Hussein lived in with his family. As you enter the gates, a bust of the great man sculpted by Farouk Ibrahim greets you. The rooms contain personal belongings of Taha Hussein and his family-furniture, paintings, books. Paintings by famous Egyptian artists such as Ragheb Ayyad hang on the walls.
Um Kolthoum Museum 1 Al Malek Al Saleh St, Manial Al-Roda, Tel 2363 1467 An Ottoman-style building that commemorates Egypt's legendary and most beloved singer Umm Kulthoum. The museum exhibits not only personal paraphernalia but also present an audio-visual library of the great diva's performances.
Zakaria Al-Khanani and Aida Abdel-Kerim Glass Museum Al Harrania Village, Saqqara Road, opposite to Cataract Pyramids Resort, Giza, Tel 3381 5955, museum hours: 9am-3pm, daily except Fridays, E-mail: [email protected] A modest iron gate with a blue glass plaque announces the Al-Khanani Glass Art Museum in Saqqara. Who would imagine that such a modest provincial building could house such a remarkable collection of glass? The museum is fast becoming a lively stop among the numerous attractions situated on the Saqqara Road, which extends from Giza and runs alongside the Mariotiya Canal. For travelers who press on beyond Giza, frequent stops include Al-Haraniya village, well known for its tapestries; the Habib Georgie Museum, which specialises in batik printing on textiles; and Nabil Darwish's Museum, which offers a collection of ceramics. Well-known rustic-style restaurants abound in this area, Al-Dar, Andrea and Ish Saqqara (Saqqara Nest), to name a few. The museum is one of the most important museums of glass sculptures in the Middle East. Glass sculptures are admirable for their transparency, elegance and the beautiful blend of colours. The most admirable assets in the museum are manifested in 500 glass objects, including beautifully-achieved dishes and containers.
Zoological Museum Giza Zoo, Giza, Cairo, Tel 3570 8895 In addition to the numerous animals in the zoo, there is a museum (animal museum) which was built in 1914. It consists of three big halls exhibiting large groups of birds, reptiles, fish and animals as well as skeletons.
