Museum of Islamic Art

The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum in , . The museum has a 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”, “Islom Sanʼati Muzeyi”, “MIA”, “Musee islamique du Caire”, “Musée islamique du caire”, “Musée Islamique du Caire”, “Musée Islamique Du Caire”, “Museo de Arte Islamico de El Cairo”, “Museu de Arte Islâmica (Cairo)”, “Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo”, “Muzej islamske umetnosti”, “Muzej islamske umetnosti u Kairu”, “МИУ”, “Музеј исламске уметности”, “Музеј исламске уметности (Каиро)”, “Музеј исламске уметности Каиро”, “Музеј исламске уметности, Каиро”, and “متحف الفن الإسلامي بالقاهره”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Abdin Palace and Bāb Zuwaylah.

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Abdeen District is the home of Abdeen Palace… is situated 550 metres southwest of Museum of Islamic Art.

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Bab Zuwayla or Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining… is situated 530 metres southeast of Museum of Islamic Art.

Square
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, also known as Martyr Square, is a public town square in , . 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…

Suburb
is a neighborhood in downtown .

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”
  • 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: “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”
  • Serbian: “Музеј исламске уметности у Каиру”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “اسلامی فنون کا عجائب گھر (قاہرہ)”
  • Urdu: “اسلامی فنون کا عجائب گھر”
  • Uzbek: “Islom sanʼati muzeyi”

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Places to explore: فلافل غازي and Cairo Security Directorate.

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