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Coptic and Islamic collection index

Two specialist Cairo museums for books, textiles, architecture, calligraphy, design and skilled making.

Coptic Museum courtyard entrance

Old Cairo · Record 04

Coptic Museum

Follow textiles, manuscripts, icons, carved wood and architectural fragments across Christian Egyptian history.

The museum can form a coherent area day with one nearby monument or with NMEC after a real break.

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Bab al-Khalq · Record 05

Museum of Islamic Art

Read the galleries by material and technique: metal, glass, ceramic, wood, textile, manuscript and calligraphy.

Choose two media before entering. Technique connects courtly objects, religious use, trade and daily life across regions.

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Museum of Islamic Art facade in Cairo