Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, commonly known as simply the Egyptian Museum, located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world.Photo: Wael Mostafa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—9:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Cairo
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Photo: Abdallahelhaty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Tahrir Square
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Cairo Tower
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Talat Harb Square
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Talat Harb Square is situated 460 metres east of Egyptian Museum.
Localities in the Area
Downtown Cairo
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Bab al-Louq
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Egyptian Museum
- Categories: national museum, museum building, history museum, building, tourism, public building and tourist attraction
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04779° or 30° 2' 52" northLongitude
31.23367° or 31° 14' 1" eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open Location Code
8G2H26XM+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 10873198OpenStreetMap Feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7922588Wikidata ID
Q201219Egyptian Museum Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Museo Ehiptano
- Arabic: المتحف المصري
- Arabic: متحف الآثار المصرية
- Arabic: متحف الآثار بالقاهرة
- Arabic: متحف القاهرة
- Arabic: متحف مصري
- Armenian: Կահիրեի եգիպտական թանգարան
- Asturian: Muséu Exipcianu d'El Cairu
- Asturian: Muséu Exipciu del Cairu
- Basque: Kairoko Egiptoar Museoa
- Belarusian: Каірскі егіпецкі музей
- Bengali: মিশরীয় জাদুঘর
- Bosnian: Egipatski muzej
- Bosnian: Egipatski muzej u Kairu
- Bulgarian: Египетски музей
- Bulgarian: Музей в Кайро
- Catalan: Museu Arqueològic de El Caire
- Catalan: Museu d'Antiguitats Egípcies
- Catalan: Museu d'Antiguitats de El Caire
- Catalan: Museu d'Antiguitats del Caire
- Chinese: 埃及博物館
- Chinese: 开罗博物馆
- Chinese: 开罗国家博物馆
- Chinese: 开罗埃及博物馆
- Chinese: 開羅國家博物館
- Croatian: Egipatski muzej
- Croatian: Egipatski muzej Kairо
- Croatian: Egipatski muzej u Kairu
- Czech: Egyptian Museum
- Czech: Egyptské muzeum
- Czech: Egyptské muzeum v Káhiře
- Danish: Det Egyptiske Museum
- Dutch: Egyptisch Museum (Cairo)
- Dutch: Egyptisch Museum
- Dutch: Egyptisch museum
- Dutch: Museum der Egyptische oudheden
- Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصرى
- Egyptian Arabic: المتحف المصري
- Egyptian Arabic: متحف الأثار المصرية
- Egyptian Arabic: متحف الأثار المصريه
- Egyptian Arabic: متحف الاثار المصريه
- English: Cairo Museum
- English: Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
- English: Matḥaf al-Miṣrī
- English: Museum nke Egypt
- English: Museum of Cairo
- English: Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
- English: Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka Cairo
- English: Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Cairo
- Esperanto: Egipta muzeo en Kairo
- Finnish: Egyptiläinen museo
- French: Musee egyptien du Caire
- French: Musée égyptien
- French: Musée égyptien du Caire
- French: musée égyptien du Caire
- Galician: Museo Exipcio do Cairo
- Galician: Museo de O Cairo
- Galician: Museo do Cairo
- Georgian: ეგვიპტის მუზეუმი
- Georgian: კაიროს მუზეუმი
- German: Ägyptisches Museum
- German: Ägyptisches Museum Kairo
- German: Ägyptisches Nationalmuseum
- Greek: Αιγυπτιακό Μουσείο
- Greek: Μουσείο Αιγυπτιακών Αρχαιοτήτων
- Greek: Μουσείο Αιγυπτιακών Αρχαιοτήτων Καΐρου
- Greek: Μουσείο του Καΐρου
- Hebrew: המוזיאון המצרי
- Hindi: मिस्र का संग्रहालय
- Hungarian: Egyiptomi Múzeum
- Icelandic: Egypska forngripasafnið í Kaíró
- Igbo: Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Egypt
- Indonesian: Museum Mesir
- Irish: Músaem na hÉigipte
- Italian: Museo Bulaq
- Italian: Museo Egizio
- Italian: Museo del Cairo
- Italian: Museo di antichità egiziane
- Italian: Museo egizio del Cairo
- Japanese: エジプト考古学博物館
- Japanese: カイロ博物館
- Korean: 이집트 고고학 박물관
- Korean: 이집트 박물관
- Korean: 카이로 박물관
- Latin: Museum Aegyptium
- Lithuanian: Kairo Egipto muziejus
- Malayalam: ഈജിപ്ഷ്യൻ മ്യൂസിയം
- Norwegian: Det egyptiske museet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det egyptiske museet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det egyptiske museet i Kairo
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det historiske museum i Kairo
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det egyptiske museet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Egyptisk Museum
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Historisk museum i Kairo
- Persian: موزه قاهره
- Persian: موزه مصر
- Persian: موزهٔ مصر
- Polish: Muzeum Egipskie
- Polish: Muzeum Egipskie w Kairze
- Portuguese: Museu Egípcio
- Portuguese: Museu Egípcio do Cairo
- Portuguese: Museu do Cairo
- Romanian: Egyptian Museum
- Romanian: Muzeul Egiptean
- Romanian: Muzeul Egiptean din Cairo
- Russian: Египетский музей
- Russian: Египетский музей в Каире
- Russian: Каирский египетский музей
- Russian: Каирский музей
- Russian: Музей Египта в Каире
- Scots: Egyptian museum
- Serbian: Egipatski muzej
- Serbian: Egipatski muzej u Kairu
- Serbian: Египатски музеј (Каиро)
- Serbian: Египатски музеј
- Serbian: Египатски музеј Каиро
- Serbian: Египатски музеј у Каиру
- Serbian: Музеј Каира
- Serbian: Музеј египатских старина
- Serbian: المتحف المصري
- Serbian: المتحف المصري
- Serbo-Croatian: Egipatski muzej
- Sinhala: ඊජිප්තු කෞතුකාගාරය
- Slovak: Egyptské múzeum v Káhire
- Slovenian: Egipčanski muzej, Kairo
- Spanish: Museo Egipcio
- Spanish: Museo Egipcio de El Cairo
- Spanish: Museo Nacional de Egipto
- Spanish: Museo de Antigüedades Egipcias
- Spanish: Museo de El Cairo
- Spanish: Museo del Cairo
- Swedish: Egyptiska museet
- Tagalog: Ehipsyong Museo
- Tagalog: Ehiptong Museo
- Tamil: எகிப்திய அருங்காட்சியகம்
- Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์อียิปต์
- Turkish: Kahire Mısır Müzesi
- Turkish: Mısır Müzesi
- Ukrainian: Єгипетський музей
- Ukrainian: Каїрський музей
- Ukrainian: Каїрський єгипетський музей
- Urdu: مصری عجائب گھر
- Uzbek: Qohira Misr muzeyi
- Vietnamese: Viện bảo tàng Ai Cập
- Waray (Philippines): Museo Ehiptano
- Yue Chinese: 埃及博物館
- Al-Mathaf al-misrí
- Al Muthaf al Misri
- Al Mutḩaf al Mişrī
- Bảo tàng Ai Cập
- Museo egizio
Other Places Named Egyptian Museum
In the Area
Localities
- Al IsmaliaNeighbourhood
- Abd el Moniem Riad SquareHamlet
- SharkasNeighbourhood
- MaaroufNeighbourhood
- El Sheikh AlyNeighbourhood
- Bab El LoukNeighbourhood
Other Places
- Ramses IIMemorial
- Ramses IIMemorial
- Sphinx of Thutmosis IIIWork of art
- Sphinx of Thutmosis IIIWork of art
- Abdul Moneim RiadMemorial, 120 metres northeast
- Auguste MarietteWork of art, 120 metres southwest
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