📍 Museum📸 Tourist Attraction

Museum of Islamic Art

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

4.5 (0)

Overview

Art museum in Cairo, Egypt. It lies in Egypt's desert belt, best visited between October and April.

Why visit: The Grand Egyptian Museum and the Egyptian Museum hold the Tutankhamun treasures and the royal mummies — the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities anywhere.

Things to do

›Book the Grand Egyptian Museum online — walk-up queues are long
›Pay for the separate mummy-hall ticket where one exists
›Pick a few galleries rather than attempting the whole collection
›Check the camera policy; phone photography is usually fine, tripods are not

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; mornings are quietest

Weather

Hot desert — warm, dry winters of 18–25°C that are the only comfortable time to travel, and summers routinely above 40°C in the Nile Valley and the deserts, where midday heat is a real hazard.

Entry fee

Ticketed (~₹1,200 – 3,000); special halls extra

Hours

Typically 9 AM – 5 PM

Est. budget

₹1,500 – ₹4,500

Duration

3 – 4 hours

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