North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Museum of Islamic Art

The Museum of Islamic Art in , is considered one of the greatest museums in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Cairo, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Mathaf al Islami”, “Al Matḩaf al Islāmī”, “Islamic Art Museum”, “MIA”, and “Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abdin Palace and Bāb Zuwaylah.

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Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace, a 19th-century palace built by Khedive Ismail and served as the Egyptian royal household's primary official residence from 1874 until the 1952 Egyptian revolution. is situated 550 metres southwest of Museum of Islamic Art.

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Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city walls of historic Cairo in Egypt. It was also known as Bawabat al-Mitwali or Bab al-Mitwali. is situated 530 metres southeast of Museum of Islamic Art.

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, also known as Martyr Square, is a public in , . The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations. is situated 1½ km west of Museum of Islamic Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdin and Islamic Cairo.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the name commonly given to the core of medieval , a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown . The Egyptian Ministry of Interior was formerly located there. square is the oldest square in Cairo, dating back to the Mamluk era.

Museum of Islamic Art

Latitude
30.04465° or 30° 2′ 41″ north
Longitude
31.25272° or 31° 15′ 10″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8G2H27V3+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 46579853
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7922523
Wiki­data ID
Q3330629
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Museum of Islamic Art” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الاسلامي”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفن الإسلامي بالقاهرة”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفن الإسلامي بالقاهره”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفن الإسلامي”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفنون الأسلامية”
  • Bengali: “ইসলামি শিল্প জাদুঘর, কায়রো”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art Islàmic (El Caire)”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art Islàmic”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفن الاسلامى”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Islama Arto de Kairo”
  • French: “Musee islamique du Caire”
  • French: “musée islamique du Caire”
  • French: “Musée islamique du caire”
  • French: “Musée islamique du Caire”
  • French: “Musée Islamique du Caire”
  • French: “Musée Islamique Du Caire”
  • Georgian: “ისლამური ხელოვნების მუზეუმი (კაირო)”
  • Georgian: “ისლამური ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum für Islamische Kunst”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון לאמנות אסלאמית בקהיר”
  • Italian: “Museo d’arte islamica (Il Cairo)”
  • Italian: “Museo d’arte islamica”
  • Japanese: “イスラーム芸術博物館”
  • Kazakh: “Ислам өнері мұражайы”
  • Persian: “موزه هنر اسلامی، قاهره”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Islâmica (Cairo)”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Islâmica”
  • Serbian: “Muzej islamske umetnosti u Kairu”
  • Serbian: “Muzej islamske umetnosti”
  • Serbian: “МИУ”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности (Каиро)”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности Каиро”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности у Каиру”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности, Каиро”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности”
  • Serbian: “متحف الفن الإسلامي”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Islamico de El Cairo”
  • Spanish: “Museo de arte islámico de El Cairo”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Islámico de El Cairo”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Islámico”
  • Turkish: “Kahire İslam Eserleri Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей ісламського мистецтва (Каїр)”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей ісламського мистецтва”
  • Uzbek: “Islom sanʼati muzeyi”
  • Uzbek: “Islom Sanʼati Muzeyi”

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