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Egyptian Museum
Sign in to saveAlso known as Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo Museum, Matḥaf al-Miṣrī, Museum of Cairo, Museum nke Egypt, Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Cairo, Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Cairo, Cairo Egyptian Museum
museum in Cairo
The Egyptian Museum is a major museum located in Cairo that houses one of the world's most important collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts and treasures. It matters because it preserves and displays irreplaceable historical objects that help us understand the civilization, culture, and achievements of ancient Egypt.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 1902
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as
- Museum of Cairo, Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.463317.4 · ISNI 0000 0001 2106 4802
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Cairo
- Founded by
- Auguste Mariette
- Headquarters
- Cairo
- Operator
- Supreme Council of Antiquities
- Location
- Tahrir Square
- Official website
- egyptianmuseumcairo.eg/ar
- Image
- 1897 bis 1902 wurde das Ägyptische Museum in Kairo gebaut. 04.jpg
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- Commons category
- Egyptian Museum (Cairo)
- inception
- 1902-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Egyptian Museum
- date of official opening
- 1902-00-00
- Commons Institution page
- Egyptian Museum
- street address
- ميدان التحرير ، وسط البلد ، القاهرة
- phone number
- +20-2-25796948
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- المتحف المصري
- has works in the collection
- Netherlands Photo Museum
- different from
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- social media followers
- 36830
- fee
- 550
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصرى, romanized: al-Matḥaf al-Miṣrī, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elˈmætħæf elˈmɑsˤɾi]) and also called the Cairo Museum or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC), is a national history museum in Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptological museum, it houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world, including over 170,000 items. The Egyptian Museum occupies a building constructed in 1901 on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, and is one of the largest museums in Africa as well as the first national museum of the Middle East.
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